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Creating the new nodes – PSC PT Program Generator User Manual

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Creating and Using Templates

User’s Guide

129

A new

Display

node that will prompt the user to enter a quantity

value after an item number is entered

A new

Input

node that will use a template to store the quantity value

in a register field

Two

Output

nodes that will display the last-entered item and quantity

values as a pair

You will also alter the existing

Input

node to use a template.

Creating the New Nodes

Create the new nodes by completing the following steps:

1. If PPG is not already started on your PC, from the Windows

Start

menu, select

Programs > PT Program Generator > PT Program Gener-

ator

to load PPG.

2. Select

File > Open

from the menubar to load the

tutorial.scr

file. (Your screen will have Links not shown in

Figure 100

.)

Figure 100. The Repositioned Collect Data Nodes

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