Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections STEP 7.pdf

Working With Projects in the Multiproject
Creating a new project for the multiproject
While you create a new project, you can also assign a new project to the current
multiproject in the same step.
The multiproject to be inserted in the new project must already be open.
1. Select menu command File > New.
2. In the "Name" box of the "New" dialog box, assign a name to the project and
select the type "Project".
Activate the "Insert project in current Multiproject" check box.
Click the "Browse" button to determine a storage location for the project. If you
are operating in a computer network, you can store the project file on a
network drive to provide access to other team members.
3. Confirm the dialog with "OK".
As an alternative, you can also use menu command File > Multiproject > Create
in Multiproject to generate a multiproject in the current multiproject.
Separating a project from a multiproject or removing a project for editing
For distributed authoring (for example, by external authors) you can also remove
projects from the multiproject and reinsert them after they have been edited.
When you remove the project, the dependencies to other projects will be
maintained (e.g. cross-project connections) and the projects will still be available
for compilation.
1. Select the project(s) you want to remove from the multiproject.
2. Select menu command File > Multiproject > Remove From Multiproject or
the menu command File > Multiproject > Remove for Editing
You can now save the project to a storage medium with "Save As" and distribute it
to external authors.
Tip
Another method of preparing projects for external editing:
Create a copy of the project for the external authors with File > Save As and keep
this "unprocessed" copy in the multiproject, for example, so that you will still be
able to debug the cross-project functions.
Then, after the external project has been completed, you can call menu command
File > Add to Multiproject and replace the original with the edited project.
In this case, you must ensure that only the project copy is edited, rather than both
the copy and the original project!
Configuring Hardware and Communication Connections with STEP 7
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