Dialog: Options: CFC Editor

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Function: Configures the settings for editing and printing in the CFC editor

Call: Tools → Options menu, CFC Editor category

Tab: General

Enable AutoConnect

standard icon : When you drag a CFC element into the editor area, unlinked pins which "touch" each other are automatically linked.

Make sure that you do not create unwanted connections when moving elements.

Display grid points	: In the editor, grid points are displayed where you can position the elements.
Show block icon	: Existing function blocks which are linked to a bitmap are displayed as a symbol in the editor area. Requirement: You have either created the link for a function block or a function in the object properties or loaded it by means of a library.
Edit Line Colors	Opens the Edit Line Colors dialog. There you can define the colors for the connecting lines depending on the applied data type. The lines are then displayed in these colors in offline and online mode. Tip The exception, however, is the line display for a Boolean data flow in bold black and blue, which is displayed above the colored line display. Dialog: Edit Line Colors Add Type: Adds a data type to the list Remove Type: Removes the selected data type
Font	Display of the font and button for changing the font.

Setting of the Layout Options
Fit method	Page or Poster
Scaling	Possible values: 20% – 200%

Settings for displaying the monitoring fields

Number of displayed digits

Number of displayed digits for floating-point numbers in the monitoring field

Example: value: 12.345; number of displayed digits: 3; display: 12.3

String length

Maximum length of string variable values in the monitoring field