The ‘Components’ area contains all components available for the project. The compo-
nents can be divided into the following types based on their function:
n Develop program code (data types, programs, functions and function blocks).
n Show or add all devices available for the ‘Plant’
area.
n Insert libraries such as firmware libraries, IEC user libraries, etc.
In the ‘Plant’ area, you map all the physical and logical components of your application
as a hierarchical tree structure.
n Double-clicking on a node in the ‘Plant’ area or on an element in the ‘Components’
area opens the associated editor group in the editor area.
n Editor groups are always shown in the center of the user interface.
n Each editor group contains several editors, which can be opened and closed using
buttons in the editor group.
n You can identify the corresponding editor based on the color representation of the
editor group:
– Blue: Editor from the area ‘Plant’
.
– Orange: Editor from the area ‘Components’ .
The cross-functional area contains functions that extend across your entire project.
n ERROR LIST
– All errors, warnings and messages of the current project are shown here.
n GLOBAL FIND AND REPLACE
– Here you can find and replace text in the project.
n CROSS REFERENCES
– All cross references within the project are shown here, such as the use and decla-
ration of all variable types.
n WATCH WINDOW
– Debug tool - the current values of the added variables are shown here in online
mode.
n BREAKPOINTS
– Debug tool - here you can set and reset breakpoints for troubleshooting.
n CALL STACKS
– Debug tool - the sequence of calls when the code is executed is shown here and
commands for debugging with breakpoints are made available.
n LOGIC ANALYSIS
– Here variable values can be recorded and visualized during runtime.
n PROTOCOL
– All errors, warnings and messages are output here.
‘Online’
: Messages from the runtime environment as well as other errors and
warnings relating to online communication.
– ‘Engineering’ : Non-project-related messages about events that affect the soft-
ware such as device files GSDML etc.
n RECYCLE BIN
– Items that you have recently deleted from the ‘Plant’ or ‘Components’ areas are
moved to the recycle bin.
– If necessary, you can restore deleted items.
Detected errors and warnings are shown here. In addition, you have a zoom function
here for graphical applications.
‘Components’ area
‘Plant’ area
Editor area
Cross-functional area
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