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Drive Programming User’s Manual (I580-E2)
*1. A unit of display on the flowchart is called "Block". A block consists of a command, or a command and a label
attached to the command.
Commands for the text program
Program conversion
You can convert a flowchart program to a text program, and vice versa.
When a conversion is performed, the program is once compiled. Note that if a compilation error
occurs, the conversion will not be completed.
Also, comments, alias definition, region definition, etc. are deleted when a compilation is performed
for conversion. The operation does not change, however, the forms and contents of the program are
partially changed.
Vertical Align Bottom
Aligns vertically the bottoms of the currently selected blocks
*1
.
Orientation
Selects an orientation for connecting the blocks
*1
.
Auto-arrange
Arranges the blocks
*1
of the flowchart automatically in the cur-
rently selected orientation.
Show Contacts
Switches display/hide of the contacts of the blocks
*1
.
Show Enables to select a display style of the program from options
below.
•Text only
• Icon only
• Icon and text
• Name, icon and arguments
Command Icon Description
Find Looks for a text in the Drive Programming Editor.
Replace Replaces a text in the Drive Programming Editor.
Increment Indentation Increases the indentation of the selected text.
Decrement Indentation Decreases the indentation of the selected text.
Format selected text Formats automatically the selected text.
Comment selected text Transforms the selected lines of text to comments.
Uncomment selected text Uncomments the selected lines of text.
Command Icon Description
Convert Text to Flowchart Converts current text task/subroutine to flowchart.
Convert whole program to
Flowchart
Converts whole program to flowchart.
Command Icon Description
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