https://forge.codesys.com/forge/talk/Engineering/thread/aa6f463eaa/2020-02-27T14:54:06.058000ZRecent posts to Getting started2020-02-27T14:54:06.058000Z2020-02-27T14:54:06.058000Zenergymachineshttps://forge.codesys.com/u/energymachines/https://forge.codesys.com442cdb94bbcd27ecf190b2a345471540f6cec12d

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Thanks!</p> <p>You've been a great help.</p></div>

2020-02-27T14:54:05.488000Z2020-02-27T14:54:05.488000Zmkellerhttps://forge.codesys.com/u/mkeller/https://forge.codesys.com5be5f8e8635e09c8ea7084c195851ad36a582500

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hi energymachines.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>energymachines hat geschrieben:</strong><br/> I did a quick search and found a hello world example on how to create, modify and delete POUs. Very helpful. I do have another question, though. Is there a way to read or write external files not in the Codesys project?</p> </blockquote> <p>The ScriptEngine uses the IronPython v2.7, which is mostly compatible to (C)Python v2.7, so you can use one of the many solutions available.</p> <p>Some of the ways to open a file for reading or writing:</p> <p>BR<br/> Martin</p></div>

2020-02-27T14:54:04.922000Z2020-02-27T14:54:04.922000Zenergymachineshttps://forge.codesys.com/u/energymachines/https://forge.codesys.com60cac473f5cbe1cbc7cb5676a9b59a969ea76d97

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hi,</p> <p>Thanks for the information. That file does indeed look like an API reference. This should prove useful later on.</p> <p>I did a quick search and found a hello world example on how to create, modify and delete POUs. Very helpful. I do have another question, though. Is there a way to read or write external files not in the Codesys project?</p> <p>Any help, samples or even direction would be great.</p></div>

2020-02-27T14:54:03.319000Z2020-02-27T14:54:03.319000Zmkellerhttps://forge.codesys.com/u/mkeller/https://forge.codesys.com5b3d8e337ea55e99fa7da2b463ffefbb105e522f

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hi energymachines.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>energymachines hat geschrieben:</strong><br/> But we have been able to find no information on how to get started or any kind of documentation on the available APIs in Codesys.</p> </blockquote> <p>The documentation of the Scripting API is in the file "ScriptEngine.chm" which is in the sub directory "Online Help" of the CODESYS directory.</p> <p>For now you can search for examples and ask for help in this forum but we will release a tutorial with examples in a few months.</p> <p>BR<br/> Martin</p></div>

2020-02-27T14:54:02.726000Z2020-02-27T14:54:02.726000Zenergymachineshttps://forge.codesys.com/u/energymachines/https://forge.codesys.com5abeff504ca9579a8c6c4f220f7071d2105b0646

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Our company has recently started evaluated CoDeSys for programming our PLCs.</p> <p>As a step in our evaluation, we need to look at creating certain scripts for our needs.</p> <p>But we have been able to find no information on how to get started or any kind of documentation on the available APIs in Codesys.</p> <p>Any help, samples or even direction would be great.</p></div>