01.99 6 Programming
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6-34 SINUMERIK 840C, OEM Version for Windows (BA)
6.2.7 Description of the WEdit editor
WEdit is a convenient text editor which can be used to create and edit
MPFxxxx, SPFxxxx and TOA files, etc..
• In WEdit, commands are selected from menus and information and settings
entered in dialog boxes.
• You can select and reposition, copy or delete blocks of text. You can use
the Windows Clipboard to exchange information with other applications.
• Sections of text can be searched and replaced with others.
• You can print files or selected areas of files.
• The status line of WEdit displays the mode (overwrite or insert mode) and
the number of the line in which the cursor is located.
• Block numbers can be automatically generated in the part program.
• Part programs in the NCK memory can be edited as well as files on the hard
disk or other network drives of the MMC.
• The modification of files can be disabled individually using the keyswitch.
Files can only be edited if the write access is enabled.
• Cycles in the NC program memory can only be edited when the cycle
disable is deactivated.
• The maximum length of a line in a file is 255 characters (= the maximum
length of an NC block). Lines exceeding this length are cut off when the file
is read in.
• WEdit is capable of editing files up to a length of 32,000 lines.
• WEdit can be loaded twice for the editing of two files in parallel.
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General functions
NC-specific
functions
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