‘Extras’ ‘Edit Macro’

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By this command, or by double clicking on the body of the ‘Extras’ ‘Create macro”, the macro is opened for editing in the editor window of the associated POU. The name of the macro is displayed appended to the POU name in the title bar.

The pin boxes generated for the in- and outputs of the macro during creation can be handled like normal POU in- and outputs. They can also be moved, deleted, added, etc. They differ only in how they are displayed and have no position index. For adding you can use the buttons (input) or (output), which are available in the menu bar. Pin boxes have rounded corners. The text in the pin-box matches the name of the pin in the macro display.

The order of the pins in the macro box follows the order of execution of the elements of the macro. A lower order index before a higher one, higher pin before lower.

The processing order within the macro is closed, in other words the macro is processed as a block, at the position of the macro in the primary POU. Commands for manipulating the order of execution therefore operate only within the macro.