GE developed Wizards and Experts with one goal in mind – allow users to unleash the power of iFIX quickly and easily. Wizards and Experts are essentially simplified user interfaces that help you accomplish a task.
The fundamental difference between Wizards and Experts is:
- Wizards consist of a series of dialog boxes that guide you through a process and engage you in dialog that helps you understand that process.
- Experts consist of one dialog box that requires minimum input to quickly perform a task. They provide an easier way to animate objects or execute scripts, tasks that you can also accomplish using the Basic Animations dialog box.
iFIX Wizards and Experts were created to help both advanced and novice users. Advanced users can carry the process to additional steps, perhaps by using a powerful feature of VBA, re-entering an Expert after performing another function, or learning a new feature by implementing it.
Novice users can run a Wizard or Expert in an effort to complete a more complicated task without adapting to new concepts or technology. Although the underlying foundation of Wizards and Experts is Visual Basic, you never need to be exposed to or versed in VBA to use these tools.
Ultimately, employing Wizards and Experts in your picture development means you can complete desired tasks and enjoy the results.
