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Message text window – Rockwell Automation 2706-ND1 DL40 OFFLINE PROGRAMMING SFTWR.USER MANUAL User Manual

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Chapter 5
The Develop Menu

5 – 10

Special keys

You may use the following special keys on this pop-up.

Moves the cursor to the desired message

Moves cursor directly to the first m

essage

Moves cursor directly to the last message

Selects the message highlighted by the cursor and opens the Message
text window

Closes the pop-up and returns to the Messages menu

Get Online Help

After you have selected a message from the Message Selections pop-up
window by highlighting it and pressing

[

]

, a window will open showing the

text of the selected message. In this window you can edit the message as
required.

Note that the Message Text window also appears when you select

Create

New Message

from the Messages menu as described on page 5 – 15.

Figure 5.8
Message Text window

Message Text Cursor

Messages can contain up to
20 characters (including
spaces) per line.

Insert or Overstrike Mode

Column cursor is currently in

Row cursor is currently in. Note that the cursor row does not
necessarily correspond to the display line on the DL40 if
Line
Usage
is other than All Lines. See discussion of Attributes.

Message Text Window