Create a new palette

You can create a new palette or modify an existing one.

To create 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 Create a new palette.

  7. Enter a Name and Description for the palette in the appropriate field.

  8. Click Next. All the status for Value, Alarm and Override displayed for all the widgets.

     

    NOTE: After clicking Next, you cannot undo the changes.

  9. Click Next. The wizard changes.

  10. 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

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