Project Properties

At a Glance

Whichever view is displayed, you can access the project properties by using the Properties command from the contextual menu (which can be reached by right-clicking the mouse on the Project folder). This gives you access to a dialog box which allows you to:

access information on the current project,
define certain parameters of the project.

Description of the Tabs

The dialog box includes the following tabs and actions:

Tab	Description
General	Name: allows you to define the name of the project. Type: indicates the type of Control Expert software used. Libset version: indicates the FB library version used for your current project.
Program & Safety Protection	Password setting applies to the following: Sections & Program Units : sections password settings Safety⁽¹⁾: safety password settings
Project & Controller Protection	Password setting applies to the following: Application⁽²⁾: application password settings Firmware⁽³⁾: firmware password settings Data Storage⁽⁴⁾ or Web Diagnostics / Data Storage⁽⁵⁾: data storage password settings
Identification	Allows you to identify the project: current version with the option of automatic increment creation date generation date Last rebuild all Last partial build SourceSafeSignature (safety PACs) When Automatically incremented is set: Major and Minor counters are not active Build counter is incremented at build Last rebuild All date is updated at Rebuild All Last partial build date is updated at Rebuild All and Build Change When Automatically incremented is not set: Major, Minor and Build counters can be incremented manually by the user Last rebuild All date is updated at Rebuild All Last partial build date is updated at Rebuild All and Build Change NOTE: Automatically incremented is set by default at project creation. It can be deactivated by default when the option Auto incrementation of project version is deselected (menu: Tools > Options > General).
Comment	Allows a comment to be associated with the project.
1 Only for Modicon M580 Safety CPUs. 2 Except for Modicon Momentum. 3 Only for Modicon M580 CPUs with OS version ≥ 2.00, BME NOC 03••, and BME CXM 0100 modules. 4 Only for Modicon M580 CPUs. 5 Only for Modicon M580 CPUs with firmware version ≥ 4.01.

NOTE: By default, the dialog box is called Properties of Project. If you give the project another name (myproject for example), this dialog box is called Properties of myproject.