The Library Manager is available to you as a tool for
the programming software Sucosoft S40. It is
intended to help you manage function blocks and
functions without using the source text of the
function blocks.

Until now, you could only create function libraries at
source text level with Program Organisation Units
(POU) of type function block or function. These were
then integrated into a project by inserting the source
file in the project list or via the POU EDITOR.
By using the source text itself, the function is very
likely to be modified in different ways in the course of
time so that after a while it can no longer be used for
further projects. In addition, no protection of know-
how is possible because the source files are open for
inspection by anyone. The S40 Library Manager now
provides you with a number of crucial advantages:

When completed, the source code of a POU is
compiled once and the resultant object code is
added to the library. There is no need to compile
this POU again for subsequent projects.

Short compiling times reduce the development
time. Only POUs which have just been created
have to be compiled.

The know-how of a program library remains
protected. POUs can be used and passed on
without revealing the source code.

Reliable application programs result from the use
of tested, standardised modules.

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Should you wish to incorporate a library in your
project, this becomes part of the Sucosoft S40
programming software. You can use both newly
compiled function blocks and existing user functions
and function blocks from your own libraries or the
integrated manufacturer function blocks supplied
with the programming software.

Library management with Sucosoft S40

To be able to use the S40 Library Manager, the
Sucosoft S40 programming software must be
installed on your PC.

Before you create your own S40 libraries, you should
familiarise yourself with the basics of Sucosoft
programming. You should be able to create a
Sucosoft program, define data types and use and
create instances of functions and function blocks.

Information on the basic principles of Sucosoft S40
programming can be found in the manuals
“Language Elements for PS4-150/-200/-300 and
PS416” (AWB2700-1306-GB) and “User Interface
Sucosoft S40” (AWB2700-1305-GB).

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Application window of the Library
Manager

Starting the Library
Manager

The Library Manager is installed as an additional tool
of the programming software Sucosoft S40 and can
be opened via the NAVIGATOR – the tool manager of
the programming software:

왘 Open the NAVIGATOR.
The toolbar of the NAVIGATOR contains the icon for
the Library Manager.

Figure 1: Button for the Library Manager

왘 Click on the Library Manager button in the

Sucosoft toolbar.

The Library Manager is started.

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Window areas and user
elements

After starting, the application window of the Library
Manager is opened.

Figure 2: Application window “Library Manager”

Window areas of the Library Manager

The Library Manager is divided into three window
areas:

Project module window, top part of window

Library structure window, bottom left

Library module window, bottom right.

Project module window
The project module window contains a list of all
object files created for the selected S40 project.
These include the function blocks and functions
which can be drawn on to compile a library.

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Project modules that are already part of the current
library are shown in blue.

Library structure window
The library structure shows all of the folders used to
create the current library, starting with the logical
name of the library. You use the folders to structure
the library modules and simultaneously create library
groups from modules that are associated by
function.

Library module window
The library module window displays the modules of
a marked folder and lists changes detected by the
Library Manager. When you insert or remove a library
module in a library, the Library Manager displays the
changes in the Library module window.

In the Library Module window, you can sort the
displayed modules on the basis of the criteria “POE
Name”, “POE Type” or “Help ID”. To do so, click on
the corresponding column heading; the arrow that
appears indicates the direction of sorting. Another
click on this column heading reverses the direction of
sorting.

After a library has been imported in the
NAVIGATOR, the library structure and library
modules are shown as they appear in the Library
Manager.

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Menu bar and toolbar

The menu bar and toolbar with the editing buttons
are located above the library window.

Both bars can be arranged as desired on your
desktop. Click on the handle of the bar (double
vertical line) and drag it with the mouse button
pressed into the desired position. This position is
saved when you exit from the Library Manager.

You use the menu bar to initiate the commands
available for use with the Library Manager. In
addition to the standard Edit, View, Window and
Help menus, there are Library and Tools menus
giving you access to the special functions of the
Library Manager.

The toolbar is provided for quick access to frequently
used commands of the Library Manager. The toolbar
can be displayed or hidden with the menu item
View

➞

Toolbar. There is an appropriate “tool tip” for

each of the buttons in the toolbar.

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Status bar

The status bar is displayed right at the bottom of the
Library Manager and shows information on the
status of the program. Displayed from left to right
are:

The status of the Library Manager itself

The current path of the S40 library

The selected type of PLC.

The status bar contains a brief explanation of the
currently selected menu item.

The toolbar can be displayed or hidden using the
menu item ‹ View

➞

Status Bar› .

Context-sensitive menus

Depending on the current position of the mouse
pointer in the library window, you can use the right-
hand mouse button to open a context-sensitive
menu in which you can select frequently used
commands.

Figure 3: Context-sensitive menu items Insert and About...

