Representation

Description

Elements of the Search tab

Element

Description

Find what

Enter the complete variable name you want to search for.

Click the Down arrow to display a list providing the last 10 search strings.

Click the ... button to open a Data Selection dialog to select the object you want to search for.

Scope

Select the scope where you want to search.

The different scopes are:

  • Global (application)

  • a specific Program Unit of the application

  • a specific DFB of the project

  • all scopes (application + all Program Units + all DFBs)

Read

Limits the search to reading references.

Write

Limits the search to writing references.

Overlapping

Activate this check box to search for all complete and partial references.

Inside DDT

Activate this check box to search inside DDT variables.

Inside DFB

Activate this check box to search inside DFB instances (except protected DFB types).

Indirect

Activate this check box to search for sub-elements and direct parents of structured variables and arrays.

Max level of indirection

Defines the maximum level of indirect elements (sub-elements/parents) to be displayed.

Context

Limits the search to a specific context.

  • Contact: variable attached to a contact

  • Coil: variable attached to a LD/LL984 coil

  • SFC Object: variable used with an SFC object

  • FFB / Subroutine : variable passed to an FFB

  • ST / IL Statement : variable used with an ST/IL statement

The context is displayed as an optional column in the search results.

Keep previous results

Activate this check box to keep the previous search results. Otherwise, the search results window (Cross-References) is cleared before the new search results are displayed.

Output to pane 2

Deactivate this check box to display the search results in the Find Result 1 tab of the search results window ( Cross-References).

Activate this check box to display the search results in the Find Result 2 tab of the search results window (Cross-References ).

Search button

Starts the search and opens search results window (Cross-References ).

Close button

Closes the dialog.

Help button

Opens the Help for this dialog.