Automatically Assigning Individual Sequence Calls

You can edit individual normal or block-local sequence calls, empty or assigned, simply and quickly as follows:

1. In the Outline tab, select the method or process to which the sequence call is to be assigned.

   If you do not select a method or process, the sequence call is assigned to the default method/runnable.

   Note
   For a block-local sequence call, this selection is irrelevant. A block-local sequence call is always assigned to its statement block.

2. Do one of the following:

   • In the drawing area, double-click the sequence call you want to edit.

   • Right-click the sequence call and select Next Number from the context menu.

     Note
     If no method/runnable has been selected, the system uses the method/runnable most recently assigned to a sequence call.

     The selected method/runnable as well as the next free number are assigned to the sequence call.

The following rules apply here, in using the values for Sequence Step Size and Use gaps set in the ASCET option window.

• Only whole multiples of the value in the Sequence Step Size field (corresponds to Sequence Step Size in the Sequencing node of the ASCET option window) are taken into consideration. If, for example, the value 5 is set, only the numbers 5, 10, 15, 20, ... are checked.

• If the Use Gaps option is activated, any gaps between existing sequence numbers are filled. The first condition still applies; gaps which are not whole multiples of the value in the Sequence Step Size field are not filled.

  If, e.g., the numbers 1–3, 5–9 and 11 have already been assigned, and 5 has been specified in the Sequence Step Size field, 10 is assigned, not 4.

  Note
  The system saves the sequence number last assigned. Gaps below this number are not filled! When you leave the editor or reset one (Resetting an Individual Sequence Call) or several sequence calls (Resetting Several Sequence Calls), the number saved is reset, automatic numbering starts again at 1.

• If the Use Gaps option is not activated, a search is carried out for the next whole multiple of the value in the Sequence Step Size field after the highest available number.

  In the above example (1–3, 5–9 and 11 assigned), 15 is assigned.

See also

Editing a Sequence Call in the Sequence Editor

Incrementing/Decrementing Individual Sequence Calls

Resetting an Individual Sequence Call

Selecting a Default Method/Runnable

Sequence Calls

Block-Local Sequence Calls