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Programming
2.3 Variables
Expanding the user interface
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Parameter Description
The data is separated by commas, the sequence is defined. The Help file and Help text
appear in double quotation marks.
The PDF files must be filed in folder CUS.DIR\hlp.dir or CST.DIR\hlp.dir. PDF and text
files corresponding to one another must have the same name. The name of the PDF file
must be written in capital letters in the txt file.
Several help references can be configured in a loop (Help loop) for each dialog element,
i.e., the references are called up in succession and when the last reference closes, the
first is displayed again.
If a second or subsequent Help call is linked to the same file/index/Help text, the entries
do not have to be made.
Help is displayed when the cursor is positioned on this field and the information button is
pressed.
2.3.3 Detailed information about the variable type [1]
Variable type INTEGER
The following extensions for determining the display in the input/output field and the memory
utilization are possible for the "INTEGER" type:
● 2nd character in the extension data type
Display format
B Binary
D Decimal signed
H hexadecimal
No data Decimal signed
● 3rd and/or 4th character in the extension data type
Memory utilization
B Byte
W Word
D Double Word
BU Byte, Unsigned
WU Word, Unsigned
DU Double word, Unsigned
Sequence of characters in the INTEGER data type
1. "I" Basic INTEGER designation
2. Display format
3. Memory utilization
4. "U" Unsigned