Storage

Comments with hyperlinks, but not the linked documents, are stored in the controller. The linked documents may be stored on the hard disk of the programming station, on the Internet, on an operator terminal or other medium.

Operating modes

In the variable editor and folder, you can access the hyperlink in online and offline modes using the PLC.

You can modify a link while connected to the controller.

In the operator screens, you can create or edit the hyperlink in offline mode and run it in online mode.

Display

When you open the target document, the application at the origin of the creation of the document or that is used to view the document becomes active. The Control Expert window is however not active. The Control Expert application continues to run as a background task.

Your actions on the keyboard will be directed to the document that you have just opened and not to the Control Expert application.

To make the Control Expert window active again, click on the window or on the icon in the taskbar.

Drag / Drop

You can Drag & Drop icons between the file explorer and the hyperlink insertion windows. You can, for example, insert the full path of the target document.