For example, you can click with the right-hand
mouse button on a module you have marked in the
project module window and add the module to the
library with the context-sensitive command Insert.

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Keyboard operation

Most commands of the Library Manager can also be
initiated with shortcut keys. For example, you can
use the Ctrl + P key combination to directly print out
the library information.

You will find an overview of all the shortcut keys at
the menu item ‹ Help

➞

Keyboard› or by pressing

the F9 function key.

Help

You can call up Help in various ways in the Library
Manager:

Help on procedures using “Help

➞

Procedures”

The Help topics are listed there under Contents or in
the index.

Context-sensitive Help using F1
Here, you are provided with context-specific Help
regarding the dialog box or menu item on which the
mouse pointer is positioned. Information on how to
use the online Help is provided under “Help

➞

Using

Help”.

Direct Help using the question mark or F1
This is where you are provided with context-related
Help regarding a button, a list selection or another
input element within a dialog box, in so far as a Help
text would be appropriate.

A dialog box that offers Direct Help is indicated by
the question mark to the left of the “Close” box.

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You are provided with Direct Help

by clicking the question mark button (to the left of
the “Close” button) and then marking the relevant
element or

using the right-hand mouse button.

왘 Click with the right-hand mouse button on the

relevant input element.

왘 Click the Direct Help box that appears with the

left-hand mouse button.

A Help text describing this input element appears
directly.

Online manuals
The menu item ‹ Help

➞

Manuals› enables access to

the Sucosoft S40 documentation in PDF format, in
so far as you requested this during the installation of
Sucosoft S40.

Readme
The menu item ‹ Help

➞

Readme› enables access at

any time to current information that came to light
after completion of the Sucosoft S40
documentation.

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Functions of the Library Manager

Overview

You create user applications in projects with the
programming software Sucosoft S40. A project is a
collection of files needed to create an application.

Repeatedly used program code is stored in functions
and function blocks. The Library Manager is
designed to gather these functions and function
blocks into libraries so that you can use them over
and over again in different projects.

This chapter describes the functions of the Library
Manager and shows you how to

Create and modify a library

Structure a library

Insert and modify library modules

Protect and document a library

Control the use of a library using product code.

For parallel editing of different libraries, you can
open multiple instances of the Library Manager.
If you have opened a library module more than
once with multiple instances of the Library
Manager, changes in the module can be
overwritten. This happens when you later close
the Library Manager with the unchanged module
and in doing so answer the query “Save
changes?” with “Yes”.

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Structure of an S40
project

In S40 projects, the sources of the program are
stored in Program Organisation Units (POUs). There
are three possible types of POU:

Programs

Functions

Function blocks.

Simple applications can consist of a single program,
where the entire code of the application is contained
in this program. In order to develop larger and more
complex applications, it is necessary to create
separate functions and function blocks which are
then integrated into the program as modules.

Structure of an S40
library

The POU function and function blocks are gathered
together in libraries and structured as modules, with
the S40 Library Manager.

A library uses the PLC-specific object code of the
library modules. The library modules therefore have
to be present and must have been compiled into the
right form for the specific PLC. The type of PLC of a
library is entered when a new library is created.

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Functions

Functions can be created for frequently used PLC
tasks. A function can contain several input
parameters, but only one output parameter, i. e. the
processing can only return one data element as a
result. Functions cannot store information.

Function blocks

Function blocks can also be created for frequently
used tasks. In contrast to functions, function blocks
can supply several output operands as results and
store the values of variables from one call to the next.
Stored values can be reused when the function block
is called next time or can be overwritten by new
values.

Other information on functions and function blocks
can be found in the S40 manual “Language Elements
for PS4-150/-200/-300 and PS416“
(AWB2700-1306-GB).

Function blocks which contain EXTERNAL
variables cannot be used in libraries. A variable
declared as ‘external’ is a reference to a global
variable which has been declared in a POU of
type ‘Program’. Program POUs, however, cannot
be part of a library.

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Editing buttons

Frequently used actions for editing a library can be
started directly with the editing buttons in the
toolbar.

Figure 4: Toolbar buttons

New: creates a new library. The ‘Create a library’
dialog box for basic settings of the new library is
displayed.

Open: opens an existing library and displays the S40
library modules and the library structure.

Save: saves the changes to the open library with all
associated library properties on the floppy disk or
hard disk.

Print: prints out information on the open library.

Page View: displays a preview of the printed page.

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Creating, opening and
saving libraries

The commands in the Library menu control the
library functions at file level. Commands are provided
to create a new library, open an existing library or
save changes to an open library.

Creating a new library

Requirement: So that you can create a new library,
there must be an S40 project. The modules in the
project must be present in compiled form for the type
of PLC for which you wish to create a library.

왘 Select ‹ Library

➞

New...› or click on the “New”

button.

The “Create New Library” dialog box is displayed.

