Can the "Codeview" object read more lines of code?

[iOne]

Hi Cncdrive,

I just migrated from ModbusEZ to the UCCNC Modbus Master plugin as the EZ does not work OK with the 1.2118 version. I wanted to take the opportunity to read and see the data of the VFD on the main screen. I tried placing them on top of the "Toolpathview" object but only "Textfield" objects are visible ("Label" objects and others are not, it looks like the "toolpathview" object is on top of everything and has the priority), so I ended up using a portion of the code view area by moving sideways the "Codeview" object and reducing the font size so I can see the whole width of code. It works well but it left a gap at the top and bottom due to the maximum amount of lines that the "Codeview" is set to display (My guess is that is set to display just the amount of lines necessary for the original font size). So the question is;

Is there a way to increase the number of lines that "Codeview" object can display so I can fill those gaps and read more code at the same time? See image below.

[cncdrive]

The number of lines a Codeview object displays is defined in the screenset file in the Codeview object definition, it has a height parameter.

[iOne]

Thank you for replying.

Are you talking about inside the *.ssf file or in the screen editor as per below?

Also, does the software only read PNG files or can it read any other vector format to improve the resolution of the buttons and objects?

[JefferyDickson]

If you have access to the screen editor, can you try resizing the Codeview object vertically to see if it dynamically adjusts and displays more lines?

[iOne]

It is already to the size that I want, up to the top and bottom white lines, it just leaves those black margins which makes me assume that the field is already at the maximum lines that it can read.

[ger21]

Did you try changing the font size? Not sure if that will work, but I can't check right now.

[cncdrive]

Yes, if I recall 16 lines is the maximum number of lines, but I will check later.
This is because drawing all those characters require CPU time and memory and also because greater than that size would require more virtual bitmaps to be used in OpenGL which I did not want to implement.

[iOne]

Hi CNCDrive,

Yes I thought that that would be the case.

Can I ask again if the software only reads PNG files? I may go into the rabbit hole of redesigning the screenset in the future. Does it read any vector format?

Hi ger21,

Yes, changing the font size is what produces the problem. I had to make it smaller to make space for the VFD data. If I fill the space vertically then I cannot see the full code horizontally so the compromise is to have the blank space above and below. But my plan B (if the number of lines were not adjustable) is to fill those spaces with other data like more LEDs and sensors data.

[cncdrive]

It can read any image formats like png, jpg, bmp, but it can't read vector graphics like dxf, svg, eps etc.

[iOne]

Thank you for the quick reply. Would using something Hi Res like a Tiff format would affect the performance of the software?