https://forge.codesys.com/forge/talk/CODESYS-V2/thread/54759cb895/2020-02-27T20:39:36.795000ZRecent posts to Macro: automatically exporting the sym_xml after build2020-02-27T20:39:36.795000Z2020-02-27T20:39:36.795000ZRigor69https://forge.codesys.com/u/rigor69/https://forge.codesys.com345b960caeb728073056d5f2008fa8ef9e1a9901

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hi!<br/> I'm trying to create a macro to handle export of the *.SYM_XML file so that i can always keep a fresh copy of this at a central location.<br/> As the ABB AC500 solution packs all project files into a .project archive, i cannot have easy access to the symbol files when project is closed.<br/> Simple file copy via macro works fine, but when i try to use the variables it does not seem to work as expected. I guess the $COMPILE_DIR$ type variables makes no sense to console commands to OS.<br/> I do not want to have a fixed path as its a mess to maintain.</p> <p>I think you can see below what i try to do:<br/> MACRO<br/> MacroName: 'sym_exp'<br/> MacroMenu: 'Export sym_xml'<br/> MacroCmd: ';<strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong>'<br/> MacroCmd: ';<em> symbol file export </em>'<br/> MacroCmd: ';<em> use in post build </em>'<br/> MacroCmd: ';<em> </em>'<br/> MacroCmd: ';<strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong></strong>'<br/> MacroCmd: 'system echo ON'<br/> MacroCmd: 'system copy "$COMPILE_DIR$*.sym_xml" "$PROJECT_DRIVE$\$PROJECT_PATH$\"'<br/> MacroCmd: 'system pause'<br/> END_MACRO</p></div>