Lenze PLC Designer PLC Designer (R2-x) - Manual (Page 133)

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The Individual Components

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Macro libraries:
Macros can be saved in external macro libraries. These libraries can be included in
other projects.
• Creating a macro library containing the macros of the currently opened project:
Press button Create. You get the dialog Merge project, where all available macros
are listed. Select the desired entries and confirm with OK. The selection dialog will
close and dialog Save Macrolibrary will open. Insert here a name and path for the
new library and press button Save. The library will be created named as <library
name>.mac and the dialog will be closed.
• Including a macro library <library name>.mac in the currently opened project:
Press button Include. The dialog Open Macrolibrary will open, which shows files
with extension *.mac. Select the desired library and press button Open. The dialog
will be closed and the library will be added to the tree of the Macrolist.
Note!
The macros of a project also can be exported ('Project' 'Export').
The settings will be stored in the project.
6.3 Managing Projects...
The commands which refer to entire project are found under the menu items 'File' and
'Project'. See the book 'Managing Projects..' in the contents tab of this online help for
the respective items.
6.3.1 'File' 'New'
Symbol:
With this command you create an empty project with the name "Untitled". This name
must be changed when saving.
6.3.2 'File' 'New from template'
Use this command to open any desired PLC Designer project as a "template" project.
The dialog for opening a project file will be available and the selected project will be
opened with project name "Unknown".