Background Processing (Global Script)

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 Objectives

- Project Functions
- Standard Functions

- Internal Functions

- Project-wide Actions

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 Global Script C Actions and Functions

Project functions
Standard functions
Internal functions

Output field for:

Actions -Search files
-Compile All Functions

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 Example of a Project Function and/or Standard Function
Switching on a motor:
Events/ Mouse/ Left mouse button/ C function...
BitSet ( 1, "MotorStatus", 2);
0 /*Bit 2 is set in the “MotorStatus” tag, to reset the
bit use: BitSet ( 0, “MotorStatus”, 2)*/

A function defined in the Global Script (Standard Functions:

void BitSet(BOOL OnOff, char* lpszWordtag, WORD wbitnumber)
{

WORD winput = 0; // Create local tags

int iscreen = 1;

winput = GetTagWord ( lpszWordtag ) ; // Read process tags

iscreen <<= ( wbitnumber ); // Create bit mask
if (OnOff == 0 ) { // Reset bit ?
winput = (WORD) ( winput & (~iscreen) ); // Reset bit
}
else {
winput = (WORD) ( winput | iscreen ); // Set bit
}
SetTagWord ( lpszWordtag, winput); // Rewrite process tag
}

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 Internal Functions: Example of Graphics 1/3

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 Internal Functions: Example of Graphics 2/3
20

20

Event/ Button/ Mouse/ Press left/ C-Action...

Box_mit_Pos1 (lpszPictureName, lpszObjectName,
"Bildfenster1", ”Motor.pdl");

Activate dialog box

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 Internal Functions: Example of Graphics 3/3
Events/ Button/ Mouse/ Press left/ C action...
Box_mit_Pos2 (lpszPictureName, lpszObjectName,
Activate dialog box ”Bildfenster1", ”Motor.pdl");

You can place dialog screen windows where you want them on the screen. To establish a
reference to the operated object, it is advantageous if the dialog box appears where it
is used. You can attain this positioning with the following steps:

- Scanning the properties of the operated object and the entire screen
- Scanning the size and stretching the dialog window
- Specifying the appearance location of the dialog window (to the right or left next
to the operated object)

These functions are combined in a standard function that can then be used from
any location (each screen and operating object).

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 Background Processing (Actions) with Global Script

Operating hours.PAS
WORD HOUR, MINUTE;
BYTE Z_ON;

Z_ON = GetTagByte ("Z_On");

if (Z_ON) {
MINUTE = GetTagWord ("Minutes");
MINUTE = MINUTE + 1;
SetTagWord ("Minutes", MINUTE);

HOUR = MINUTE / 60;

SetTagWord ("operating hours", HOUR);
}
return(HOUR);

Note: Global Script must be activated in the computer startup list

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 Example with Functions from DLLs
Counting with the DLL function

Events/ Button/ Mouse/ Press left/ C action...

#pragma
code("c:\a_WinCC_Kurs_Prj_301_00\ab_pas\library\demo_dll.dll")
int CountingDll(int start, int end);
#pragma code()

int result, start, end, partial step;

partial step = GetTagDWord("partial step");

printf("\r\n\r\noutput of 10 partial steps with DLL function ");
printf("to max. value: %d",partial step*10);
for (start=0;start<10;start++) {
end = start * partial step + partial step;
result = countingDll(start*partial step,end);
printf("\r\nReturn value DLL function: (%d) %d",start,result);
}

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 Global Script VBS Actions and Procedures 1/2

Procedures
(Function)

To be created by the user

(empty)

Output window for compiling

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 Global Script VBS Actions and Procedures 2/2

In the project

Module

Procedure A
Procedure B

Procedure C
Action
Instruction 1 Instruction a
Instruction 2 Instruction b

Trigger Procedure C
….
Instruction n

Procedure D

Procedure E

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 Example of a VBS Project Function
.pdl

Call

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