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Symbols Tools

The Symbols group (Figure 1) in the main toolbar contains tools for the Symbol area of the editor. Refer to Table 1 for a brief description of each selection.

SymbolsTools

Figure 1: The Symbols toolbar group.

Table 1: Symbols Tools

Symbols ToolHotkeyDescription
Loadn/aLoad all symbols from an ECU map file that is in one of these formats:
• IEEE-695 (*.abs or *.695)
• ELF/DWARF (*.elf)
• TI COFF/DWARF (*.out)
• KEIL 166 (*.m66)
• OMF 166 (*.omf)
Recent Filesn/aLoad one of the 10 most recently opened ECU map files.
Enum AssociationCtrl+LOpen dialog to apply enumerated states to symbol arrays. Please read below for further details.

Elements within symbol arrays are initially displayed with generic names and index numbers like that shown in Figure 2. The Enum Association tool applies more descriptive names to the symbol array elements.

EnumAssociation

Figure 2: Apply the Enum Association tool to get descriptive names for array elements.

To Apply Enumerated States to Symbol Arrays:

  1. Click the Enum Association tool button to open the dialog.
  2. Drag and drop the array branch [#] from the Symbols tree onto the dialog.
  3. Click in the Enum Name cell and select the desired enumeration declaration.
  4. Click the Apply button.

Use the Cancel button to restore all symbol array elements back to their generic names and index numbers.