Specifications

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Editing Conventions

Deleting Objects

Withinmosteditors,therearesoftbuttonsfordeletingobjects.Whenyouwanttodeletean

object,presstheDeletesoftbutton,andthePC3LEwillaskyouifyouwanttodeletetheobject.

(Atthispointinthedialog,youcanselectanotherobjectwithanyofthedata

entrymethods.)

PressOKifyouwanttodeleteit,orpressCancelifyoudon’t.ThePC3LEwon’tletyoudelete

ROMobjects(alsoknownas“factory”objects).

Memoryobjects,ontheotherhand,aregonewhenyoudeletethem!Ifyou’ve“replaced”aROM

objectbysavingamemory

objectwiththesameID,theROMobjectisinvisible,butstillthere.

DeletingthememoryobjectstoredatthesameIDwillrestoretheROMobject.

You’lloftendeleteobjects togainmemoryspace,ortoorganizethememorybanksbeforesaving

objectstostorage.

Dependent Objects

Adependentobjectisanobjectthat’slinkedinmemorywithatleastoneotherobject.For

example,ifyoucreateasetupthatusesaprogramthatyoualsocreated,thatprogramisa

dependentobjectofthesetup.

Whenyoustarttodeleteanobjectthathasdependentobjects,

theDeletedialoggivesyoua

choice:Deletedependentobjects?IfyoupressYes,thePC3LEwilldeletetheobjectandallits

dependentobjectswhenyouexecutetheDeletefunction.Continuingwiththeexamplefrom

above,ifyouweredeletingthesetupyoucreated,andyouchosetodelete

dependentobjects,

thedependentprogramwouldgetdeletedaswell.IfyoupressNoattheDeletedependent

objects?prompt,thePC3LEdeletesonlytheobject,butkeepsthedependentobjects.In this

example,thesetupwouldgetdeleted,butthedependentprogramwouldremain.

Whendeletingobjectsandtheirdependents,

thePC3LEdeletesonlythosedependentobjects

thataren’tdependentonotherobjectsthatyou’ renotde leting.Forexample,supposeyouhave

twosetupsthatcontainthesameprogram.Ifyoudeleteoneofthesetups,anddeletedependent

objectswithit,thesetupgetsdeleted,buttheprogramthat’s contained

intheothersetup

remainsinmemory.

Saving and Loading Files—Storage Mode

Savingafilesimplyinvolvesselectingsingleobjectsoralluserobjectstobestoredasasingle

file.Whenyouloadafile,thePC3LEasksyouifyouwanttomaintaintheID#sthatweresaved

withtheoriginalobjects(whichwillreplaceanyobjectsonthePC3LEthat

sharethoseID#s)orif

youwouldliketoaddthemtothePC3LE’sexistingobjects(thiswillnotreplaceanyobjects,the

PC3LEwillinsteadautomaticallyreassigntheobjectID#siftheyarealreadybeingused.)

SeeChapter 11formoreinformationonloadingandsavingfiles.