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Process Components and Their Use

At the right edge of the drawing area there is a fold-out toolbar, the palette. It contains process module symbols that you can drag and drop into the drawing area.

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If you hover over a component placed in the drawing area, various symbols are displayed above the component.

Not all symbols are available for all components!


Symbol

Function

AddElement.png

Add new element after the current element

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Create a new file in the current project

Note:

New files can be only be created in the allowed project folders or as a private file within the process.

Double-click on the component to add files that already exist in X4 Designer.


ChangeTypeToBuffer.png


Change type of the component from Resource to Buffer

ChangeTypeToResource.png


Change type of the component from Buffer to Resource

Note:

This option is not available for files located in the TemporaryFiles folder.


EditElement.png


Edit component

ChangeOperationToWrite.png


Change operation of the component from Read to Write

ChangeOperationToRead.png


Change operation of the component from Write to Read

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Indicates that a component parameter has been set for the component

DeleteElement.png


Edit component