Figure 5: “Create New Library” dialog box

A new library must not be saved in a
Sucosoft S40 folder named ‘LIB’!

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If a library is already open, this is first closed. If the
open library contains unsaved data, the program
asks you to save any changed library data first.

왘 Under PLC Type, set the type of PLC for which a

new library is to be created.

왘 In a file path, select an S40 project and click on

the “OK” button or click on the “Browse” button
to select an S40 project for the library.

The “Create New Library” dialog box is displayed.

Figure 6: “Open Project” dialog box

왘 Mark an existing S40 project in the list and click

on the OK button or double click on a previously
opened project.

All the function blocks and functions are displayed in
the project module window.

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A folder named ‘untitled’ is displayed in the library
structure window.

왘 Give the folder a logical library name of up to

32 characters.

The programming software Sucosoft S40 uses this
logical library name to identify a library and uses it
after the import to display a library in the “Tree View“
window of the NAVIGATOR.

왘 Save the inputs made so far as described in

Section “Saving libraries”.

Opening a library

Requirement: there is already a library with project
files.

왘 Select ‹ Library

➞

Open› ... or click on the Open

button.

The dialog box “Open” is displayed.

Figure 7: Dialog box “Open Library“

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If a library is already open, this is first closed. If the
open library contains unsaved data, the program
asks you to save any changed library data first.

왘 Choose a library name and click on OK. Library

files have the file name extension ‘.lib’.

The Library Manager displays the library structure of
the open library.

If a library is protected, a window is displayed
requesting a password to enable the library. For
information on password protection and the
protection functions, refer to the chapter from
Page 39.

The four libraries most recently edited are displayed
in the Library menu and can be opened directly by
clicking on the appropriate menu item.

Saving libraries

Requirement: A library must be open.

왘 Select ‹ Library

➞

Save› or click on the “Save”

button.

The current settings of the library are saved under the
file name you have assigned to the library and the file
name extension ‘lib’. This physical file name is what
you use for later import of a library in the
NAVIGATOR.

When the library is saved, a file with the library
structure is also created automatically. It is given the
same physical file name as the library and has the file
name extension “grs”. This file can be reused when
you create a new library (see next Section
“Structuring libraries”).

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A dialog box for selecting the path and for entering
the library name appears.

Figure 8: Dialog box “Select library name and path”

Note
When updated libraries are saved, it can occur
that the system issues a warning under the
following circumstances:

A library that was created using a Library
Manager of version 1.x contains POUs with
more than 8 characters (long name).

The POUs of the library are retranslated using
the programming software Sucosoft S40
V5.0 or higher.

If you use the Library Manager Version 2.0 or
higher to update the library, this also uses long
names. For this reason, the library can then no
longer be edited using a Library Manager of
version 1.x.

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Structuring libraries

You structure the library modules of a library in order
to achieve a better overview of folders which you
have created for various themes. Only a simple folder
structure can be created, i. e. no folder can be
created as a subfolder of another folder.

The folder structure is edited using the submenu
Library

➞

Folders or with commands in the context-

sensitive menu. You can create, delete or rename
folders. When creating a new library, you can also
use folder structures that have already proved
effective; you import these as a library structure (see
Page 26).

You open the context-sensitive menu by clicking
with the right-hand mouse button in the library
structure window.

Figure 9: Context-sensitive menu for the menu item
“Folder”

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Creating a new folder

왘 Select the Library

➞

Folder

➞

New menu item or

click on “New” in the context-sensitive menu.The
new folder appears in the library structure
window with the temporary name ‘untitled’.

Figure 10: Creating a new folder

왘 Give the folder a name of up to 32 characters.

Select the folder name – do not double click on
it – then shortly after click on the folder name
again. The cursor is positioned in the name field
of the folder.

왘 Change the name and press the Enter key. The

folder is displayed with the new name.

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Renaming a folder

왘 In the library structure window, mark the folder

you wish to rename.

왘 Shortly after, click on the folder name again - do

not double click -

Select the menu item Library

➞

Folder

➞

Rename

or click on “Rename” in the context-sensitive
menu.

The cursor is positioned in the name field of the
folder.

왘 Enter the new name and press the Enter key. The

folder is displayed with the new name.

Deleting folders

A marked folder can be deleted from the library
structure window along with all of the library modules
contained in it.

왘 In the library structure window, click on the folder

you wish to delete.

왘 Select the menu item ‹ Library

➞

Folder

➞

Delete› or click on “Delete” in the context-
sensitive menu.

The folder structure is deleted from the library. The
basic project data is retained unmodified on the
diskette or hard disk.

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Importing a library structure

For simple and rapid design of a new library, you can
use the library structure of an existing library.

왘 Select the menu item ‹ Tools

➞

Import...› .

A dialog box for importing a library structure
appears.

