Dialog 'Options' - 'CFC Editor'

Symbol: _cds_icon_option_cfc

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”

_cds_icon_option_activated : When you drag a CFC element into the editor area, unlinked pins which "touch" each other are automatically linked.

Make sure that you do not create unwanted connections when moving elements.

Tab 'View'

“Display grid points”	: In the editor, grid points are displayed where you can position the elements.
“Show box icon”	: Existing function blocks that are linked with a bitmap are displayed as a symbol in the in the CFC editor. 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. There you can define the colors for the connecting lines depending on the applied data type. The lines are then displayed in these colors in offline and online mode. “Add Type:” Adds a data type to the list. “Remove Type” Removes the selected data type.
“Font”	Display of the font and button for changing the font.

See also

Tab 'Print'

Tab 'Monitoring'

Settings for displaying the monitoring fields

“Number of displayed digits”

Number of displayed digits for floating-point numbers in the monitoring field

Example: value: 12.345; number of displayed digits: 3; display: 12.3

“String length”

Maximum length of string variable values in the monitoring field