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The Individual Components

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6.1.6 Work space
The Work space is located on the right side of the main window in »PLC Designer«. All
editors for objects and the library manager are opened in this area. The current object
name appears in the title bar; in the case of POUs an abbreviation for the POU type
and the programming language currently in use appears in brackets after it.
You find the description of the editors in the chapter The Editors
Under the menu item 'Window' you find all commands for window management.
6.1.7 Message window
The message window is separated by a screen divider underneath the work space in
the main window.
It contains all messages from the previous compilations, checks or comparisons.
Search results and the cross-reference list can also be output here.
If you doubleclick with the mouse in the message window on a message or press
<Enter>, the editor opens with the object. The relevant line of the object is selected.
With the commands 'Edit' 'Next error' and 'Edit' 'Previous error' you can can quickly
jump between the error messages.
The display of the message window is optional (see 'Window' 'Messages').
6.1.8 Status bar
The status bar at the bottom of the window frame of the main window in »PLC
Designer« gives you information about the current project and about menu
commands.
If an item is relevant, then the concept appears on the right side of the status bar in
black script, otherwise in gray script.
When you are working in online mode, the concept Online appears in black script. If
you are working in the offline mode it appears in gray script.
In Online mode you can see from the status bar whether you are in the simulation
(SIM), the program is being processed (RUNS), a breakpoint is set (BP), or variables are
being forced (FORCE).
With text editor the line and column number of the current cursor position is
indicated (e.g. Line:5, Col.:11). In online mode 'OV' is indicated black in the status bar.
Pressing the <Ins> key switches between Overwrite and Insert mode.