Figure 11: Importing a library structure

왘 In the folder in which your library is filed, select

the ‘grs’ file of the same name and click the
“Open” button.

The imported library structure is displayed in the
library structure window.

왘 In the library structure window, now mark a target

folder for your module and insert it. Repeat the
procedure for all the required modules, whereby
multiple selection of modules is possible.

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Editing libraries

You can use the commands from the “Edit” menu to

Insert project modules in the library

Delete library modules from the library

Set attributes for library modules and groups of
library modules

Display information from library modules and

Update libraries

Notes on editing
If you wish to select project or library modules for the
above editing steps, please proceed as follows.

Mark the project or library modules of your library in
the project module or in the library module window
by clicking with the mouse pointer. You can select
several modules at once by clicking on them while
pressing and holding the “Ctrl” or “Shift” key:

Hold down the Shift key if you wish to mark all
modules lying between the first module you
select and the second one.

Hold down the Ctrl key to individually switch on
and off the marking of each selected module.

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Inserting project modules in the library

To build up a library, the project modules from the
project module window must be inserted in the
folders of the library structure.

왘 In the library structure window, mark a

destination folder for the modules.

왘 In the project module window mark all modules

you wish to insert in a folder.

왘 Select the menu item Edit

➞

Insert or click on

“Insert” in the context-sensitive menu.

Figure 12: “Insert” command in the context-sensitive menu

The selected project modules are transferred to the
marked folder.

You can also drag and drop project modules into the
library folder.

왘 In the library structure window, mark a

destination folder for the modules.

왘 In the project module window, mark all modules

you wish to add to a folder.

왘 Press and hold down the left-hand mouse button

and drag the market project modules into the
library module window.

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Deleting library modules from the library

To remove a module from a folder, the folder in which
the module is located must be open. The modules
are then displayed in the library module window and
can be deleted.

왘 In the library structure window, open the folder

from which you wish to delete the modules.

왘 In the library module window, mark one or more

library module(s).

왘 Select the menu item ‹ Edit

➞

Delete› or click on

“Delete” in the context-sensitive menu.

Figure 13: Context menu item “Delete”

The selected modules are deleted from the library
structure. The basic project data is not changed on
the floppy disk or hard disk.

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Setting attributes for library modules

Attributes define how library modules or entire
groups of modules are presented to the
Sucosoft S40 user. In this way, for example, modules
can be hidden or enabled before the finished library
is used without the need to change elements or
structures of the library. All you have to do is change
the “Hidden” or “Deactivated” protective attributes
of the library modules.

Procedure
왘 In the library structure window, open a folder and

mark the module in the library module window. To
accelerate the change in attributes, you can also
mark several library modules.

왘 Select the menu item ‹ Edit

➞

Attributes...› or

click on “Attributes” in the context-sensitive
menu.

The following dialog box appears.

Figure 14: Dialog box for setting attributes for marked
library modules or groups

If you want to set attributes for an entire module
group, only mark the corresponding folder and
then click in the context-sensitive menu on
“Attributes”.

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왘 Set the attributes you require. Clicking “OK”

accepts the attributes for the marked library
module or for a group of library modules.

Explanation of the attributes
Visible: a library module can be made visible for the
Sucosoft S40 user.

Hidden: a library module or a group of library
modules can be switched to hidden for the
Sucosoft S40 user. They then have the following
properties:

Modules and folders can be seen neither in the
selection window of the POU EDITOR, nor in the
instance tree of the TEST & COMMISSIONING,
nor in the NAVIGATOR.

Hidden library modules can only be used by other
library modules within this library.

The attribute “Hidden” for a library overwrites the
setting of the groups (folders) it contains. The
attribute “Hidden” for a group overwrites the
setting of the library modules it contains (see
Page 38).

If you have marked a number of library
modules, the dialog box “Properties” remains
open until you have set the attributes for each
marked library module and confirmed by clicking
“OK”. The name of the library module currently
being edited is displayed in the title bar of the
dialog box.

If you hide a group of library modules, the
corresponding folder is shown as dark blue in the
library structure window.

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Example:
You offer the user only those library modules for
selection which are publicly available and
documented. Subordinate auxiliary modules are
made invisible with the attribute “Hidden”.

Deactivated: a library module or a group of library
module can be deactivated.

The functions of deactivated modules can no
longer be used by the Sucosoft S40 user, but the
modules remain in the library (invisible).

The deactivated modules of a library can no
longer be called by the activated modules.

The attribute “Deactivated” for a group overwrites
the setting of the library modules it contains (see
Page 38).

Example:
You have created a library folder containing basic
controllers such as PID, two-position and three-
position controllers. In addition, there is a library
folder for crane controllers and one for building
services with special controllers which use the basic
controllers.

Deactivate the entire group of crane controllers
without making any other changes in the library. The
full functions of the controllers in the library can now
be used for the building services.

