Compiling an Application

To compile an application, you can do the following:

1. In the menu bar, click Panel to bring up the Panel sub-menu. Click Compile… in the Panel sub-menu.
   Alternatively, click the Compile icon in the main toolbar.

2. The Compile Panel Application dialog will pop-up and show the progress of the compiling process. If you want to cancel the compiling operation, click the Cancel button.
   The following is an example of the Compile Panel Application dialog in the process of compiling.

1. After the compilation is complete, the Compile Panel Application dialog will display the compilation information according to the result and the target panel model. And all the details will be listed in the Build List Window. To know about the Built List Window, please see Section 18.1.3 Built List Window.

The following are the examples of the Compile Panel Application dialog and the Built List Window when the compilation is complete.

Panel Model and Compile Result	Compile Panel Application dialog and Build List Window
If the compilation fails	The Compile Panel Application dialog will display the error count and warning count.
If the target panel is HMI, and the compilation is completed successfully	The Compile Panel Application dialog will display the total file size of the panel runtime data. The runtime data of the current panel application will be saved into a file named Project Name_Application Name.pl3. The extended data will be saved on a mass storage device. You need to specify the device for extended data saving in the Custom page of General Setup properties dialog box. Please see details in Section 3.1.2 Custom Settings.
If the target panel is the HMI Runtime, and the compilation is completed successfully	The Compile Panel Application dialog will display the total file size of the panel runtime data and the total static I/O point count. The runtime data of the current panel application will be saved into a file named Project Name_Application Name.pe3. To find the details about the I/O point statistics which includes Bit I/O count, Word I/O count, Indexed Bit count and Indexed Word count, please open the build list window.