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Toolbox 32 User Manual 1.47d www.cse-semaphore.com/mykingfisher
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Appendix - Printing Ladder Logic
Printing Ladder Logic Using A Text Editor
Ladder logic can be printed to a text-only file by first displaying ladder logic in Toolbox using text characters
(the display mode can be toggled between line draw characters and text characters using the menu File,
Select LineDraw/Text Chars). Once the ladder is displayed as text characters, select File, Print To File.
FILENAME.PRN will then be a file containing standard text characters and can be opened and printed using
a basic text editor (eg.Microsoft Write, Wordpad).
Printing Ladder Logic Using Microsoft Office
A macro has been created for Microsoft Word that automatically converts and formats a ladder PRN file
ready for printing. The document containing the macro is available from the Semaphore website www.cse-
semaphore.com/mykingfisher.
• Using Toolbox, open the ladder logic configuration to print. Select File, Print To Text File.
[Filename].PRN will then be created.
• Check that macros are enabled in Word by selecting Tools, Macro, Security. Medium or Low should
be selected.
• Open the document PrintingLadderLogic.DOC using Word.
• Insert the [Filename].PRN file into the document by selecting Insert, File…
Word 2000+: When asked Convert file from select Text Only.
Word 97: When asked Select the Encoding that makes your document readable select Windows
(default).
• Run the ladder conversion macro included with the document by selecting Tools, Macro, Macros.
Double-select ConvertLadderSymbols.
• Ladder is now ready to print (File, Print).