Help ID: using the Help Identifier (ID), a Help text for
the module can be called up from the Help file of the
library (see Page 43).

If you deactivate a group of library modules, the
corresponding folder is shown as red in the
library structure window.

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Displaying information of a library module

왘 Select the menu item ‹ Edit

➞

Info...› or click on

“Info...” in the context-sensitive menu.

The dialog box “Info” appears.

Figure 15: Dialog box “Info”

You can select the following information blocks for
each library module with the appropriate tab:

General: code size and data size

Prototype: prototype of the function block or
function

POU Info: information on the POU

왘 Select the appropriate tab to display the

information.

왘 Close the window with OK.

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Updating libraries

All modules of a library can be compared with the
data of the current S40 project and updated. If the
modules in the S40 project are of a more recent date
than those in the library, the Library Manager
replaces all modules on request.

왘 Open an existing library and select a library

folder.

왘 Select ‹ Edit

➞

Update› or click on “Update” in

the context-sensitive menu.

The library modules are updated.

If there are library modules missing in the associated
S40 project, or the interfaces of the newer functions
and function blocks do not match those of the library
modules, an error message is output and the
updating process is aborted. The library modules are
then not updated.

With multiple selection, you also receive
information on several library modules listed in
the library module window. The dialog box “Info”
remains open until you have confirmed the
information on the last marked library module
with the “OK” button. The name of the library
module currently on display is shown in the title
bar of the dialog box.

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Testing libraries

During editing and after completion of a library, the
functioning of the library and modules is tested.
The Library Manager offers two methods for testing
libraries.

Before inserting a library module, the Library
Manager automatically performs an initial test.

After completion of a library, a plausibility check
covers all still unresolved references.

Initial test of library modules

Before inserting a library module, module and library
are automatically tested for the following conditions:

No duplicated module names

Same PLC type for module and library

Library module only of POU type “function” and
“function block”, not of type “program”

Version of project module and Library Manager
are compatible.

No external variables in the module.

If the Library Manager finds an error during the initial
test, an error message is output. Only modules
without errors are inserted, all others are not.

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Plausibility check of libraries

The Library Manager performs the plausibility check
to reveal unresolved references. This enables you to
determine whether there are any library modules
missing which are called in the library.

왘 Start the plausibility check with the menu item

‹ Tools

➞

Plausibility Check› .

If a module is missing in the library, a message is
output.

Missing modules may well be contained in another
library.

If the module is in fact present, check that the
Deactivate attribute is switched off.

Protecting libraries

The Library Manager provides the following
protective functions.

Hide: Protective function for libraries. The entire
library becomes invisible to the Sucosoft S40
user. The modules retain their function.

Password: Protective function for libraries. A
library is protected from unauthorised access
with a password.

The program does not check modules that have
been switched off with the Deactivate attribute.

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Hiding libraries

To suit the specific application for a finished S40
library, you can hide the entire library without having
to modify elements or structures of the library.
Merely the attribute “Hidden” of the library has to be
changed.

Procedure
왘 In the library structure window, mark the library

folder and then click in the context-sensitive
menu on “Attributes”. Or double-click in the
library structure window on the logical library
name.

The “Properties” dialog box appears.

왘 Select the attributes option “Hidden”.

Figure 16: Library property “Hidden”

왘 Confirm your choice with the “OK” button.
To indicate a hidden library, their folders are shown
as dark blue in the library structure window.

The attribute identification of the individual
modules in the library module window of a
hidden library is not subjected to additional
changes.

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Priorities
The flow diagram below shows the priorities in
assigning attributes. For example, if you have
assigned the attribute “Hidden” to your library, the
groups of library modules or the individual library
modules will also be hidden. Otherwise, this priority
does not apply. A library module with the attribute
“Hidden” is always hidden, even if the associated
group or library is not hidden.

Figure 17: Priorities for attribute settings

Library module
hidden/deactivated?

Group of library
modules hidden/
deactivated?

Library hidden?

Library modules not accessible to the user

Library modules
accessible to the user

Yes

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Protecting libraries with a password

In the Library Manager, you can protect libraries with
a password against unauthorised access and
undesirable changes:

The library is protected against opening and
alteration. Without specifying the password, it is
then no longer possible to add or exchange
library modules or to change attributes.

A hidden library can only be unlocked and altered
with the right password.

The password can extend to a maximum of 15
characters and consist of any combination of letters,
numbers, spaces and special characters. The
correct case of letters must be adhered to. When you
type in a password, the characters appear on the
screen as asterisks (*) to conceal the password. At
least 4 characters must be entered.

Here is how to protect your library with a password:

왘 Click on the menu item ‹ Library

➞

Properties...› .

A dialog box for specifying the library properties
appears (see Page 40).

