To work with recipes, you need to do the following:

■ Create and set up a recipe block
To create a recipe block, you may do one of the following:
1) In the Project Manager tool window, right-click the Recipes node ( ) of the concerned panel application and select [ Add Recipe Block... ].
2) In the menu bar, click Panel to bring up the Panel sub-menu. Click Recipe Block in the Panel sub-menu to bring up the Recipe Block pop-up menu. Select [ Add... ] in the pop-up menu.
For details about how to set up a recipe block, please see Section 11.5.

■ Import and export recipe blocks
To export recipe blocks, you may do the followings:
1) In the Project Manager tool window, right-click the Recipes node ( ) of the concerned panel application and select [ Export.... ]
or in the menu bar, click Panel to bring up the Panel sub-menu. Click Recipe Block in the Panel sub-menu to bring up the Recipe Block pop-up menu. Select [ Export... ] in the pop-up menu.

The following is an example of the Export Recipes dialog.

To import recipe blocks, you may do the followings:
1) In the Project Manager tool window, right-click the Recipes node ( ) of the concerned panel application and select [ Import.... ]
or in the menu bar, click Panel to bring up the Panel sub-menu. Click Recipe Block in the Panel sub-menu to bring up the Recipe Block pop-up menu. Select [ Import... ] in the pop-up menu.

2) Click the *.rbf file you want to create new recipe blocks from. To open a recipe file that was saved in a different folder, locate and open the folder first.

3) Click Open.

■ View and edit recipe data on a PC
On a PC, you can use RecipeEditor to view and edit recipe data saved in *.prd file. The following is an example of the RecipeEditor.

■ View and edit recipe data on a HMI
On a HMI, you can use a recipe table to view and edit recipe data. For details about how to create and set up a recipe table for an application, please see Section 11.7.

■ Select a recipe on HMI
On a HMI, you can select a recipe by using recipe selector. For details about how to create and set up a recipe selector for an application, please see Section 11.6.

■ Transfer recipes
Described in Section 11.4.