Hide application in ABB menu

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I do not wish my ScreenMaker application to appear in the FlexPendant ABB menu.
Instead the screen must be displayed by my Rapid program using ‘UIShow’.

I have tried using a blank icon and a blank caption in Project Properties, but if I click on the white space in the ABB menu the screen is displayed.

Is there a way to exclude the application from the ABB menu using ScreenMaker?

Thanks,

Kevin

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Hi …

Try to remove the file: TpsApp*.gtpu.dll and try to UIShow RAPID instruction.

Never try this my self, but it should work ..

BR

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Hi Carlos,

I deleted my TpsApp*.gtpu.dll file from the VC then warm-started and launched the VFP.

The application was not in the ABB menu, as expected, but UIShow caused an execution error because TpsApp*.gtpu.dll was not found.

Could I leave TpsApp*.gtpu.dll in place, but manually edit it to prevent it showing in the menu?

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin

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You are right .. you are trying to launch the screen from that dll .. try this ..

(1) This is your RAPID code:

UIShow “ViewTest_Screens.gtpu.dll”, “ABB.Robotics.SDK.Views.MainScreen”;

(2) Rename the file “TpsViewTest_Screens.gtpu.dll” to “ViewTest_Screens.gtpu.dll”

This should work …

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Hi Carlos,

That works OK.

Thanks a lot.

Kevin