왘 Enter the password in the text field and confirm

with the “OK” button. Make sure you adhere to
the correct case of letters.

Should you assign password protection to a
library and then forget the password, you will not
be able to alter the library or remove the
password protection.
Make a list of your passwords and the
associated library names and keep it in a safe
place.

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Setting the properties
of a library

The library properties contain all of the information
required to identify a library. This includes the library
and author name as well as company name and
version number. In addition, a library can be
assigned its own help file via the properties and a
function for protection against unauthorised access
can be activated.

Displaying and changing library properties
왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Properties...› .

A dialog box for specifying the library properties
appears.

Figure 18: Library Properties dialog box

왘 Enter the desired information in the fields and

confirm with OK.

The library properties are assigned to the library after
they have been saved.

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Author: for entering the name of the library creator.

Version: for assigning a version number.

Type of PLC: displays the type of PLC. The library
can be used for this type of PLC.

Help file: a Windows Help file can be created for a
library. The name of the Help file is entered here.

You can assign an appropriate Help text to an
individual module via the Help ID attribute option.

Password: prevents changes to the protected library
by unauthorised users. Enter a password here.

Licence: This button opens the dialog box “Licence
text and product code”. Here, you can create the text
of a licence agreement that the user of your library
must accept.

You can also activate a query of the product code. It
is only possible for users to import your library if they
know this code.

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Creating a library
report

The Library Manager can print a formatted report of
the open library containing all relevant data of the
library, including the function block prototypes, i. e.
the call interface.

Setting print options and starting printing
왘 Activate the library structure window
왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Print...› . A dialog box for

selecting the printer and for setting the print
options appears.

왘 Click on “OK” to start printing.

You can also start printing with the “Print” button in
the window of the Library Manager.

Printer setup
왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Printer setup...› .

The standard Windows dialog box for selecting the
printer and for setting the paper format appears.

Page view
왘 Activate the library structure window
왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Page view› or on the “Print

Preview” button.

The library information is displayed just as it will be
printed.

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Documenting a library

So that the Sucosoft S40 user can effectively use
your library functions, the library has to be
documented. There are two ways of integrating a
description of the library modules into your library:

In the form of a description block of the POU
EDITOR

As a Windows Help file.

Documentation with the POU EDITOR

In the POU EDITOR of Sucosoft S40, you can
supplement your own functions and function blocks
with a description block via the “POU Info” dialog
box in the File menu. The information entered there is
also stored in the object file of the project module.
When inserting the project module in the library, this
information is kept with it. Users of your library can
view the descriptions in the POU EDITOR. If a
Windows Help file is also present, this is displayed
instead of the description block.

Documentation as a Windows Help file

The Library Manager allows you to integrate a
Windows Help file in order to describe the library and
library modules. In this way, you can provide the user
with integrated documentation for your library.

To create a Help file, you need a Help text editor.

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Write a Help text for each library module. The Help
text should at least describe the function of the
module and state the input and output operands with
their meaning and type.

Combine the Help texts into a Help file using a
suitable Help text program. In doing so, assign a
unique Help ID for each help topic.

You then have to make the finished Help file known
in the Library Manager:

왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Properties...› to enter the

Help file. The Properties dialog box is opened.

왘 In the “Help file” field, enter the name of the Help

file you have created for your library.

A Help topic must now be assigned to each library
module via the Help ID.

왘 In the library module window, mark a library

module and select ‹ Edit

➞

Attributes...› . To

accelerate the assignment of Help IDs, you can
also mark several library modules.

The dialog box “Attributes” is opened.

왘 Enter the ID in the “Help ID” field.

The ID ensures that the correct point of the text is
opened in the Help file when help is called for. It is
specified in the Help file at the description of the
corresponding module.

There are a great many products on the market
for creating Help files which help you to enter
text, insert control codes and test the Help file.

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왘 Save the library.

When the Sucosoft S40 user marks a library module
in the selection list for function modules in the POU
EDITOR and requests Direct Help, the matching Help
text is displayed on the basis of the Help ID.

Controlling the use of a
library using product
code

You can use a product code to protect your S40
library against unauthorised use. You identify your
library in such a way that a later import into a
customer project is only possible after input of the
specific product code.

The product code that you create using the Product
Code Generator is given to the customer together
with the library and added to your internal customer
file.

You identify the library in the Library Manager using
the option “Query product code”.

More information on this topic can be found in the
Sucosoft S40 manual “Product Code Generator”
(AWB-C2700-1375D). The manual is only available
as an online version in PDF format.

In the case of multiple selection, the dialog box
“Properties” remains open until you have entered
the Help ID for each marked library module and
confirmed each entry with the “OK” button. The
name of the library module currently being edited
is displayed in the title bar of the dialog box.

For this reason, make sure that the name of the
library Help file differs from the names of the
Sucosoft Help files.

