Dialog ‘Options’ - ‘CFC Editor’

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Function: This dialog is for the configuration of the settings for editing and printing in the CFC editor.

Call: menu Tools ‣ Options , category CFC editor

Tab ‘General’

Enable AutoConnect : If you drag a CFC element onto the work area of the editor and insert it, CODESYS automatically connects together unconnected pins that ‘touch’ one another. Make sure that you do not create unwanted connections when shifting elements!
Prepare values in implementation part : In online mode you can also prepare variable values for writing and forcing in the implementation part of the CFC module. In addition, CODESYS displays the values you have just prepared in the inline monitoring box of the variable in angle brackets.

Tab ‘View’

Display grid points : Grid points at which you can position the elements are visible in the editor.
Show box icon

: Existing function blocks that are linked with a bitmap are displayed by CODESYS in the CFC editor as symbols.

Requirement: You have either created the link for a function block or a function in the object properties or loaded it via a library.
Edit Line Colors

Opens the Edit line colors dialog for the definition of the colors of the connecting lines, depending on the data type applied. The lines appear in offline and online mode in these colors, unless CODESYS paints over them with the thick black and blue lines used to display the boolean data flow.

  • Add type: Adds a data type to the list.
  • Delete type
Font Display of the font and button for changing the font.

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Tab ‘Print’

Setting the Layout options
Fit method Page or Poster
Scale Possible values: 20 % - 200 %

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