96-8000
336
QUICK CODE
June 1999
THE GROUP WINDOW
The group window displays a list of groups that are defined in the QUICK CODE source file. The groups can be
moved through for selection by turning the jog handle in the plus, clockwise, direction. For each jog handle
click in the plus direction, the group window cursor will advance to the next group. In this manner you can
move through every group in the list. When the last group is highlighted, the next plus click will move the
cursor to the first group in the list. To view and cursor through items within a group, turn the jog handle in the
minus, counter clockwise, direction. As long as you turn the jog handle in the minus direction the cursor will
advance through, display and highlight items in the current group. By turning the jog handle one click clock-
wise, the group item list will be closed and additional plus clicks will continue to traverse the group list.
THE HELP WINDOW
The help window is just below the group window. It is used to display QUICK CODE source file help, address
code help, and warning messages to the user.
The QUICK CODE source file can contain comments that will not be placed into the edit window. These
comments will be displayed on the first five lines of the help window. These comments are typically used for
explaining item code and usage.
As the user cursors through a program, each address code that is highlighted will be interpreted and a short
description of its usage is displayed in the help window. This address code help is as accurate as possible.
Since the program is not being interpreted sequentially as it is when a program is run, full interpretation cannot
take place. When the context of an address code cannot be fully determined, the most likely usage is dis-
played.
Sometimes during editing we can determine if a run time error will occur without actually running the program.
For instance we can tell if multiple codes from one G code group are on a line. In this case QUICK CODE will
display a highlighted warning message to the user indicating that there is a problem. This is found on the last
line of the help window.
SPECIAL KEYS
QUICK CODE makes use of the jog handle to select from the group list and group items. This is described in
the group window section above. QUICK CODE action takes place when the WRITE key is pressed. If there is
text on the input line, normal text insertion takes place when the WRITE key is pressed. When the input line
is blank, pressing the WRITE key will cause QUICK CODE to take the following action:
-If the currently highlighted Quick Code item is designed as a text help item only, the edit window is not
modified.
-If numeric program code is found associated with the highlighted Quick Code item, the edit window cursor is
moved to the end of the current edit block and the associated code is inserted after that block. The edit cursor
is left at the end of the last QUICK CODE block that was inserted.
To Next Page
Loading...
Need help?
General
