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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Jeffrey A. Mckelvey, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thomas Sielicki, Germantown, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. McKelvey, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thomas Sielicki, Germantown, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A system and method for displaying two different industrial control module programs in a single view is provided. The graphical compare utility provides a graphical view of a first control program in a first pane and a graphical view of a second control program in a second pane within a single frame window. The graphical compare utility can also provide indicators of insertions, deletions, moves and modifications of instructions between the first and second industrial control module programs within the graphical view. A wrapping feature can also be provided to facilitate viewing of the instructions within the viewable frame during resizing and zooming of the frame window.