Increment

Version 1.8

function Increment(symbol: Symbol | undefined | null, maxValue?: number | null): void

Version 1.10

function Increment(ctx: Required<TcHmi.Context>, symbol: TcHmi.Symbol<number> | null, maxValue?: number | null, stepWidth?: number | null): void

The Increment function counts a numerical value in a binding upward in steps of a specified step size.

Parameter

Name

Type

Description

ctx

Available from version 1.10

Required<TcHmi.Context>

Context object

Does not need to be specified by the user when used in a trigger or function expression. In this case the transfer and the evaluation is done by the corresponding parser.

Is used by the caller to indicate success or failure to the framework during execution.

If the function is used directly in JavaScript/TypeScript, the context object must be passed in the call and evaluated if necessary.

symbol

Symbol

The value to be incremented. The value must be specified as a binding to a symbol.

maxValue

number

A maximum value that may not be exceeded.

stepWidth

number

The step size with which the value is to be incremented.

Return value

Type

Description

void

No return value.

NuGet package: Beckhoff.TwinCAT.HMI.Functions

Increment 1:

NuGet packages are available from version 1.12.

Increment 2:

Available from 1.8