User Interface ......................................................................................................... 11
Menus and Toolbars ........................................................................................... 11
PPG Toolbar Buttons .......................................................................................... 11
Program Nodes Toolbar ...................................................................................... 12
Navigation .............................................................................................................. 13
Generating the Program.................................................................................................. 14
Downloading the Program ......................................................................................... 14
Transferring Data .................................................................................................... 14
Overview ...................................................................................................................... 15
Designing the Application ................................................................................................ 15
Application Output ................................................................................................... 15
Application Structure................................................................................................ 16
Creating Function Nodes ........................................................................................... 18
Frames ............................................................................................................ 18
Subroutines ...................................................................................................... 18
Using Your Flow Chart ........................................................................................ 18
Defining Program Flow ............................................................................................. 20
Additional Resources ...................................................................................................... 21
The PPG Menubar ................................................................................. 23
Overview ...................................................................................................................... 23
File Menu ...................................................................................................................... 23
Closing a File .......................................................................................................... 25
(Ctrl+S) ........................................................................................................................... 25
Save As.................................................................................................................. 26
Page Setup ............................................................................................................. 27
(Ctrl+D) ................................................................................................................................ 28
Recent Files ............................................................................................................ 33
(Alt+F4)........................................................................................................................................... 34
Edit Menu ..................................................................................................................... 34
Selecting Objects..................................................................................................... 34
Moving Objects........................................................................................................ 35
Moving Links..................................................................................................... 35
(Ctrl+X)............................................................................................................................................ 35
(Ctrl+C)......................................................................................................................................... 35
(Ctrl + V) ...................................................................................................................................... 35
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Properties ............................................................................................................... 36
Function Nodes ................................................................................................. 36
Operation Nodes................................................................................................ 37
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(Ctrl+N) ............................................................................................................... 24
(Ctrl+O)....................................................................................................... 25
(Ctrl+P) ......................................................................................................................... 26
(Ctrl+Z)........................................................................................................... 28
(Ctrl+Y) ................................................................................................................. 31