Open An Existing Logic Program Offline Or Online - Siemens SIMATIC 505 User Manual

Open an Existing Logic Program Offline or Online

You can open an existing logic file to edit or update program information
in either online or offline mode. Logic programs may contain one or more
of the following: logic and data, tags, headers, and descriptions and
comments. Several programs may be open at one time without losing
memory contents.
Editing or modifying a program online may produce unexpected or hazardous results.
To open an existing program:
1. Click
menu (Ctrl+O).
Result: The Open Program dialog box appears (Figure 3.6).
NOTE The last four files that were opened are saved and listed at the
bottom of the File menu. When you select one of these files, the Open
Program dialog box automatically opens with the file you selected.
Figure 3.6
2. Click Browse.
Result: The Open dialog box appears.
3. Type the program name in the Program Name line. Change drives
and/or directories, if necessary, to find the program you wish to open.
You can open *.FSS (505 SoftShop 32 bit files), *.FTK (505
SoftShop 16 bit files) or *.VP5 (TISOFT V5.0 files).
NOTE For TISOFT V5.0 files (*.vp5) loads, a new offline program is
created with the logic and documentation always imported. Synonyms for
JMP, GTS, and SBY are not imported. However, their associated
comments are imported as Headers.
4. Click on the program name in the File Name scroll box and click OK.
Result: The name of the program appears in the Program Name line
of the Open Program dialog box.
The selected program's file name is put into the Address Documentation
Path. If a different documentation program is desired, it must be linked
via Share Address Documentation. When a file is configured you can
specify a database file that holds and sorts all documentation. Multiple
users can simultaneously modify documentation for the same file thus
regular updates can be scheduled to get the latest documentation within
the database. Documentation can be imported from *.FSS (505 SoftShop
32 bit files), comma or tab separated. Conversely you can export from the
database file into a text file or a *.VP5 file (TISOFT V5.0 files with
Headers and Tags).
on the Toolbar or select Open Program from the File
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