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STEP 7 -- Working with projects -- Creating and editing projects
How do you compare blocks in a multiproject?
What are the requirements for migrating a STEP 7 V5.x project to STEP 7 Professional (TIA Portal)?
How do you link a self-made online help to a programmed block in STEP 7 V5.x?
How do you display the diagnostics buffer of a SIMATIC CPU with integrated web server on a SIMATIC Panel?
How do you install the improved block protection for FBs and FCs in STEP 7 V5.5 onwards?
In STEP 7 V5.x, why can the "Find/Replace" dialog not be displayed in the LAD/STL/FBD editor?
How do you integrate a WinCC flexible project in STEP 7?
How can you improve the performance in the SIMATIC Manager and in the STEP 7 project?
Why can you no longer choose the options (Display, Filter, Generate, Delete) in the menu item "Tools > Reference data >"?
How do you save a STEP 7 project as read-protected on an MMC in an S7-300 CPU?
How do you activate access protection for a STEP 7 project and set up a user as project editor?
How do you update the STEP 7 hardware catalog in STEP 7 V5.2 onwards?
How can you load projects to a memory card and back again to a PG/PC?
Information about "Loading and testing programs"
How do you integrate an existing WinCC project into a STEP 7 project?
What are the advantages of the "Multiproject" function for large networked projects?
What is the significance of the initial and actual values of a data block?
Why can projects, blocks or the HW Config either not be opened at all or only opened with error messages or only as "read only"?
In STEP 7 V5.x, why can the "Find/Replace" dialog not be displayed in the LAD/STL/FBD editor?
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When you select the "Find/Replace" function in STEP 7, the dialog cannot be displayed in the LAD/STL/FBD editor. If you have addressed a second monitor with you PC and you have added a second monitor to your desktop, the "Find/Replace" dialog is probably not located in the visible area. The remedy is described in the table below.
 
No. Procedure
1 You open the "Tools > Customize..." dialog and select the "General" tab. There you disable the
  • "Save window arrangement on closing".
2 Confirm with OK and execute the menu command "Edit > Find/Replace..." again.
3 If this dialog is still not in the visible area, close the LAD/STL/FBD editor and the SIMATIC Manager.
4 In the Control Panel you open the "Display Properties" dialog and select the "Settings" tab.
5 For the second monitor you disable the following function as shown in Fig. 01:
  • "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor".


Fig. 01

6 Then click the "Apply" button, followed by "OK" to confirm.
7 Restart your computer and the "Find/Replace" dialog should be visible again in the LAD/STL/FBD editor.

 Entry ID:39298969   Date:2012-08-30 
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