Rockwell Automation 1747-PBASE BASIC Development Software Programming Manual - Manual (Page 95)

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Chapter
8
Translating Your Program
When you have completed this chapter, you will know how to:
•
translate your program
•
locate and correct programming errors
•
configure your translator
Translating Feature The translate/compile feature available with the BASIC Development Software is
executed based on the extension portion of a filename. Refer to Chapter 3 for
details on setting up filename extensions. For proper program translation, the
following file extensions must be used:
Before performing a translate/compile operation on a program, load the file into an
edit window. If it already has been loaded, verify that the window is the currently
active window. Once this is accomplished, translate/compile your program by
using one of the following paths:
Path: Toplevel Menu
→ → → →
Translate/compile
Path: Toplevel Menu
→ → → →
Edit mode
→ → → →
Other
→ → → →
Translate/compile
QuickStroke: Toplevel Menu
→ → → →
Edit mode
→ → → →
[CTRL F8]
Table 8.1 Filename Extensions
File Extension Description
name.BDL This is your source file you have written in the BASIC development
language. This is the file you should be translating.
name.BAS This is the BASIC file created by the 1747-PBASE Translator. This file is
the file you download to the BASIC module.
name.MAP This file is generated by the 1747-PBASE Translator. It is used for
tracking variables when executing the development software debugger
discussed in chapter 9.
IMPORTANT
The 1747-PBASE Translator ( BTRAN.EXE ) works only with these
file extensions and cannot be reconfigured.