I have noticed that Codesys doesn't provide option to Export any Visualization objects even though there is option to check to export VISU_TASK, which is strange because when Import in another empty project, user will end up with build errors.
I understand that probable reason for this is that PLCOpenXML specification includes only "PLC" parts of the project (POU, PRG, variable lists, device ....), but not sure about it. Perhaps, there is some option to include visu objects also in the plcopen xml export list??
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A Task is a standard IEC 61131-3 object, so logically that you can export the VISU_TASK.
A visualization is no standard IEC 61131-3 object, so not compatible with other IEC tools.
Just use the standard export / import functionality. These files are not IEC compatible and can only be used in CODESYS. But these do support visu objects.
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I have noticed that Codesys doesn't provide option to Export any Visualization objects even though there is option to check to export VISU_TASK, which is strange because when Import in another empty project, user will end up with build errors.
I understand that probable reason for this is that PLCOpenXML specification includes only "PLC" parts of the project (POU, PRG, variable lists, device ....), but not sure about it. Perhaps, there is some option to include visu objects also in the plcopen xml export list??
A Task is a standard IEC 61131-3 object, so logically that you can export the VISU_TASK.
A visualization is no standard IEC 61131-3 object, so not compatible with other IEC tools.
Just use the standard export / import functionality. These files are not IEC compatible and can only be used in CODESYS. But these do support visu objects.
Thanks Tim, I suspected this is the reason, but want to confirm this.