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Symbol: _cds_icon_watch_all_forces

Function: The command opens the “Watch All Forces” view, which is a special kind of watch list.

Call: Menu bar: “View  Watch  Watch All Forces”

Requirement: A project is in offline mode or online mode.

The view contains all variables currently prepared for forcing, and all forced variables of the application in one list. Actions are possible in the list which are also possible in other watch lists. Moreover, the following commands are available in the “Unforce” list box of the view:

Table 503: “Watch All Forces”

Tabular view of all forced variables of the application, including variables prepared for forcing

“Expression”

Variable name

“Data Type”

Data type of the variable

“Value”

Currently forced value of the variable

“Prepared Value”

Value prepared for forcing

“Overwritten value at start of cycle”

For inputs, the actual value is already overwritten by the force value before the application code is executed. As a result, this is the forced value.

For outputs, this is the forced value.

“Overwritten value at end of cycle”

For outputs, this is the value which is calculated in the cycle. However, this value is overwritten by the force value at the end of the cycle.

For inputs, this is the forced value.

  • “Unforce and Keep All Selected Values”: For all selected entries in the list, the variables will be set to the forced value and the forcing will be lifted

  • “Unforce and Restore All Selected Values”: For all selected entries in the list, the variables will be reset to the values they had before they were forced, and the forcing will be lifted.