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Concepts and Base Components
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3.4 Project
A project contains the POU objects which make up a PLC program, as well as the
definitions of resource objects necessary to run one or several instances of the
program (application) on certain target systems (PLCs, devices). POU objects are
managed in the POUs view window, device-specific resource objects are managed in
the Devices view window.
A project is saved in a file <projectname>.project.
Project specific configuration can be done in the Customize and Options dialogs.
Note: The look and the properties of the user interface are defined and stored in
»PLC Designer«, not in the project. The components available in the user interface
are defined by the profile.
Project Template
The basic configuration of a new project (menu structure, predefined objects) is
determined by the currently used project template. The template is chosen when
creating a new project file by command New Project.
Project Settings and Project Information
The Project Settings per default is an object in the POUs view, the Project Information
will be automatically added also there as soon as it has been called once by the
corresponding menu command (usually part of the Project menu).
Abb. 3 POUs window
The Project Settings dialogs provide the possibility to define various settings for the
current project, e.g. what should happen, if an user opens the project with a different
version.
The Project Information dialogs can be used to edit or view project specific
information like e.g. file data, statistics on the objects, author name etc. For a detailed
description see the help page on Project Information.