Text entry fields allow you to manually enter data using a keyboard.
Many text entry fields often come with a Browse Button, allowing you to choose an option from a list. Such fields are sometimes referred to as Reference fields.
If the Dictionary feature is used on your system, you may want to consider prefixing certain strings with @, in order to ‘translate’ those strings, so that they are replaced by other terms, when displayed on a List, Mimic or Trend, in ViewX. For more information on using the Dictionary feature, see Introduction to the ClearSCADA Translation Dictionary in the ClearSCADA Guide to the Translation Dictionary.
With text entry fields on some pick action windows, an on-screen keyboard may be displayed to enable you to specify the field’s value on-screen, rather than by using a traditional keyboard. The keyboard is only displayed on ViewX workstations on which the On-Screen Keyboard feature enabled.