Miscellaneous

Below are some other functions you can use in automation scripts:

paGetLanguage - Return the selected language for the Workbench
paTRACE... - Output a report message

Below is detialed information about these functions:

paGetLanguage - Get current selected language

LGE := paGetLanguage ()

Parameters:

LGE : DINT; Language identifier (see notes)

Description:

This function returns the language currently selected for the Workbench. Possible returned values are:

_WB_USA English
_WB_GER German
_WB_FRA French
_WB_ITA Italian
_WB_SPA Spanish
_MW_KOR Korean

 

paTRACE... - Output a report message

paTRACE0 (TEXT)
paTRACE1 (TEXT, ARG1)
paTRACE2 (TEXT, ARG1, ARG2)
paTRACE3 (TEXT, ARG1, ARG2, ARG3)
paTRACE4 (TEXT, ARG1, ARG2, ARG3, ARG3)

Parameters:

TEXT : STRING; Text to be output
ARG1..4 : DINT; Arguments

Description:

The message specified in the TEXT argument is output to the report window when the automation script is run. The message text may include up to 4 integer arguments, specified in the TEXT string with special character sequences:

%ld    signed value in decimal
%lu    unsigned value in decimal
%lx    value in hexadecimal