gcpro-macro-language README

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Buhler GCPro is a tool that helps engineers to program PLC with ease and embedded know-how.

GCPro functionalities can be extended by using Macros (gcmac files) which are use during compilation to achieve the expected result.

This Extension is used to help users with the macro syntax and provide a better view of the macro file.

Features

Almost all instructions written on GCPro Developer Manual (normally under C:\Program Files (x86)\Gcpro\GCPRO-NET-Developer_MAN_1A_en.pdf) are covered and some snippets to help fast programming. See next section.

Snippets

• sub: Create Sub structure with comment out of the title.

  

  CamelCase and Underscores are replaced by space on description after tab

• if: Create If structure

• ifelse: Create If structure

Requirements

You need GCPro to run the macros and to debug it you need GCPro Development version.

Additional Visual Studio Code configuration

• Go to File->Preferences->Settings (Ctrl+,)

• On field "Search settings" type: "Encoding" and check the option Auto Guess Encoding. That is necessary because GCPro macros ar written with ISO 8859-1 encoding.

  

• Type "Whitespace" and select on the field "Editor: Render Whitespace" the option all (that helps to see if it is a whitespace or tab)

  

Known Issues

None at the moment.

Release Notes

Find below the release notes of each version.

1.0.1

Add Visual Studio configuration settings to Readme.

1.0.0

Initial release of GCPro Macro Language as an extension.