Graphical Programming Workspace

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In software debugging, the graphical programming workspace is an important area for editing the processing or logical flows of a vision project. Lines between Steps indicate data flow in standard editing mode and processing procedure in measurement mode.

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Right-click the blank space in the graphical programming workspace, a context menu with multiple options will pop up, and you can select options in this menu according to your needs.

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The options and their description are as follows.

Option Description Shortcut

Navigate Up

Move to the previous level of the Procedure

PgUp

Navigate Down

Move to the next level of the Procedure (Right-click the Procedure to activate the option)

PgDown

Switch to Simplified Mode

Switch all Steps of the current project to simplified mode

N/A

Copy

Copy the Step

Ctrl+C

Cut

Cut the Step

Ctrl+X

Paste

Paste the Step

Ctrl+V

Delete

Delete Steps or data flow

Del

Find Step

Find Steps in current project

Ctrl+F

Format

Auto arrange Steps in current project

Alt+Shift+F

Select All

Select all Steps and data flows in current project

Ctrl+A

Save Screenshot

Save project screenshots to a designated folder

N/A

View Data Flows

Display data input or output in the debug output window (Right-click a data flow to activate the option)

Shift+V

Edit Procedure Parameters

Edit displayed parameters of a Procedure (Right-click the Procedure to activate the option)

N/A

Pack Steps as Procedure

Combine multiple selected Steps into a Procedure

N/A

Split Procedure into Steps

Split a selected Procedure into multiple Steps

N/A

Load Procedure from File

Load a Procedure from an existing JSON file

N/A

Save Procedure to File

Save a Procedure as a JSON file

N/A

Save Procedure as Template

Save the selected Procedure to the “Custom” category in the Step Library

N/A

Comment Selected Step

Add comments on the selected Step

N/A

Set Execution Flags of All Steps

Cancel Text Output

N/A

Set/Cancel Reloading Files

N/A

Set/Cancel Continuing Given No Output

N/A

Select Step Port Info to Display

Show Type and Name

Ctrl+Alt+A

Show Name Only

Ctrl+Alt+N

Show Type Only

Ctrl+Alt+T

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