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Glossary
Event
Any action, which initiates execution of a → Method: Input of characters, actuation of
softkeys, etc.
Group
Reload unit for → Configuration file
Help variable
Internal arithmetic variable to which no → Properties can be assigned and is not, therefore,
visible in the → Dialog.
Hotkeys
6 keys on OP 010, OP 010C and SINUMERIK keyboards with hotkey blocks. Pressing the
keys selects an operating area directly. As an option, 2 additional keys can be configured as
hotkeys.
Input/output field
Also I/O field: for inputting or outputting variable values.
Interpreter
The interpreter automatically converts the defined code from the → Configuration file into a
→ Dialog and controls its use.
Line index
Row number of an array
Menu tree
A group of interlinked → Dialogs
Method
Programmed sequence of operations executed when a corresponding → Event occurs.
Parameter
Parameters are variable elements of the programming syntax and are replaced by other
words/symbols in the → Configuration file.
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