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Requirement: Your library is open.

왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Properties...› .

A dialog box for specifying the “Library Properties”
appears.

Figure 19: “Library Properties” dialog box.

왘 Work through the text fields in the window for

general identification of a library.

The input in the text field “Version” must match the
input in the text field of the same name in the Product
Code Generator when the product code is created.
The entries in the other fields are optional.

왘 Click on the “Licence...” command button.

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The dialog box “Licence text and product code”
appears.

Figure 20: Licence text and product code

왘 Enable the check box “Query product code”.
This is where you specify that a product code will be
queried when the library is imported at a later date.

왘 In the input field “Encryption text”, enter the same

text as in the text field of the same name in the
Product Code Generator.

A text that has been entered once appears again in
the text field when you start the Library Manager
again.

왘 In the text field, write the text for your licence

agreement (optional).

Your licence agreement can be written in up to five
languages.

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Select the corresponding tab for this purpose.

This licence agreement will appear in the
NAVIGATOR in the “Licence agreement” window
when the library is imported later. There, it must be
accepted before the import can continue.

If you do not write a licence text, the “Licence
agreement” window is skipped and the window for
the product code query is displayed right away.

왘 Confirm with “OK”.
왘 On returning to the “Library Properties” window,

confirm again by clicking “OK”.

The library properties are only assigned to the library
after they have been saved.

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Example Library

In this chapter, you will learn step by step how to
create a library. You will see how the individual
project modules are combined into library groups
and managed in library folders. In addition, you will
learn how to set library properties and protect the
library from changes.

Example task

Below, we explain the process of creating a library
using project modules from the area of control
engineering. The existing project modules are
arranged in three library groups:

Group 1: cntArithmetic

Group 2: cntBasicController

Group 3: cntLinearController.

Figure 21: Library groups

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Creating a new library

왘 Select ‹ Library

➞

New...› .

A dialog box for selecting the type of PLC and the
project path appears.

왘 Select the type of PLC for which the library is to

be created.

왘 Select the S40 project which contains the

controller function blocks.

In the Project window, you will now see all of the
project modules.

Figure 22: Project module window

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Assigning logical library names

In the Sucosoft S40 programming software, a library
is identified by its “Logical name”. Assign the library
a “Logical name”.

왘 To do so, switch to the library structure window.
A folder named 'untitled' is displayed here.

왘 Enter the logical library name here, e. g. “control

engineering”.

Creating library folders

The structure of the library is created with folders. For
this example, we will create three folders entitled
cntArithmetic, cntBasicController and
cntLinearController.

왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Folder

➞

New› . The new

folder is displayed with a preset name.

왘 Enter the name “cntArithmetic” for the new folder

and press the Enter key.

왘 Select ‹ Library

➞

Folder

➞

New› . A new folder is

displayed. Give it the name “cntBasicController”.

왘 Create the third folder “cntLinearController” in the

same way.

When completed, the library structure appears as
follows:

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Figure 23: Library Structure window with folder structure

Inserting project modules

You now insert the individual project modules in the
library folder.

왘 In the library structure window, mark the first

library folder, entitled cntArithmetic.

왘 In the project module window, mark the project

modules you wish to insert in the folder.

왘 Select ‹ Edit

➞

Insert› .

All marked project modules are now accepted in the
library folder. They are shown in blue.

You can also insert the project modules individually
in the library folder by double clicking on them.

The following picture shows the new content of the
cntArithmetic library folder:

Figure 24: Modules in the cntArithmetic library folder

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왘 Now transfer the project modules destined for the

cntBasicController and cntLinearController
folders in the same way.

Transferred a module to the wrong folder?
If you accidentally transfer a module to the wrong
folder, simply delete it and re-transfer it to the right
one.

왘 Click on the folder in which the module has been

wrongly transferred. All modules of the folder are
displayed in the library module window.

왘 Mark the module and open the context-sensitive

menu with the right mouse button.

왘 Select Delete. The module is removed from the

folder.

Saving the library

You have now performed all the necessary steps for
creating a library.

왘 Select ‹ Library

➞

Save› or use the “Save”

button.

A dialog box for entering the library name appears.

왘 Select a library path and give the library the name

LControl.lib. Confirm with “OK”.

The library settings are saved and the library
generated.

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Protecting the library

The user of the library is only to have use of library
modules in the folders cntBasicController and
cntLinearController, but not those in the folder
cntArithmetic.

To achieve this, the “cntArithmetic” folder must be
marked as “Hidden” and the completed library
protected against unauthorised access.

Hiding the cntArithmetic folder

왘 In the library structure window, click on the

“cntArithmetic folder”.

왘 Select ‹ Edit

➞

Attributes...› and enable the

“Hidden” option.

The “rgtMathematik” folder is now shown in dark
blue.

