Writing empty strings using Blockwrite and the setting "CHAR without header" with the S7TCP32 driver does not work correctly

Writing empty strings using Blockwrite and the setting "CHAR without header" with the S7TCP32 driver does not work correctly

Summary

When using the S7TCP32 driver with blockwrite active, writing empty "CHAR without header" strings using e.g. recipe group manager, writes the empty string variables with the last used non-empty string value.

Description

When using the S7TCP32 driver with blockwrite active, writing empty "CHAR without header" strings using e.g. recipe group manager, writes the empty string variables with the last used non-empty string value.

Solution

An issue has been addressed in the S7TCP32 driver where writing empty string variables with the blockwrite functionality did not work correctly. Now empty strings are written correctly.

Information




Issue Number: 31478
Fixed on Date: 28.2.2014
Versions: 7.10 0 BUILD 11355

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