Creating and Using Templates

•A new Display node that will prompt the user to enter a quantity value after an item number is entered

•A new Input node that will use a template to store the quantity value in a register field

•Two Output nodes that will display the last-entered item and quantity values as a pair

You will also alter the existing Input node to use a template.

Creating the New Nodes

Create the new nodes by completing the following steps:

1.If PPG is not already started on your PC, from the Windows Start menu, select Programs > PT Program Generator > PT Program Gener- ator to load PPG.

2.Select File > Open from the menubar to load the tutorial.scr file. (Your screen will have Links not shown in Figure 100.)

Figure 100. The Repositioned Collect Data Nodes

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