HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 (77185x-01) ISO programming User Manual

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Programming: Fundamentals, file management

3.4

Working with the file manager

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Displaying and editing text files

To open and edit text files (ASCII files, e.g. with the extension

txt

ini

), proceed as follows:

Call the file manager
Select the drive and the directory in which the text

file is saved
Move the highlight to the text file
Press the ENT key: The TNC displays a window for

selection of the editor
Press ENT to select the

mouse pad

application.

Alternatively, you can also open the TXT files with

the TNC's internal text editor
The TNC opens the text file in its own application

using the

Mousepad

additional tool

If you open an H or I file on an external drive and

save it on the TNC drive using

Mousepad

, the

programs are not converted automatically to the

internal control format. Programs that are saved

in this way cannot be run or opened with the TNC

editor.

With the key combination ALT+TAB you can always return to the

TNC user interface while leaving the text file open. Alternatively,

you can also click the corresponding symbol in the taskbar to

switch back to the TNC interface.
The shortcuts you are familiar with from Windows, which you can

use to edit texts quickly (CTRL+C, CTRL+V,...), are available within

Mousepad.
To exit

Mousepad

, proceed as follows:

Use the mouse to select the

File menu item

Select the menu item

Quit: The TNC returns to the file manager