Import/Paste Configuration dialog - Configure Connections tab settings

Description

Identifies an endpoint of the connection. The parameter identified in this box is the parameter in the import content that is to be connected to another parameter in the program that exists in the project.

A

New Connection

option is available if the import content contains only one program. You can create connections that are not part of the import content by connecting a program parameter in the import content to an endpoint connection in a program that is in the project. The result is a new connection that did not previously exist in the import content nor in the program in the project.

Type the parameter name for the new connection or click to make a selection from the tag browser. Because only parameters that are in the import content are valid for the

Parameters

box, only the parameters that reside in the import content will be listed in the tag browser.

When both the parameter and final connection have been specified, the connection is added to the connection grid after you move off the

New Connection

row or after you press

Enter

. If you enter an invalid parameter, the connection is not created and the error indicator appears in the leftmost column. Point to the error indicator to see a description for the cause of the error.

The

New Connection

option is not available when you are importing:

The data type of the parameter. A parameter can only be connected to a tag or a parameter with the same data type or an error occurs when you verify the program.

Shows the usage type as

Input

,

Output

,

InOut

, or

Public

.

Shows the name of the connection endpoint for the parameter from the import file. This box is blank if the connection is only defined in the program that exists in the project.

Indicates if there are differences between the program that is in the import content and the program that is in the project.

Also identifies if the program exists in the import content, or if it exists in the program that is in the project.

Click the browse button in the

Details

column to see more extensive component properties.

There are two at-a-glance indications of how the imported content matches the content of the program that exists in the project:

Point to the differences icon for a connection to see a tooltip that provides details about the connection.

Identifies whether the connection will or will not be made upon import of the program into the project.

Operation box example.

Select to open the

Connection Properties

dialog, which lists parameter and connection properties.

The parameter in the existing project that the import parameter will be connected to. If a connection in the

Connection

grid is only in the existing project, the value in the

Final Connection

box cannot be changed.

You can change the value in the

Final Connection

box based on the value in the

Operation

box. You can type the final connection name or click to make a selection from the tag browser. If the parameter is a MODULE InOut parameter, the module browser appears instead of the tag browser.

If you enter an invalid final connection, the error indicator appears in the left column. Point to the error indicator to see a description for the cause of the error.

Final Connection example.