PLC Programming

Appendix F: Command Line-/Command File
history for each particular object. (see above: check out)
The defined comment will be stored with the check-in-action in
the version history for each particular object.
Keywords for the command parameters:
The following keywords, enclosed in "$", can be used in command parameters:
$PROJECT_NAME$ Name of the current CoDeSys project (file name without extension
".pro", e.g. "project_2.pro")
$PROJECT_PATH$
Path of the directory, where the current CoDeSys project file is
(without indication of the drive and without a backslash at the end,
e.g. "projects\sub1").
$PROJECT_DRIVE$ Drive, where the current CoDeSys project is (without backslash at
the end, e.g. "D:")
$COMPILE_DIR$
$EXE_DIR$
Compile directory of the current CoDeSys project (with indiciation of
the drive and without backslash at the end, e.g.
"D:\codesys\compile")
Directory where the codesys.exe file is (with indication of the drive
and without backslash at the end, e.g. D:\codesys)
Example of a command file:
A command file like shown below will open the project file ampel.pro, will then load a watch list, which
was stored as w.wtc, will then start the application program and write – after 1 second delay - the
values of the variables into the watch list watch.wtc (which will be saved) and will finally close the
project.
file open C:\projects\CoDeSys_test\ampel.pro
query off ok
watchlist load c:\work\w.wtc
online login
online run
delay 1000
watchlist read
watchlist save $PROJECT_DRIVE$\$PROJECT_PATH$\w_update.wtc
online logout
file close
This command file will open the project ampel.pro, will load an existing watchlist w.wtc, will start the
application program, after 1 second will write the variables values to the watch list w_update.wtc,
which will be saved in the directory "C:\projects\CoDeSys_test" and then will close the project again.
A command file is called in a command line like shown here:
"" /cmd ""
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