DMD Documentation Editor Bug

[LWgreys]

Not sure if you already know but in the Documentation Editor of DMD I came across a bug. When you want to add a range of records V610 to V616, the add range function will add records V0 to V616 not V600 to V616. Then you have to use the Clean function and press Refresh Button to get rid-of all the added inserts, but only after editing the intended values first or those values will be removed also because they are blank.

[Garyhlucas]

I saw that as well. I had just started using DoMore so I thought it was me.  However there is another minor annoyance when you click on the Add button in the editor.  The cursor should default to the tag name field so you can just start typing. Since I started from scratch I've gotten beeped about 100 times already!

[BobO]

When you want to add a range of records V610 to V616, the add range function will add records V0 to V616 not V600 to V616.

  OMG...

[BobO]

However there is another minor annoyance when you click on the Add button in the editor.  The cursor should default to the tag name field so you can just start typing. Since I started from scratch I've gotten beeped about 100 times already!

That's fixed already, and will be in 1.4.

[BobO]

Not sure if you already know but in the Documentation Editor of DMD I came across a bug. When you want to add a range of records V610 to V616, the add range function will add records V0 to V616 not V600 to V616. Then you have to use the Clean function and press Refresh Button to get rid-of all the added inserts, but only after editing the intended values first or those values will be removed also because they are blank.

After some study, it's not quite as simple as starting at V0. The too-clever-by-half editor was trying to normalize the Start and End while you are entering values. Workaround: If you type the End first, then type the Start, it should work...basically, as you are typing, don't ever let the ID of the Start exceed the End. This will be fixed in 1.4.

Thanks for the heads up.

[LWgreys]

Also I like to add that there are elements listed that seem I can not delete no mater what I do. These elements are not in use. They are empty and do not show up in the Clean function. Any work around for this?

[BobO]

Also I like to add that there are elements listed that seem I can not delete no mater what I do. These elements are not in use. They are empty and do not show up in the Clean function. Any work around for this?

Do they have an asterisk by them?

[LWgreys]

Sorry It took me awhile to respond. Yes there is an asterisk next to them. It would be more preferred if the asterisk is next to all the unused elements documented or not. Not used elements. Yes I read the help file but all the documented unused elements have no asterisk next to them. More so when you have many unused documented casting elements. Reasoning is, it would be much easer if you know which elements that you have pre-documented that have not been used or programed into you project yet. Or maybe a hi-lighted unused element.

[BobO]

In DL, memory maps are comparatively simple, so we blow out all possibilities. In Do-more, there are nearly 50 possible documentation records for 'D0' alone. To deal with this, we only show existing records and elements which have been referenced in the program. Since we suspected that people would want to be able to document a range of Xs like they had in the past, we added the ability to add references. The purpose of the asterisk is to identify references vs actual records.

I'm sure there is room for improvement, but we felt it was important to draw a clear distinction between stuff actually the database and simple references.

[MAEdwards]

Quick question regarding DMD V1.4

Documentation Editor > Add Documentation Record > Range Mode

Can I create a the following range?

Start Element: V0:0
End Element: V0:15

[BobO]

Quick question regarding DMD V1.4

Documentation Editor > Add Documentation Record > Range Mode

Can I create a the following range?

Start Element: V0:0
End Element: V0:15

No. I thought about it...and wimped out.

[Mike Nash]

I know, I know, old topic, but it's the exact question I have and I can't recall if it has been added in V2.x.x. I know I keep trying it though, since Modbus comms tend to use bit of word a whole lot. Currently, I export to Excel, edit and import back, but that's not ideal all the time.

Quick question regarding DMD V1.4

Documentation Editor > Add Documentation Record > Range Mode

Can I create a the following range?

Start Element: V0:0
End Element: V0:15

No. I thought about it...and wimped out.

[BobO]

I know, I know, old topic, but it's the exact question I have and I can't recall if it has been added in V2.x.x. I know I keep trying it though, since Modbus comms tend to use bit of word a whole lot. Currently, I export to Excel, edit and import back, but that's not ideal all the time.

Quick question regarding DMD V1.4

Documentation Editor > Add Documentation Record > Range Mode

Can I create a the following range?

Start Element: V0:0
End Element: V0:15

No. I thought about it...and wimped out.

It's supported in the upcoming release.

[Mike Nash]

It's supported in the upcoming release.

Cool! Thanks.