Calling the Properties Dialog

See Displaying the Properties.

Structure of the Properties Dialog

The coil properties dialog consists of 2 tabs:

  • General

    In this tab, you can enter the actual parameter of the coil.

  • Comment

    In this tab, you can enter a comment about the coil.

General Tab

Representation of the General tab

Elements of the General tab

Element

Description

BOOLEAN Expression

Enter the name of the actual parameter in this text box.

You have the following options:

  • You can directly enter the name of the variable/address or paste it from the clipboard.

  • You can select the name of the variable from the list of recently used names using the symbol.

    or

  • Use the command button ... to open a Data Selection dialog.

The actual parameters which are permitted are:

  • Boolean variables

  • Boolean addresses (topological addresses or symbolic addresses)

OK

Use this command button to accept the entries and close the dialog box.

Apply

Use this command button to accept the entries without closing the properties dialog box.

Comment Tab

Representation of the Comment tab

Elements of the Comment tab

Element

Description

Text box

Enter a comment about the coil.

This comment is displayed as a tooltip when the cursor is placed over the coil. It is independent from the variable comment that can be assigned to the variable in the Data Editor.

OK

Use this command button to accept the entries and close the dialog box.

Apply

Use this command button to accept the entries without closing the properties dialog box.