Files Created With Cx-Programmer Ver. 6.0 Or Later; Function Block Menus In Cx-Programmer Ver; (And Later Versions) - Omron WS02-CXPC1-V9 - V9 Operation Manual

Introducing the Function Blocks
1-1-3

Files Created with CX-Programmer Ver. 6.0 or Later

Project Files (*.cxp) and
File Memory Program
Files (*.obj)
Function Block Library
Files (*.cxf)
Note
Project Text Files
Containing Function
Blocks (*.cxt)
1-1-4 Function Block Menus in CX-Programmer Ver. 5.0 (and later
Versions)
Main Menu
Main Submenu
menu
File Function Block
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Projects created using CX-Programmer that contain function block definitions
and projects with instances are saved in the same standard project files
(*.cxp) and file memory program files (*.obj).
The following diagram shows the contents of a project. The function block def-
initions are created at the same directory level as the program within the rele-
vant PLC directory.
Project file (.cxp)
PLC1
PLC2
A function block definition created in a project with CX-Programmer Ver. 6.0
can be saved as a file (1 definition = 1 file), enabling definitions to be loaded
into other programs and reused.
When function blocks are nested, all of the nested (destination) function block
definitions are included in this function block library file (.cxf).
Data equivalent to that in project files created with CX-Programmer Ver. 6.0
(*.cxp) can be saved as CXT text files (*.cxt).
The following tables list menus related to function blocks in CX-Programmer
Ver. 5.0 and later versions. For details on all menus, refer to the CX-Program-
mer Operation Manual (W446).
Shortcut
Load Function ---
Block from File
Save Function ---
Block to File
Global symbol table
I/O table
PLC Setup
PLC memory table
Program (with rung comments)
Local symbol table
Section 1 (with instances)
Section 2 (with instances)
END section (with instances)
Function block definitions
FunctionBlock1
FunctionBlock2
Instances created
in program
sections.
Function
Reads the saved function block library files (*.cxf).
Saves the created function block definitions to a file ([func-
tion block library file]*.cxf).
Section 1-1
Each function block can be
stored in a separate
definition file (.cxf).