2025-11-10, 12:34 PM
Studio Developer 8.8.7 contains various enhancements that are detailed in the release notes.
Two notable new features are:
1) Bulk PAD Extract
You can now extract multiple action diagrams to a text file including view details. From the Model Explorer, select one or more action diagrams and click the Actions->Extract PAD menu option. All of the selected action diagrams are extracted to a chosen folder.
2) Refactoring Statements
The action diagram editor provides a refactoring function that will move selected statements to a new action block, for example to assist with modularising a complex action block. You start by selecting the statements to be refactored (i.e. moved into a new action block) and choose the Refactor menu option.
Once you have specified a name for the new action block, you can specify view sections for referenced views, for example, the original statements might reference a local view whose values need to be shared with the refactored statements. If the view(s) referenced in the statements selected for refactoring are also referenced in other statements in the original action block, then by default they are created as exportable import views, otherwise they are created in the same view section, though you can override this by specifying a new view.
Once you have completed choosing the view locations, the refactor action block is created along with a USE statement in the original action block.
Two notable new features are:
1) Bulk PAD Extract
You can now extract multiple action diagrams to a text file including view details. From the Model Explorer, select one or more action diagrams and click the Actions->Extract PAD menu option. All of the selected action diagrams are extracted to a chosen folder.
2) Refactoring Statements
The action diagram editor provides a refactoring function that will move selected statements to a new action block, for example to assist with modularising a complex action block. You start by selecting the statements to be refactored (i.e. moved into a new action block) and choose the Refactor menu option.
Once you have specified a name for the new action block, you can specify view sections for referenced views, for example, the original statements might reference a local view whose values need to be shared with the refactored statements. If the view(s) referenced in the statements selected for refactoring are also referenced in other statements in the original action block, then by default they are created as exportable import views, otherwise they are created in the same view section, though you can override this by specifying a new view.
Once you have completed choosing the view locations, the refactor action block is created along with a USE statement in the original action block.
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Darius Panahy, IET Ltd
Darius Panahy, IET Ltd