Virtual ViewX always shows the database tree when a user logs on

[geoffpatton]

Is there a way to make Virtual ViewX not show the database tree every time a user logs on?

For most users it would be better that it always not be opened when they logon.

Of course it would be nice if it remembered if the user had it open or not last time they logged on like ViewX does.

[sbeadle · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can hide the database tree on start of a VVX session.

To do this you need to customise and save the Main DAT file which ViewX uses to set screen appearance, then copy the files from your own user folder to the VVX user folders.

The procedure is:

a) Run ViewX with a normal Windows user, log in and close the database tree

b) Do not log out, just Exit ViewX

c) Find the folder c:\Users\<your Windows user>\AppData\Roaming\Schneider Electric\ClearSCADA (Use Local if earlier than 2023)

d) Copy the ViewX Global Settings.dat file from this folder. (It may be easier to copy the \Schneider Electric\ClearSCADA folder and its files)

e) Paste these files into the equivalent folders for just the active VVXLocalUser Windows accounts. 

(Might be named VVXLocalUser or VVXLocalUser.<hostname> or what you set up manually in the VVX Applications tab.

Note that some settings which are saved between ViewX runs are modified on VVX start, such as hiding the alarm banner and ribbon - these cannot be altered.

Note also that in Geo SCADA 2023 the folder for these files is moving to  c:\Users\<your Windows user>\AppData\Roaming\Schneider Electric\ClearSCADA.

Edited: the destination user account was incorrect, should have been VVXLocalUser etc.

[geoffpatton]

Thanks Steve.

I thought it would be copying those files but the location I tried putting them was wrong.

[joshribbons]

I have been trying to get this working on a server running 2023 Nov 2024 Update. I have confirmed the settings using ViewX are being saved into the roaming folder as I can see the dates change every time I close ViewX.

I have copied the dat files into every conceivable location for any associated user including Default and still it will not show the alarm banner on login or close the database tree!

@sbeadle you mentioned VVX will modify some settings such as alarm banner - how

[geoffpatton]

I actually never applied this. The customer decided they didn't mind the database tree. I just assumed it would work if I had modified the files in the correct location.

[sbeadle]

Solution modified to specify the correct user/folder location.