PLC Programming

6 - The Resources
Please regard: For shortcuts which are defined as "fix" ones by the target file,
the number of possible usage in the Tools folder is predetermined and the
properties cannot be modified by the CoDeSys user (cognizable by a "" in
the Object Organizer).
Exe-Name:
File name or full path of the executable file of the tool. If there is no entry, the
file extension of the file, which is given in "Parameter Template", automatically
will cause via Windows the start of the exe file of the according tool.
Examples: "C:\programme\notapad.exe", "345.pdf"
DefaultDisplayName: Name which is used to represent the tools in the Object Organizer. Possibly
the template $(INSTANCE NUMBER) is used (see below 'Parameter
Template').
Parameter Template: Templates for determining the file which should be opened by the tool. The
following templates can be used, connected by the appropriate special
characters:
$(PROJECT_NAME) Name of the currently opened project
(File name without extension *.pro").
$(PROJECT_PATH) Path of the directory where the project file is
(without indication of the drive).
$(PROJECT_DRIVE) Drive where the currently opened project is.
$(COMPILE_DIR) Compile directory of the project (including indication of the
drive)
$(TOOL_EXE_NAME) Name of the exe-file of the tool.
$(DISPLAY_NAME) Name of the current shortcut, as used in the 'Tools'
folder.
$(INSTANCE_NUMBER) Number of the shortcut
(Instance number, running number, starting with "1")
$(CODESYS_EXE_DIR) Path of the directory where the Codesys exe-file is
(including indication of the drive).
The conversion of a template you will see in the dialog for the Shortcut
Properties (see below)
Example:
"$(PROJECT_NAME)_$(INSTANCE_NUMBER).cfg"
⇒ The cfg-file with the name _.cfg will be opened in the tool.
DownloadFile
Templates:
Files, file pathes resp. templates for file which will be copied to the PLC during
download.. If option Editable is activated, the list of these files will be editable
in the properties dialog of the shortcut. If a file name is entered without path,
the file will be searched in the directory where the codesys-exe-file is.
Example:
"a.up;$(PROJECT_NAME).zaw;$(INSTANCE_NUMBER).upp"
⇒ the files a.up, .pro and .upp
will be copied to the PLC during the next download
2. Shortcut Properties:
Mark a shortcut entry in the 'Tools' tree in the Object Organizer and select the command 'Object
Properties' in the context menu or in the 'Project' 'Object' menu. The dialog 'Shortcut Properties' will
open, containing the following items:
Command
Calling the tool; paths of the exe-file and of the file which is named in 'Parameter'
(predefined by the 'Paramet er Template', see above)
e.g.: C:\programs\notepad.exe D:\listings\textfile.txt
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