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DMS 4.1 EN 03/2011 TD29
For information on what's currently going on in your project in off-line or online mode 
see the following components: 
• Messages Window: Precompile, Compile, Build, Download messages etc. are 
displayed in this window (message view).
• Watch Windows and online views of editors: Shows a monitoring view of a POU
resp. a user-defined list of watch expressions.
• Information and Status Line: The line at the lower border of the user interface
provides information on the currently logged-in user. Also - if you are currently 
working in an editor window - the current position of the cursor and the status of 
editing mode. In online mode the current status of the program will be indicated. 
 
Current user: Each project has a user and access management. The currently 
logged-in user will be named in the status line. 
 
Position: Counted from the left resp. upper margin of the editor window:  
Ln = Number of lines  
Col = Number of columns (a column includes exactly 1 space, character or digit) 
Ch = Number of characters (in this context a character can be a single character or 
digit as well as a tab including for example 4 columns) 
By a double mouse-click on one of the fields you get the dialog Go To Line, where 
you can enter a different position where the cursor should be placed. 
 
Status of editing mode: INS = insert mode, OVR = overwrite mode. By a double 
mouse-click on this field you can toggle the setting. 
 
Online mode information: status of the application on the device: 
= program running
= program stopped
= program halted on a breakpoint
Program loaded = program loaded on device 
Program unchanged = program on device matches that in the programming 
system 
Program modified (Online Change) = program on device differs from that in the 
programming system, online change required 
Program modified (Full download) = program on device differs from that in the 
programming system, full download required