Siemens sinumerik 840D sl Operating Manual page 594

Program management
14.4 Creating a directory/program/joblist/program list
Procedure
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1. Select the "Program manager" operating area.
2. Select the desired storage location and position the cursor on the
folder, in which you would like to create the file.
3. Press the "New" and "Any" softkeys.
The "Any new program" window appears
4. Select a file type from the "Type" selection field (for example,
"Definitions GUD") and enter the name of the file to be created when
you have selected a workpiece directory in the NC memory.
The file automatically has the selected file format.
- OR -
Enter a name and file format for the file to be created (e.g.
My_Text.txt).
The name may be a maximum of 24 characters long.
You can use any letters (except umlauts), digits or the underscore
symbol (_).
5. Press the "OK" softkey.
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