Navigating the Programs Module

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Navigating the Programs Module

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The Programs module displays a tree view of all the elements contained in the project. It is possible to edit all the displayed elements in the tree view as well as add more within the module.

 

 

Detail of a Tree View

 

A – Program  See Programs.

B – Expanded Screen

C – Control  See Adding Controls to a Screen.

D – Event  See How to Work with Processes.

E – Collapsed Screen

F – Screens from a program (in this case, the “P: Capture” application program)  See How to Work with Screens.

G – Local Procedure  See Local Procedures.

H – Routine  See Working with Routines.

I - Locked Element (identified with a . Its content is NOT visible/editable or expandable)

J - Routine In See Working with "Routine In".

K - Routine Out See Working with "Routine Out".

 

Click the plus or minus signs preceding an item to expand or collapse the list of underlying items.

 

 

 

To edit an element displayed in the tree view, right-click it. This opens a menu with several available options.

 

To add a screen to a program, right-click a program, represented in the tree view, and ,in the resulting menu, select the corresponding option.

As an alternative, you can right-click an existing screen and select the "Duplicate Screen" option.

See Screens.

 

To add a program, right-click any program in the tree view or the blank space in the Programs module. See Programs.