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show the entry list Block comparison between two projects Display part number QUESTION: How can I compare the blocks of a current project with a those of a project loaded in the CPU? ANSWER: You want to compare your project in the CPU with a project that is currently open. For this you need a word processing program that permits you to compare documents. Proceed as follows to compare blocks: 1. Load the first project in STEP7 MicroWin. 2. Via the menu item "File > Export > <File_name_1>" export the current file to a source file with the name <File_name_1>.STL. 3. Load the second project in STEP7 MicroWin. 4. Via the menu item "File > Export > <File_name_2>" export the current file to another source file with the name <File_name_2>.STL. Note: The next steps refer to word processing with MS-WORD 97 SR-1. In principle, however, other word processing programs work in the same way. 5. Start the "WORD" program and load the first file via "File > Open > <File_name_1>". The source file can now be read in plain text. It is always an STL file regardless of the language it was created in. 6. Open the second file under "Tools > Track Changes > Compare Documents > <File_name_2>". 7. Now in the first file you can see the differences to the second file. Here the system assumes that the second file is the original. The changes are marked as if you had proofread the second file and made changes. Old text is struck through and passages that have been added/changed are written next to the old text and underlined. If the information about any differences is sufficient, you are now finished with the block comparison. 8. Otherwise, under the item "Tools > Track Changes > Accept or reject changes" you can determine yourself what is to be changed in the first file (<File_name_1.STL>). 9. In the source text search for change markers. In the case of changes that are highlighted in color by the system (the "Word" program), you can decide whether the item is to be accepted or rejected in each case. Thus you create a new version of the first file. 10. Save the file under a new name, <File_name_3.STL>, in order to permanently save the changes made. 11. Now load the first project again in STEP7 MicroWin. 12. Via "File > Import" import the newly created file <File_name_3.STL>. Here you overwrite all the blocks present in the project with the changes that you have made during word processing. 13. Save the project as a new project via "File > Save As > <File_name_3>". Note: No control characters may be introduced into the text through word processing. In any case you must edit all the changes is the source is to remain readable: either global accept/reject or individual editing. Warning: The process takes into account neither CPU type, system data blocks nor symbols. However, to help in searching for differences in the program, the procedure can also provide useful information including the option for transferring changes into the program. Entry ID:2383629 Date:2000-06-13

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