Creating live loop annotations

Creating live loop annotations

You can place live loop annotations on any document that you can view in Hyperview's content pane, including graphics, text files, and database entries. You can't place them on documents that you can only see in the index pane, such as Hyperview's table of contents.

Creating a live loop annotation for a block hotspot in the content pane

Information-noshadow.png Note: As of DBDOC 11.1, you can no longer create live loop annotations with data specs, these have been replaced with Live Specs.

  • To show a block's output value, right-click the block hotspot, point to Create Live Loop Annotation for this Block, then click Show Value.
  • To show a block's output value graphically, right-click the block hotspot, point to Create Live Loop Annotation for this Block, then click Show Dynamic Bar.
  • To show the status of the module containing a block, right-click the block hotspot, point to Create Live Loop Annotation for this Block, then click Show Module Status.
  • To open the Live Data Options For This Block dialog so that you can select non-default options, right-click the block hotspot, point to Create Live Loop Annotation for this Block, then click Live Loop Annotation Dialog.

Find out more about these annotation types.

Creating a live loop annotation anywhere

To create a live loop annotation for a block:

  1. Right-click on an empty spot in the content pane, point to Live Loop Annotation, then click Create.
  2. Choose the options you want in the Live Data Options For This Block dialog, and then click OK to create the annotation.

To create a live loop annotation that shows the status of the current CAD or CLD sheet's module:

  1. Right-click on an empty spot in the CAD or CLD sheet, point to Live Loop Annotation, then click Show Module Status.

Creating a live loop annotation using the toolbar

  1. Click on the live loop annotation toolbar button Tool create lla.jpg
  2. Click anywhere in the content pane.
    • If you click in an empty part of the content pane, the Live Data Options For This Block dialog will let you choose the options you want for your annotation.
    • If you click on a hyperlink, a value-only live loop annotation will automatically be created for that block.

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