Flow Chart Levels
1.Select Create > Frame from the menubar. A new frame appears in the lower right corner of the frame window. The new frame is assigned a default name.
2.To position the frame, point to it, hold down the left mouse button, and drag the frame with the mouse. When the frame is positioned where you want it, release the mouse button.
If you're creating several frames, you can create a single frame node as described above. Then select the frame by clicking on it with the left mouse button. Copy the frame by selecting Edit > Copy from the menu. Then select Edit > Paste as many times as necessary to create the number of copies you need.
3.To give the frame a more useful name, select Edit > Properties from the menu or select Properties from the
Figure 30. The Frame/Subroutine Properties Dialog Box
Name | PPG automatically names the item with its type. You can rename or |
| change the name of the item. |
Description | This field is optional, but you may wish to complete it to provide yourself |
| additional information when using similarly named items. |
Subroutines
Subroutines, like frames, are nodes that contain program steps. Subroutines are useful when your program uses the same sequence of nodes in several frames. Rather than repeating the nodes for each frame, you can put them in a subroutine and then use a Call node to reference the subroutine (refer to Call Nodes on page 72).
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