Customize SFC Editor Colors

Overview

To customize SFC editor colors, open the Tools > Colors Settings... dialog box.

The Color Settings dialog box allows to:

Modify the color of the selected item in the list.
Reset the colors with initial values.
Import an *.ini file that define all the colors associated to the SFC editor.
Export the definition colors associated to the SFC editor.

Colors Setting File

Depending on the operating system of the PC, the colors settings file SFCColors.ini is located in one of the following folder:

c:\Program Files\Schneider Electric\Control Expert ••.•\
c:\Program Files (x86)\Schneider Electric\Control Expert ••.•\

For more detail on destination folder when Control Expert is installed, refer to EcoStruxure™ Control Expert, Installation Manual.

NOTE: Make a copy of this file before modifying it.

Description

This table describes the default color values for each parameters in the SFCColors.ini file:

Parameter	Default value (R, G, B)	Description
BkAnimation	`192,192,192`	Editor background color when animation is ON and you are connected in programming mode.
StatementError	`255,0,0`	Element in error is underlined with this color.
InspectBk	`0,255,255`	Inspect window background color
InspectText	`0,0,0`	Inspect window text color
InspectBkMin	`255,255,0`	Inspect window background color when the value is less than the minimum value defined in the inspect window settings.
InspectBkMax	`255,0,255`	Inspect window background color when the value is greater than the maximum value defined in the inspect window settings.
BkAnimMonitoring	`255,211,211`	Editor background color when animation is ON and you are connected in monitoring mode.
AnalyzeError	`0,0,255`	Drawing color when an element generates an analyze error.
GraphAnimBoolTrue	`0,150,0`	Color of true BOOL in animation mode.
GraphAnimBoolFalse	`255,0,0`	Color of false BOOL in animation mode.
BkComment	`255,255,204`	Background color of comment area
BkCommentEdit	`225,225,225`	Background color of comment area when you are editing it.
BkAnimNumeric	`255,255,0`	Background color of numeric variables
BlockBreakpoint	`128,0,0`	Bullet color in the element where the breakpoint is set.
BlockCurrentStep	`255,255,0`	Color of the current element in debug mode
AnchorLink	`128,0,0`	Color of anchor link
BkAnimFrozen	`128,255,255`	Editor background color when animation is frozen (using SFC debug mode).
SFCStepTMax	`255,0,255`	Step color when the maximum time defined in the step is reached.
SFCStepTMin	`255,255,0`	Step color when the minimum time defined in the step is reached.
Background	`255,255,255`	Editor background color.