Re: [foxboro] Cursor size on DM.
- From: "Heap, Barry" <barry.heap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:15:39 -0500
For AW70's, you can change your cursor size using the standard Windows
Cursor option in Display settings. At one site, we use the standard 'Windows
Extra Large' cursor font.
This was the largest we could find, but you may find custom large cursor
definitions in th MS community...
Regards,
Barry Heap
Senior Systems Engineer
Invensys Australia
barry.heap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of "Liptock, Sheri
> A - Eastman" <sliptock@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:41 PM
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Cursor size on DM.
>
> Thank you for the info. Coincidentally I also was interested in larger
> cursor. But when the email info did not work then I called TAC.
> Ultimately TAC responded that AW70s do not permit increasing cursor
> except via MSoperating system. But we tried that also. Would anyone
> with AW70 who has successfully enlarged cursor please take a minute to
> reply? Otherwise I guess the TAC response is that it is not possible
> via changes to init.user.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Lowell, Tim:
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Cursor size on DM.
>
>
> Another solution is to make your own cursor. We did that here, with
> good results. There is a line in init.user that reads:
>
> #Foxview file for different cursor
>
> Under that we put in:
> FXCURSOR=3D3D/opt/fox/wp/FoxView/cursor/crosshair_large
>
> The file "crosshair_large" is one of about 3 choices you get in the
> /opt/fox/wp/FoxView/cursor directory. I think "crosshair_small" and
> "arrow_large" are the other possible names. As long you name your file
> one of these names, it will work. It doesn't actually matter what it is
> in that file, as long as it is a bitmap of some sort. If you create a
> bitmap and don't call it one of those three things, it will never work.
>
> The way to create the actual bitmap is to use the program
> /usr/openwin/bin/iconedit. It's kind of like MS Paint. You can make it
> look like almost anything you want. You must create six files:
> crosshair_large.cur, crosshair_large_busy.cur, crosshair_large_mask.cur,
> crosshair_large_busy_mask.cur, crosshair_large_menu.cur, and
> crosshair_large_menu_mask.cur. The crosshair_large_menu file is the
> same as the crosshair_large file. The mask file is the same shape as
> the "large", "busy", and ""menu files, only with all the bits in the
> bitmap filled in, kind of like the shadow of the original. We even made
> our mask file slightly larger so we could see it on the screen. It
> takes a little practice to use, but once you get the hang of it, it is
> pretty simple.
>
> Like I said, FoxView is very particular about the names and the location
> of these files. They must have these exact six names, and they must be
> in /opt/fox/wp/FoxView/cursor, and you must put that line in init.user,
> or it absolutely will not work. Believe me, I've tried.
>
> Oh, and of course, you must reboot.
>
> I can help you off-line if you get stuck.
>
> Tim Lowell
> Control Systems Engineer
> ConocoPhillips Trainer Refinery
> (610) 364-8362
> tim.c.lowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Schouten, Frits JF
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:52 PM
> To: Foxboro DCS Mail List (E-mail)
> Subject: [foxboro] Cursor size on DM.
>
> I'm sure someone must have done this before.
> Can the cursor of the Display Manager be changed in size?
> Operators are complaining (since the upgrade from WP30 to WP51) about
> the size of the cursor (arrow). It's too small.
> Regards,=3D20
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