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Protecting the library from changes

왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Properties...› . The dialog box

for entering the library properties appears.

왘 In the “Password” field, enter a password for your

library. Make sure you adhere to the correct case
of letters.

Figure 25: Properties of the library

Integrating the Windows
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Integrating the
Windows Help file

The Help file is created in two steps.

Write a Help text for each library module. Use a
suitable tool designed for creating Help texts for
this. The Help text should describe at least the
function of the module and state the input and
output operands with their meaning and type.

Start the program you are using to create Help
texts and specify a unique Help identifier (Help ID)
for each help topic. Combine the Help texts into a
Help file with the Help text program.

You then have to make the finished Help file known
in the Library Manager:

왘 Click on ‹ Library

➞

Properties...› to enter the

Help file. The “Properties” dialog box is opened.

왘 In the Help File field, enter the name of the Help

text you have created for your library.

A Help topic must now be assigned to each library
module via the Help ID.

왘 In the library module window, mark a library

module and select ‹ Edit

➞

Attributes...› .The

“Attributes” dialog box is opened.

왘 In the Help ID field, enter the identifier to which

the Help text of the module is assigned in the
Help file.

If you have marked a number of library modules,
these are offered to you one after the other every
time you click on the “OK” button in the “Properties”
dialog box.

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왘 Assign a Help ID to all the library modules for

which you have written a Help text.

왘 Save the library.
왘 Use the NAVIGATOR to import the library and

Help file into the current project and test the Help
function.

Working with several
libraries

You can also distribute project modules from the
same field of application to several libraries. This
allows you to develop the libraries separately and
also operate them separately. The file names of
the libraries must be different from each other. The
logical library name and the folder names, on the
other hand, can be the same.

Example
In addition to your LControl.lib library, you should
create a further library from the field of control
engineering with discontinuous controllers, e. g. with
two-position and three-position controllers.

왘 To do this, create a new library under the name

“UControl.lib” and assemble the library.

왘 As folder name, enter “cntUControl”.
왘 Use “control engineering” again for the logical

library name.

If the libraries in Sucosoft are used, the functions and
function blocks of both libraries appear in the
Function Block dialog box of the POU EDITOR and in
the NAVIGATOR under the same tab.

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Naming conventions

When naming libraries, structures and modules, it
makes sense to follow the naming conventions of
Sucosoft S40. Sucosoft users are already familiar
with the naming conventions of Sucosoft S40 and
therefore, get used to a strange library more easily.

If the names correspond to those of the
Sucosoft S40 convention, new libraries are more
readily accepted and less effort is involved in
integrating and standardising library elements.

Use the naming conventions for all program
elements the user may come into contact with when
using your libraries. These include

Library folders

Functions and function blocks

Logical library names

Your own data types

Variables of functions and function blocks.

This chapter gives a variety of recommendations to
help you choose suitable names.

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Naming library
elements

Whole words instead of abbreviations

Use whole words, not abbreviations. Whole words
are unique and more easily accepted by the user.
The following table gives a few examples:

If an abbreviation is unavoidable because the name
would be too long, use complete first syllables.

Upper case letters for beginnings of words

Specify names with a mixture of upper and lower
case letters. The upper case letter then identifies the
beginnings of words. That is, if a name consists of
several words, identify the beginning of each word
with an upper case letter. Do not use an underline
( _ ) character to connect words.

Recommended

Not recommended

InitialValue InitV

MeanValue

MeanV

Temperature

Temp, Tmp

Recommended

Not recommended

BoilerTemperature

Boiler_Temperature

SwitchesOnMotor

Switches_On_Motor

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Identification with prefixes

Identify associated modules and folders of a library
with a prefix consisting of three or four lower case
letters. The prefix then allows you to identify all
modules that belong by function to one library group.

At the same time, the use of a prefix minimises the
risk of name conflicts between the modules of
different libraries – a problem that frequently occurs
with short names.

For example, identify the modules of a control
engineering library with the prefix “cnt”.

In addition, you can provide your modules with a
company prefix consisting of three or four
characters. The Moeller Group of Companies uses
the prefix “ma_” for its application modules.

Never use the abbreviations for data types given
in the table below as a prefix for a library element.
They are reserved for identifying the types of
variables.

Naming of variables

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Naming of variables

In addition to the library folders, functions and
function blocks, it is particularly important to identify
variable names as the direct interface of the user to
the library.

For that reason, with variables make sure you use the
agreements on word length and upper/lower case
letters. Use the prefix to identify the data type of a
variable, however.

Use an underline character (“_”) to connect the data
type and variable name.

The table below shows the prefix for all data types
supported by the Sucosoft S40 programming
software.

Data type

Prefix

Example

BOOL

x_MotorActivated

BYTE

b_ValveState

DATE

date_StartTag

DATE_AND_TIME