21 text editor, 22 pc editor – Rockwell Automation 57C620 AutoMax Programming Executive Version 3.8 User Manual

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4Ć15

Getting Around in the AutoMax Executive and Windows

4.21

Text Editor

The Norton Editor is part of the AutoMax Executive software, and is

the default text editor used to create and edit Control Block and

BASIC tasks, BASIC include" files, and documentation files. The text

editor is called up automatically whenever the task to be edited is a

BASIC or Control Block task. See JĆ3618 for instructions on using the

Norton Editor.
If you do not want to use the Norton Editor as your text editor, you

can designate a different text editor. Note, however, that the Norton

Editor is also used by the PC Editor (see section 4.22.5) to create

remark sequences. Therefore, it must not be deleted from your hard

disk even though you may be using another text editor. Use the

following procedure to change text editors.
Step 1.

Verify that the text editor is in your DOS PATH.

Step 2.

If it is a DOSĆbased editor, you must also create a .PIF file

for it. This is done with the Windows PIF Editor.
a. Access the Windows Program Manager.
b. Choose the Accessories Group.
c. Choose the PIF Editor.
d. Select Open from the File menu, and specify NE.COM.
e. In the Program Filename field, change NE.COM to the

name of your text editor (as it appears in your DOS

PATH).

f. In the Window Title field, enter the descriptive name of

your text editor.

g. Save the file.
See the Microsoft Windows User's Guide for more

information on the PIF Editor.

Step 3.

Enter the name of your text editor during AutoMax Setup.

See section 5.5.2 for the AutoMax Setup procedure.

4.22

PC Editor

The PC editor is used to create, edit, and view PC/Ladder Language

tasks. The PC editor is automatically called up whenever you edit a

PC task. Refer to JĆ3677 for more information on AutoMax Ladder

Logic language.
When you are in the PC editor, the following keys have the special

functions indicated:
Home

Displays the first sequence in the task

PgUp

Displays the previous sequence in the task

PgDn

Displays the next sequence in the task

End

Displays the last sequence in the task

Del

Deletes the sequence being displayed from the PC

task. The next sequence in the program will be

displayed unless the last sequence in the task was

deleted, in which case the current last sequence will be

displayed.

Ins

Inserts a sequence following the sequence being

displayed. The new sequence number will be

increased by 10 as long as there is no other sequence

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