Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 556)

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Store recipe files with the HMI project
If recipe files are part of the HMI project, when a recipe file is saved at run time,
FactoryTalk View updates the .mer file with changes to the data sets. When you stop the
run-time application, the changes are retained, and are shown the next time you run the
application and show the recipe file. You can convert the .mer file to an .med file to view
the changes in FactoryTalk View Studio. For more information about converting run-time
application files, see page 14-6.
For details about using the RecipePlus Setup editor, see Help.
Set up recipe files
Use the RecipePlus Editor to set up one or more recipe files. Each file is stored in the
editor’s folder. You can open and work on multiple recipe files at the same time.
The RecipePlus Editor has special items on the Edit menu that allow you to easily copy
and paste from the spreadsheet in the Ingredients tab to Microsoft Excel. This editor also
has items on the Recipe menu, for adding, deleting, and renaming data sets and tag sets,
and for comparing recipes.
To help you get started, FactoryTalk View creates one data set, tag set, and unit. You can
rename them and assign data values and tags to them, or delete them and create your own.
For information about comparing recipes, see the next section.