Update a Palette

  1. Create the folder structure- see Create the Folder Structure.
  2. Select Tools > New Easy Palette. This opens the New Easy Palette Wizard.

  3. Click Next. The wizard changes.

  4. Specify the files to be used to create the palette.

    To create the palette, form a previously configured files structure that has been saved to a zip file.

    NOTE

    You must have admin rights to access the Zip file in order to fetch data from the Zip file.

    Or

    To create a palette from a directory structure that has been created.

  5. Click Next. The wizard changes.

  6. Select Update an existing palette

  7.  Enter the name of the palette that is to be changed in the search field. A list of palettes matching the search criteria are displayed.

  8. Select the palette that is to be modified.

  9. Click Next. The wizard displays all status for Value, Alarm, and Override displayed for all the widgets.

    If you updated any graphics or added new ones "New" is displayed in the status column for the updated widgets and "Unchanged" is displayed in the status column for widgets that have not changed.

     

    NOTE

    After clicking Next, you cannot undo the changes.

  10. Click Next. The wizard changes.

  11. Click Finish.

    If the Restart Workstation to update palette list option selected, then Niagara workbench will restart. The created palette will be installed in the Niagara Home directory.

    NOTE

    • If the Restart Workstation to update palette list option is selected, the module will be built and copied to the modules folder and then Niagara Workbench will restart.
    • If the Restart Workstation to update palette list option is NOT selected, the module will be built but NOT copied to the modules folder and Niagara Workbench will not restart. To use the palette, it is necessary to manually copy the new palette to the modules folder then restart Niagara Workbench.

     

    IMPORTANT

    After creating your own Easy Binding Widget, you must sign it with a valid certificate using Niagara’s Jar Signing Tool to sign your modules. See Sign a Third Party Module

     

    IMPORTANT

    Niagara station can be discovered into another station in a Niagara network, this allows users to work on Easy Binding modules across the station. To work with the Easy Binding modules across the station, the code signing certificate and Easy Binding Certificate must be signed with a valid CA certificate and should be available in the Niagara User key store.

    Niagara allows to create a Self signed CA certificate, for more details refer to Niagara internal help link (Ord).

    http://docplatform/doc/GeneratingACACertificateAndSignedSe-89FC4303.htm|module://docPlatform/doc/ GeneratingACACertificateAndSignedSe-89FC4303.htmla

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