‘Online’ ‘Write/Force’ Dialog’

Shortcut: <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<F7>

This command leads to a dialog which displays in two registers the current writelist (Watchlist) and forcelist (Forcelist). Each variable name and the value to be written to it or forced on it are displayed in a table.

The variables reach the watchlist via the commands ‘Online’ ‘Write values’ and are transferred to the forcelist by the command ‘Online’ ‘Force values’. The values can be edited here in the “Prepared Value” or “Forced Value” columns by clicking the mouse on an entry to open an editor field. If the entry is not type-consistent, an error message is displayed. If a value is deleted, it means that the entry is deleted from the writelist or the variable is noticed for suspension of forcing as soon as the dialog is closed with any other command than Cancel.

The following commands, corresponding to those in the Online menu, are available via buttons:

‘Online’ ‘Force values’: All entries in the current writelist are transferred to the forcelist, that is the values of the variables in the controller are forced. All variables marked with ‘Release Force’ are no longer forced. The dialog is then closed.

‘Online’ ‘Write values’: All entries in the current writelist are written once only to the corresponding variables in the controller. The dialog is then closed.

‘Online’ ‘Release force’: All entries in the forcelist will be deleted or, if a writelist is present, the dialog “Delete write-/forcelist” comes up, in which the user must decide whether he only wants to release forcing or discard the writelist, or both. The dialog will close at that point, or after the selection dialog is closed as the case may be.