Programming instructions

Local Device Monitor

A new feature to GX-Developer, this monitor allows the

programmer to monitor the states of local devices (used with the

QCPU only)

CAUTIONS

Importing from MEDOC

GX-Developer writes a temporary file during the import process. If

a floppy disk is write-protected or doesn’t have enough space, the

import will fail. Copying the original files to the hard drive before

importing is recommended.

Importing Documentation

Documentation will not import if it has foreign characters (like the

tilde ~).

Copy and Paste

Cannot copy and paste between GX-Developer and other Windows

applications, with the exception of comments. These can be copied

from the Comment table to an Excel spreadsheet.

Multiple Projects

Only 1 GX-Developer project can be open per session. If copying

and pasting between multiple GX-Developer projects is required,

multiple sessions of GX-Developer must be opened. This can be

done from the File menu, Start New GX-Developer session, or by

starting GX-Developer a second time from the Start Menu.

Read Only Files

GX-Developer cannot open read only files. If a project has been

archived to a CD, the CD is read only, and all files on the CD will be

read only. If these files are copied to a hard drive, they will still be

marked as read only. You will need to change these files to be

read/write in the attributes tab in Windows Explorer before GX-

Developer will see them as a project. This applies to the project

folder, all subfolders and all files.

Zipping the program for distribution

A GX-Developer program has a special format of folders and

placement of files. While it is possible to manually recreate this

format, when emailing a program it is advisable to do a Save As

and zip the whole folder (selecting the include subfolders option if

using WinZip). This will preserve the format.

Disk Defragmentation Utilities

Use of a 3

party disk defragmentation utility could corrupt the GX-

Developer license. The GPPW directory should be excluded from

the disk defragmentation process. The defragmentation utility

which comes with Windows can be run without restriction.