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Command Line-/Command File

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Keywords for the command parameters:
The following keywords, enclosed in "$", can be used in command parameters:
$PROJECT_NAME$ Name of the current PLC Designer project (file name without
extension ".pro", e.g. "project_2.pro")
$PROJECT_PATH$ Path of the directory, where the current PLC Designer 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 PLC Designer project is (without backslash at
the end, e.g. "D:")
$COMPILE_DIR$ Compile directory of the current PLC Designer project (with
indiciation of the drive and without backslash at the end, e.g.
"D:\plcdesigner\compile")
$EXE_DIR$ Directory where the plcdesigner.exe file is (with indication of the
drive and without backslash at the end, e.g. D:\plcdesigner)
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\plcdesigner_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\plcdesigner_test" and then will close the project again.
A command file is called in a command line like shown here:
"<path of plcdesigner.exe>" /cmd "<path of cmd file>"