Description of the Type Library Manager

Dialog structure

The dialog box to select objects has three tabs:

Elements of the All Types tab:

Element	Description
Button	Click this button to update the display corresponding to the filter term defined in the Name field.
Button	Click this button to open a dialog box for defining the filters.
Button	Click this button to invert the filter. The button changes from = to <> and vice versa.
Name (Text Box)	The name of the object to search for can be entered in this text box. You can also use the joker * and ?.
EF	When you enable this check box, Elementary Function types (EFs) are displayed.
EFB	When you enable this checkbox, Elementary Function Block types (EFBs) are displayed.
DFB	When you enable this checkbox, Derived Function Blocks (DFBs) are displayed.
DDT	When you enable this checkbox, multi-element variables (derived variables) are displayed.
Device DDT	When you enable this checkbox, multi-element variables (derived variables) are displayed.
Name (Column)	This column displays the names of the function types and function block types and their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
Type	This column displays the types of the function types and function block types and the data types of their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
Comment	This column displays comments about the function types and function block types and their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
For information on the buttons at the bottom of the dialog please refer to Areas of the Type Library Manager.

NOTE: Help on Type:

Hold down the SHIFT+F1 keys and then click on the function block type for which you wish to access Help.

Elements of the Variable Types tab:

Element	Description
Button	Click this button to update the display corresponding to the filter term defined in the Name field.
Button	Click this button to open a dialog box for defining the filters.
Button	Click this button to invert the filter. The button changes from = to <> and vice versa.
Name (Text Box))	The name of the object to search for can be entered in this text box. You can also use the joker * and ?.
DDT	When you enable this checkbox, multi-element variables (derived variables) are displayed.
Device DDT	When you enable this checkbox, multi-element variables (derived variables) are displayed.
Name (Column)	This column displays the names of the function types and function block types and their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
Type	This column displays the types of the function types and function block types and the data types of their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
Comment	This column displays comments about the function types and function block types and their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
For information on the buttons at the bottom of the dialog please refer to Areas of the Type Library Manager.

Elements of the FFB Types tab:

Element	Description
Button	Click this button to update the display corresponding to the filter term defined in the Name field.
Button	Click this button to open a dialog box for defining the filters.
Button	Click this button to invert the filter. The button changes from = to <> and vice versa.
Name (Text Box)	The name of the object to search for can be entered in this text box. You can also use the joker * and ?.
EF	When you enable this check box, Elementary Function types (EFs) are displayed.
EFB	When you enable this checkbox, Elementary Function Block types (EFBs) are displayed.
DFB	When you enable this checkbox, Derived Function Blocks (DFBs) are displayed.
Name (Column)	This column displays the names of the function types and function block types and their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
Type	This column displays the types of the function types and function block types and the data types of their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
Comment	This column displays comments about the function types and function block types and their formal parameters (inputs, outputs).
For information on the buttons at the bottom of the dialog please refer to Areas of the Type Library Manager.

NOTE: Help on Type:

Hold down the SHIFT+F1 keys and then click on the function block type for which you wish to access Help.

Additional commands can be executed via the shortcut menu of the Type Library Manager.

Shortcut menu commands:

Menu command	Description
Delete	Use this menu command to delete a selected user-defined library.
Expand All	Use this menu command to show the directory structure of a selected library. The same function is also available via the + symbol.
Collapse	Use this menu command to hide the directory structure of a selected library. The same function is also available via the - symbol.
Create New Library	Use this menu command to create a new user-defined library. Compare also Creating a new library and family.
Rename	Use this menu command to rename a user-defined library.
Local Print	Use this menu command to print a list of the FFBs of a selected library.
Display Get Assistant	Use this menu command to open a window to copy objects into a project. (Loading an object from the library into the project).
Customize Columns...	Using this menu command you can: define the columns to be displayed and define the sequence for the columns shown.
Purge unused Types	Use the menu command to delete all unused FFBs from the project. NOTE: When a FFB is not available for a kind of PLC (after a section import for instance) but still in the application (removed from the section but still in the list of the Application FFBs), the purge feature should be used before building the application.
Compare Project with Library	This menu command enables you to compare all FFB types of a project with the FFB types of the libraries and update them, if necessary. Compare to Library Version Management