Text Editor

Introduction

The Text Editor in Fernhill SCADA is used to edit these resources:

The definition of a Text Report.
The source code of an IEC 61131-3 Program or an IEC 61131-3 Program Library.
The calculation of a Calculated Data Tag.
The data map of a Modbus Slave PLC Device Tag.
The contents of a Plain Text File.
The Data Binding of an item on a Graphic Editor, or a button on the Operator Toolbar Editor.
The Operator Action of an item on a Graphic Editor, or a button on the Operator Toolbar Editor.
The SQL query in the SQL Test Tool.

An IEC 61131-3 Program in the text editor:

The Text Editor has features to help you identify syntax and other types of error as you type.

To learn more about	Refer to
Highlighting text	Selecting Text with the Mouse Selection Commands
Dragging and dropping text	Dragging and Dropping
Keyboard commands	Editor Commands
Identifying errors as you type	Syntax Error Highlighting

To learn about the text editor in the SQL Test Tool.

For the meaning of terms used in Fernhill SCADA.