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Editing Programs Online
Chapter 5
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If a comment has previously been entered it will be displayed to the
right of the “COMMENT” prompt. This comment may be edited
using the input cursor as discussed in chapter 2, or the old comment
may be deleted by pressing the [DEL] key while holding down the
[SHIFT] key.
4.
Type in the new comment or edit the old comment by keying it in
using the keyboard. Use this table to find the maximum number of
characters you can enter:
Control
Max. Number of Comment Characters
9/230, 9/240, 9/260, 9/290 or 9/440
20
9/260, 9/290 or 9/440 with dual processing
14
9/260, 9/290, and 9/440 with EPPS
18
5.
When the new comment is correctly displayed on line 2 of the screen
press the [TRANSMIT] key. The new comment will be displayed
next to the selected program.
This section discusses making a duplicate of a part program in control
memory. To input or output a part program from/to a peripheral device
refer to the section on inputting and outputting programs discussed in
chapter 9.
To copy part programs stored in memory using different program names:
1.
Press the {PRGRAM MANAGE} softkey.
(softkey level 1)
PRGRAM
MANAGE
OFFSET MACRO
PARAM
QUICK
CHECK
SYSTEM
SUPORT
FRONT
PANEL
ERROR
MESAGE
PASS-
WORD
SWITCH
LANG
5.9
Copying Programs
{COPY PRGRAM}