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3.3 Determine the naming preferences
Before you start, you can set preferences for the way your project is created. Of particular interest
at this stage is the labelling of the function blocks.
1 Press Project File => Preferences
– The Preferences Dialog appears
Tag Policy Tag Policy determines how the blocks are labelled by default if no tag names are entered
1 Select the folder Block and the subfolder Tag Policy , then check the following buttons
– Device
– Update Block Tag
2 Press OK to confirm your selection
– Application Designer will now automatically rename any blocks created in the control
strategy window as they are assigned to the devices by adding the device tag as prefix.
Tag Composition Tag Composition determines how the block identifiers are added to the block tag if no block name
is entered.
1 Select the subfolder Tab Composition :
– Enter a mnemonic separator: for this manual the setting was " - "
Default setting is "_" and mandatory if flexible function blocks are to be used
– Check Prefix
2 Press OK to confirm your selection
– Application Designer will now automatically compose the blocks according to your
selection, e.g. TagName-Block-n or TagName_Block_n.
Export Tag Export Tag causes tags to be automatically exported every time the project goes online
1 Select the subfolder Export Tag
– Check the Automatic button
2 Press OK to confirm your selection