Document Properties Dialog
Starting with TwinCAT v2.9, additional informations are saved together with the related System Manager project. These informations can be used to keep track of project and configuration variants, to detect the TwinCAT version used at the related machine later on, and for a basic version control.
After selection of the System Manager "Properties..." menu item - to be opened from the File menu - the following dialog appears:
Title
A descriptive title should be added here.
Author
Name and company information of the person responsible for the configuration should be added here.
Revision
A revision number for the machine could be added here.
Comment
Usefull information about machine and/or project status should be edited here.
TwinCAT
The TwinCAT version (build number of the overall TwinCAT system in brackets) that was used to create the respective System Manager configuration is read out in advance and automatically entered at this point.
 | If the respective *.tsm file is subsequently passed on, the original information of the development system is retained here until the file is overwritten again by the current system. |
Licence
Displays the TwinCAT Registration Key from that system, on which the configuration has been saved the last time.
Created
Displays the date on which the configuration has been saved the last time.
OK
Accepts the changes made in the "Document Properties" dialog and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Closes the dialog without saving eventual modifications.
ToolTip display for System Manager files in Windows Explorer
The "Document Properties" information at *.tsm files described above are conform to the ToolTips feature, established in MS Windows. Therefore, they are going to be displayed during a mouse-over movement on the file name inside the Windows Explorer. The example given below, shows the informations which are going to be displayed in that case:
"Summary" tab at Windows Explorer
Additionaly, the above named informations can be called via Windows Explorer by right-klick on the file and selection of Properties....
Due to tha fact that *.tsm files are in Structured Storage format, you can see most of the "Document Properties" on the below shown "Summary" tab, even if TwinCAT is not installed on the system you are currently at.
