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Increase Serviceability of Programming Code with TIA Test Suite

Written by Electro-Matic | Dec 18, 2024

StyleGuide Conformity Using StyleGuide Checker

A uniform programming Styleguide containing naming conventions, comments, and other features leads to a better readability and code administration. The TIA Portal Test Suite offers a Styleguide Checker to guarantee code conformity to predefined rules and offers test results for reporting.

  • Programming StyleGuides can be used for creating rules for PLC tags, 
    blocks, block interface and UDTs
  • Name Length
  • Name Contains
  • Prefix/Suffix
  • Casing
  • Block/Tag Properties
  • StyleGuides can be provided via global library (or XML Export/Import)
  • Summary of test results with possibility to GoTo violation
  • Export of test results into customizable reports
  • Openness Support

Using the TIA Portal Test Suite StyleGuide Checker

Software quality in automation gets more and more attention. In addition to virtual commissioning, the automated testing of the application and the testing of predefined programming style guides are important. With the TIA Portal Test Suite, both is now integrated in TIA Portal and will ensure a sustainable increase in software quality.