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Displaying Reference Data
14.2 Working with Reference Data
Programming with STEP 7
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Displaying Block Information for the Optional Programming Languages
The online help topics on block information can be accessed if the corresponding optional package
is installed.
14.2 Working with Reference Data
14.2.1 Ways of Displaying Reference Data
The following possibilities are available for displaying reference data:
Displaying from the SIMATIC Manager
1. In the project window in the component view offline, select the "Blocks" folder.
2. Select the menu command Options > Reference Data > Display.
Displaying from the Editor Window
1. Open a block in the "Blocks" folder.
2. In the window of the programming language editor, select the menu command Options >
Reference Data.
The "Customize" dialog box is displayed. Here you can select the view that is shown first. The
default view is the one in the application for displaying reference data that was closed last. You can
suppress the dialog for future calls.
Displaying Directly from the Compiled Block
You can display the reference data for a compiled block directly from the language editor to get a
current overview of your user program.
14.2.2 Displaying Lists in Additional Working Windows
Using the menu command Window > New Window you can open additional working windows and
display other views of the reference data (for example, List of Unused Symbols).
You open a working window for previously hidden reference data using the menu command
Reference Data > Open.
You can change to another view of the reference data by selecting one of the commands in the
"View" menu or the corresponding button in the toolbar:
Reference Data View Menu Command to Display this Reference Data View
Addresses Without Symbols View > Addresses Without Symbols
Unused Symbols View > Unused Symbols
Assignment View > Assignment