# Add controller instruction faceplates

You can add faceplates to an existing application at any time.

The Add Controller Instruction Faceplates dialog box lists all the available faceplate display types. The number of controller instruction faceplates in each display type is shown after the display type and its file prefix. For example, Alarm - Logix_ALM (3 displays) means there are three controller instruction faceplates that show alarm information, and their display names will include the initials ALM.

You can choose to install all or none of the available display types. For each faceplate display type that you select, a set of .gfx (graphic display) files is added to the Displays folder and a set of corresponding .ggfx (global object display) files is added to the Global Objects folder.

## To add controller instruction faceplates

1. Open the application in FactoryTalk View Machine Edition.
2. In the Explorer window, right-click the server icon (the third level down, the second icon with the application name), and select Add Controller Instruction Faceplates. The Add Controller Instruction Faceplates dialog box opens.
3. Select the faceplates you want to add to your application. By default, all the display types are checked. To select all the display types, click the Select All button. To clear all the check boxes, click the Clear All button.
4. Click OK.

## Options

- Select the display types to add to the project

  By default, all display types are selected. To prevent a display type from being added to the application, clear the check box beside it.

  Tip: | Adding faceplate displays to an application affects the license count. Each added faceplate display (.gfx file) counts as one display for activation purposes. The corresponding global object display (.ggfx file) does not add to the total license count. If you make changes to the faceplates in your application, remember that these changes are local to that application. If you want these changes to be available to other applications on other computers, copy the changed files back to the shared location. Faceplate files are stored in \Users\Public\Public Documents\RSView Enterprise\ME\Faceplates.

## See also

About controller instruction faceplates

About controller instruction faceplate displays

About controller instruction faceplate global objects

Controller instruction faceplates display list