Rockwell Automation AutoMax Enhanced Ladder Editor - Manual (Page 10)

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D Program Windows: Presents the open program(s). The name of
the program is listed in each window
D Rung Status Area: Displays rung numbers, revision marks, set
triggers, and indicates active versus nonĆactive powerflow
D Minimized Program: Can help organize many open programs
D Status Bar: Displays information about the program objects you
have selected, the state of the program in the active window, and
helpful messages
Refer to Appendix A for more information about the toolbars,
instruction palettes, and the status bar.
1.2 Opening Programs
Opening a program is the first step in editing it. Before you can open
a program, you must have added it to the rack using the Task
Manager application.
You can open a program from the Task Manager application or from
the AutoMax Ladder Editor.
To open a program from within the Task Manager application
D From the Task Manager application, select a task and choose
Edit from the Task menu.
To open a program from within the Editor
Step 1.
Do one of the following:
D Click on
or
D From the Ladder Editor's File menu, choose Open
The Open dialog box is displayed.
Step 2. Choose the location of the file that you want to open. The
default drive and directory is the drive and directory from
which a program was last opened.
To change this: Do this:
The drive and
directory in which to
search
Click in the Look in list box. From
here choose the drive and directory
that contains the program you want to
open.
The directory in which
to search
Click on a folder or on a file in the list
of files and folders contained within a
directory.
Step 3. From the list of file names, select the program you want
to open. The default file type is ladder programs (*.pc).
You can open only .pc programs using the Ladder Editor.
Step 4. Open the file by clicking OK.
If the ladder program was created using an older version
ladder editor, the Editor first prompts you to convert the