Creating and editing sections in the global-variables-editor

How to declare a section within a global-object:

  1. Go to tab Sections in the global-variables-editor.

  2. From the context menu, select New Section. Alternative: Press the Ctrl-key and the +-key.
    Result: A new section is inserted.

  3. Correct the data of this section as follows:

    1. For the columns Name and DMA:

      1. Click onto the respective column of the section.
        Alternative: Use the respective command provided within the context menu under Edit or press the respective shortcut (if there is any).

        Column

        Command under "Edit"
        (Shortcut)

        Additional information

        Name

        Name

        (F2-key)

        The name can be any identifier.
        However, the following character is not supported for the name: '

        DMA

        DMA

        The information for the "Direct Memory Access"" is intended for system integrators.
        The following character is not supported for DMA: '

      2. Enter the requested text.

      3. Accept the change by pressing the Enter-key or clicking the primary mouse button outside of the current field. Press the ESC-key, if you want to discard the change.

  4. For the columns CONSTANT and RETAIN: Click onto the check box to enable the attribute for the section.
    (info) To deactivate the attribute afterwards, click the check box again.
    Observe: In the case of a checked box, all global variables of this section are made â†’constant and â†’retentive respectively.

See "Declaring and editing the global variables within the global-variables-editor" how to assign a section to global variables.