CFC Editor, Page-Oriented

Note

POUs generated in the Continuous Function Chart (CFC) - page-oriented cannot be converted into Continuous Function Chart (CFC) POUs or back.

Editing

You can drag a Page element from the ToolBox view to the page navigation. Then an additional page is inserted.

You can select existing pages in the page navigation and duplicated them by clicking Edit ‣ Copy and Edit ‣ Paste .

The size of the page is changed by means of the Edit Page Size command.

Connections over multiple pages are established by means of the Connection Mark - Source and Connection Mark - Sink elements. When you drag a connecting line from an input pin or an output pin to the border area, a new connection mark is created automatically. The advantage is that the “List components” input assistance provides all previously defined connection mark sources.

If you have selected an element in the editor, then you can use the arrow keys to move the selection from one element to the next to navigate through the circuit. If you then select a connection mark and press another arrow key, even the corresponding connection mark of the next/previous page will be selected.

You can transfer networks from a CFC POU to the program area of a page-oriented CFC by clicking Edit ‣ Copy and Edit ‣ Paste (from the clipboard). You can also use drag&drop.

Execution order

The execution order is determined automatically according to the order of the pages as they are sorted in the page navigator of the editor. Within a page, a page-oriented CFC object behaves like a CFC object. Therefore, you can switch between Auto Data Flow Mode and Explicit Execution Order Mode.

Additional commands in CFC page-oriented

See also

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