Lenze PLC Designer PLC Designer (R3-1) - Manual (Page 734)

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General Editors
732 DMS 4.1 EN 03/2011 TD29
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Edit associated actions
A doubleclick on an step (entry, active or exit) or transition action association opens
the associated action in the corresponding editor. For example perform a doubleclick
on the transition element or on the triangle indicating an exit action in a step element.
Cut, Copy, Paste elements
Select the element(s) and use command cut, copy resp. paste (by default from the Edit
menu) or the corresponding keys.
Notice the following behaviour which is different to »PLC Designer« V2.3 :
• When you paste one or several cut or copied element(s), the content of the
clipboard will be inserted before the currently selected position. If nothing is
currently selected, the element(s) will be appended at the end of the currently
loaded chart.
• If you paste a branch while the currently selected element is also a branch, the
pasted branch elements will be inserted left to the existing ones.
• If you paste an action (list) at a currently selected step, the actions will be added at
the beginning of the action list of the step resp. an action list for the step will be
created.
• Incompatible elements when cutting/copying: If an associated action (list) and
additionally an element, which is not the step to which the action (list) belongs, are
selected, a message box will appear: "The current selection contains incompatible
elements. No data will be filed to the clipboard." The selection will not be stored
and you cannot paste or copy it somewhere else!
• Incompatible elements when pasting: If you try to paste an action (list) while the
currently selected element is not a step or another association, an error box will
appear: "The current clipboard content can not be pasted at the current selection."
If you try to paste an element like a step, branch or transition when currently an
associated action (list) is selected the same message box will appear.
Delete elements:
Select the element(s) and use command Delete or the <Del>-key. Notice the following:
• Deleting a step also deletes the associated action list.
• Deleting the init step automatically sets the following step to be the initial one,
that is option 'Initial step' will be activated in the properties of this step.
• Deleting the horizontal line preceding a branched area will delete all branches.
• Deleting all particular elements of a branch will delete the branch.