Discover the new features of the straton 8.1 environment
Straton 8.1
The version 8.1 of straton is now available, several enhancement have been done to facilitate and reduce the time for creating IEC61131-3 application.
Look and feel of editors is enhanced
Smart editing in ST through intellisense
FBD editing enhancements
The variable selection box optimized for high volume of tags
FBD and LD code optimizer
The "profiler" during simulation shows how CPU time is used among programs
Debugging features for advanced diagnostic like memory usage.
The following features are available when Intellisense is activated:
Conditional compiling coloring: Parts of code conditioned by #ifdef pragmas and that are not validated are grayed.
Auto-indentation: Lines are automatically formatted (indented) on the left as you enter structured ST statements.
Auto-completion of ST statements: On an empty line, just enter the main keyword of a ST statement such as "for", "if"... and imediately press the ENTER key. The whole statement will be completed including comments that will guide you through the syntax. The caret is automatically placed where you must enter the first required term or condition.
Auto-completion of function calls: Enter the name of a function simply followed by an opening parenthesis and immediately press the ENTER key. The call will be completed with the appropriate argument list including comments and possibly default values so that you are guided through the list of values to be passed to the called function.
Auto-declaration of missing symbols: When you press ENTER at the end of a line containing an unknown variable symbol, you will be prompted for declaring it immediately.
Auto completion of a variable name: If you enter the first letters of a variable name, you can hit the CTRL+SPACE key for automatically completing the name. A popup list is displayed with possible choices if several declared variable names match the type characters.
Selection of FB member : When you type the name of a function block instance (use either as an instance or a data structure), pressing the point "." after the name of the instance opens a popup list with the names of possible members.
Other syntax related commands: When lines are selected, you can automatically indent them. Press TAB or Shift+TAB keys to shift the lines to the left or to the right, by adding or removing blank characters on the left.
