The Gadget Mode is a mini-client that can be opened on the Windows desktop. The start icon and the gadget client are always on-top (top-most).
After the start, the gadget icon will appear on the desktop and the EisBaer project will be started with the configuration of EisBaer-Client.
Clicking on the start icon opens the gadget client and clicking it again closes it.
The Gadget Client can be positioned over the black top border. The current position is saved when you exit (Alt-X or Alt-F4) and will be reused the next time you start the gadget.
Gadget icon:
If a file with the name 'gadget.png' exists in the EisBaer installation directory, it will be used as gadget symbol. Otherwise the default EisBaer Client Icon will be displayed.
There are two ways to activate the gadget mode. Via start parameters or via the settings in the EisBaer Client configuration file.
Settings in the file link / command line
"[...]Eisbaer.Client.WindowsApplication.exe" /gadget /widthGadget:800 /heightGadget:600 /AlignGadgetVertical:top /AlignGadgetHorizontal:left
Without the optional specifications for width and height the client starts in 'Gadget Mode' with 1366x768 pixels.
The position of the "close" symbol can be defined using the following optional parameters.
With the parameters top, left the start symbol and close symbol are at the same position.
/AlignGadgetVertical:top /AlignGadgetHorizontal:left
/AlignGadgetVertical:top /AlignGadgetHorizontal:right
/AlignGadgetVertical:bottom /AlignGadgetHorizontal:left
/AlignGadgetVertical:bottom /AlignGadgetHorizontal:right
without the start parameter /gadget the settings in the EisBaer Client configuration will be used
(C:\Users\BENUTZERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Alexander Maier GmbH\EisBaer 3.0\EisbaerClientProgramSettingsV3.config)
<Settings>
...
<Gadget>
<TrayMode>False</TrayMode>
<Height>600</Height>
<Width>800</Width>
<GadgetModeActive>True</GadgetModeActive>
<ImageHorizontal>left</ImageHorizontal>
<ImageVertical>top</ImageVertical>
</Gadget>
</Settings>
Without the specifications for width and height the client starts in 'Gadget Mode' with 1366x768 pixels.
User login via command line:
The Windows Gadget Client can be started with user login from the command line.
This must be started with the following call:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Alexander Maier GmbH\EisBaer SCADA 3.0\Eisbaer.Client.WindowsApplication.exe" /u:user /p:password /ip:IP address /cp:9959 /dp:9960 /gadget /widthGadget:800 /heightGadget:600 /AlignGadgetVertical:top /AlignGadgetHorizontal:left
Replace "user" with the created user
"password" with the created password (one space for no password)
Replace "IP address" with the IP address of the server
"cp" with the communication port (default 9959), if the parameter is missing the default is used
"dp" with the download port (default 9960), if the parameter is missing the default is used
If /u: and/or /:p are missing, all parameters are ignored and the current settings from the autostart configuration are used.
The following autostart settings are taken over by the Windows Gadget client.
Window and scaling menu: Behaviour with the various operating options
Mouse operation |
Description |
Scroll bar active |
must be deactivated, otherwise the zoom function will not work. |
Zoom In (long press) |
The display is enlarged by 50% with each long right mouse click (Zoom In). |
Zoom entire page (double click) |
Display is adjusted to the window size with each double click of the right mouse button (Zoom Out). |
Pan (press and hold) |
The client window is moved by pressing and dragging the mouse pointer |
Touch operation |
Description |
Scroll bar active |
must be deactivated, otherwise the zoom function will not work. |
Zoom In (long press) |
No function with touch operation |
Zoom entire page (double click) |
The display is adapted to the window size with each double touch (Zoom Out). |
Pan (press and hold) |
The client window is moved by pressing and dragging |