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sigshane

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• Aug 16, 2016

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Hey all. I am trying to insert a comment at the top of a program, that describes the whole thing, not just a particular rung. Is there a way to do this, or will I have to insert a comment for rung 1, and use that?

Shane

 

Ron Beaufort

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• Aug 16, 2016

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most people just insert an extra rung with an NOP (No Operation) instruction at the end - and use that as a "placeholder" rung - and attach the rung comment to that ...

 

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• Aug 16, 2016

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I don’t know if this will work for you but you can right click on the routine (default name is “MainRoutine”) under “MainProgram” and select “Properties”. There will be a description box that you can use.

 

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Firejo, that didn't work for me, as I wanted the comments visible at the top of the program.

Ron, that did the trick.

Thanks for the replies!

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if you use the "Routine Description" method, then you have to turn that feature on in the options ...

I guess that's why most programmers use the "NOP" idea instead - there's a better chance that other folks will actually see the comment - since many systems have the "Show Routine Descriptions" feature turned off ...

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Last edited: Aug 16, 2016

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• Aug 16, 2016

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Put a comment in the rung comment telling them to turn on routine comments