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Dialog: Properties – Text List

Function: The basic properties of the selected text list are set here.

Call: ViewProperties command; of an object of type Text List; context menu

Download by

Selection of how this text list is downloaded to the controller

Visualization

The text list is downloaded together with the visualization to the controller.

When the application is executed, the text lists loaded on the controller can be read.

Important

If the runtime system is configured so that the component CmpDynamicText is not included, then errors may occur. This is the case when text lists are used together with the TargetVisu or WebVisu.

Application

Default

The text list is downloaded together with the application to the controller.

The text lists loaded on the controller can be executed and read. If no visualization or visualization manager is executed, then additional code has to be implemented. For more information, see the following: Downloading a Text List without a Visualization

Important

Also if the runtime system is configured so that the component CmpDynamicText is not included, then no errors occur. In this case, no text lists are transferred to the controller. The application can be compiled.

No download

The text list is not downloaded to the controller.

Internal

_cds_icon_checked.png: Internal POU of a library

A text list marked as Internal in a CODESYS library project can be opened and its name appears in list boxes. As a library developer, you can handle the object as usual.

Text lists from libraries which are integrated in a CODESYS standard project can be referenced but not opened. The POU is hidden for you as a user.

For more information, see the following: Text List