Campbell Scientific PC400 Datalogger Support Software - Manual (Page 174)

Section 9. Datalogger Program Creation with CRBasic Editor
Save as Default Template – Saves the comments and instructions in the active
file as a template that will be used each time File | New is selected for that type
of datalogger.
Delete – When selected, a list of all dataloggers is displayed. Select a
datalogger to open a dialog box containing a list of saved templates. A
template can then be highlighted and deleted from disk.
(Datalogger Types) – When a datalogger type is selected, a list of all
templates is displayed.
Template files are associated with a specific datalogger type.
For example, templates for a CR5000 cannot be used for
CR9000X programming and vice versa. Each datalogger has its
own set of instructions that may be different than the other. NOTE
9.3.5 Program Navigation using BookMarks and GoTo
Bookmarks are lines of code in the program that the user marks, which can be
quickly navigated to using the Next, Previous, and Browse Bookmark
functions. Buttons for the bookmark function are available on the toolbar or in
the GoTo | Bookmarks menu. Selecting the Toggle Bookmark option will
add a bookmark to a line. Selecting it a second time will remove the
bookmark. When a line is bookmarked, the entire line will be highlighted with
a color (the color can be changed using the View | Editor Preferences menu
item). You can then navigate from bookmark to bookmark by selecting
Previous or Next. All bookmarks can be removed from the program by
selecting Clear Bookmarks. Bookmarks are persistent when you close a
program (i.e., they are saved and will exist the next time the program is
opened).
All programs have certain common instructions, such as the declaration of
variables, data table definitions, the BeginProg/EndProg statements and
Scan/NextScan. The Goto function is used to move the cursor to the next
occurrence of a common instruction in the program (GoTo | Navigation or
choose the GoTo button from the toolbar). In addition, you can move to a
particular line number in the program by selecting GoTo | Go To Line.
9.3.6 CRBasic Editor File Menu
Many of the functions available from the CRBasic Editor Toolbar are found in
this menu. They have been discussed previously. Other options include:
Open as Read-Only – Opens a copy of a program file in read-only view. In
this mode, the file cannot be edited. However, you can copy text from a read-
only file into another file. Read-only allows the same program to be opened
twice – once in regular view and once in read-only view. This allows the user
to examine multiple areas of a very large program at the same time.
Save and Encrypt – Encrypts the active file. Encrypted files can be compiled
in the datalogger but cannot be read by a user. (Refer to FileEncrypt in the
CRBasic Editor’s online help for dataloggers that support file encryption.)
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