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Dialog: Project Settings: Visualization

Symbol: _visu_icon.png

Function: Configures the project-wide settings for the Visualization type objects

Call: Project → Project Settings menu, Visualization category

Requirement: A project is open.

Tab: General

Table 83. Visualization Directories

Text list files

Directory that contains text lists which are available in the project to configure texts for different languages. CODESYS uses the directory, for example to import or export text lists.

After you click _cds_icon_three_dots.png, the Select Directory dialog opens for you to select a directory in the file system.

Image files

Directory which contains image files that are available in the project. Multiple folders are separated with a semicolon. CODESYS uses the directory, for example to import or export image files.

After you click _cds_icon_three_dots.png, the Select Directory dialog opens for you to select a directory in the file system.



Table 84. Advanced

Activate property handling in all element properties

standard icon: You can also configure a visualization element with a _visu_icon_object_property.png property in those properties where you select an IEC variable. Then CODESYS creates additional code for the property handling when a visualization is compiled.

Requirement: Your IEC code contains at least one Interface property object type (a _visu_icon_object_property.png.property).

visu_img_devices_property.png

Requirement: Visible is selected.



Tab: Symbol Libraries

Table 85. Visualization Symbol Libraries

Symbol libraries

List of all installed symbol libraries

Example: VisuSymbols

Assigned

standard icon: The symbol library is selected in the project and CODESYS makes it available in the Visualization ToolBox view of a visualization.

_cds_icon_option_deactivated.png: Symbol library is installed in the library repository, but CODESYS does not make it available in the Visualization ToolBox view of a visualization.



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