https://forge.codesys.com/forge/talk/Engineering/thread/a118ac1712/2020-02-27T14:46:09.458000ZRecent posts to extern embedded Files2020-02-27T14:46:09.458000Z2020-02-27T14:46:09.458000ZThomas233https://forge.codesys.com/u/thomas233/https://forge.codesys.com7a7182785bcfc939ac8ae8a70afc6c0ec4794a49

<div class="markdown_content"><p>I want to embedd an extern file with a python script.</p> <p>I used the workaround mentioned in an other thread to add an object:<br/> -create export of an object to use it as a template.<br/> I see in the export is only the locoation of the file stored, not its content.</p> <p>But when i delete my embedded object and reimport it with the export file, the altered content of the extern file is not loaded.</p> <p>It only works when i close the project and open it again, but then the file is not embedded anymore but linked.</p> <p>Now i also realize that i can not update an embedded extern file without scripting. Neither with using the update function for embedded files nor with adding the altered file again.</p> <p>As i can not manipulate object content (of txt files for example) nor can i import manipulated objects, what is the right way to get access to the content?</p></div>