Copying a table – HEIDENHAIN TNC 620 (34056x-04) User Manual

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Programming: Fundamentals, file management

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Working with the file manager

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Copying a table

Importing lines to a table

If you are copying a table into an existing table, you can overwrite
individual lines with the REPLACE FIELDS soft key. Prerequisites:

The target table must already exist

The file to be copied must only contain the lines you want to
replace

Both tables must have the same file extension

The

REPLACE FIELDS function is used to overwrite

lines in the target table. To avoid losing data, create a
backup copy of the original table.

Example

With a tool presetter you have measured the length and
radius of ten new tools. The tool presetter then generates the
TOOL_Import.T tool table with 10 lines (for the 10 tools).

Copy this table from the external data medium to any directory

Copy the externally created table to the existing table using the
TNC file management. The TNC asks if you wish to overwrite
the existing TOOL.T tool table:

If you press the

YES soft key, the TNC will completely overwrite

the current TOOL.T tool table. After the copying process the
new TOOL.T table consists of 10 lines.

Or press the

REPLACE FIELDS soft key for the TNC to overwrite

the 10 lines in the TOOL.T file. The data of the other lines is not
changed.

Extracting lines from a table

You can select one or more lines in a table and save them in a
separate table.

Open the table from which you want to copy lines

Use the arrow keys to select the first line to be copied

Press the

MORE FUNCTIONS soft key

Press the

TAG soft key

Select additional lines, if required

Press the

SAVE AS soft key

Enter a name for the table in which the selected lines are to be
saved

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