Dialog: Properties: SFC Settings

Function: The dialog defines the SFC settings of the selected POU, which is programmed in SFC.

Call: View → Properties command; context menu of a POU programmed in SFC in the Devices view or in the POUs view

Flags

List of all SFC flags

Use	: The SFC flag is used and therefore included in processing.
Variable	SFC flag variable Implicitly generated SFC flag variable which can be used for controlling and monitoring the processing of an SFC chart.
Declare	: The SFC flag is declared automatically. If the Declare check box is selected but Use is not, then the variable is declared, but the flag has no function during processing. Note: If you have manually declared an SFC flag variable, then you need to deselect the declaration for this flag in SFC Settings. Otherwise the automatically declared flag overwrites the manually declared flag. An automatically declared variable is visible in the declaration part of the SFC editor only in online mode.
Description	Describes the function of the SFC flag and the effects of setting it.

Use defaults

: The settings from the project settings, SFC category, apply to the POU. The SFC Settings in this dialog are not effective.

For more information, see the following: SFC Flags

Table 12. Code Generation

Calculate active transitions only

: Code is generated only for transitions which are currently active.

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