Command ‘Placeholders’¶
Function: This command opens the Placeholders dialog box. The dialog shows information on the currently selected placeholder library and allows to assign a project-specific resolution.
Call:
- Menu
- Symbol
in the symbol bar in the upper part of the Library Manager window.
Requirement: A placeholder library is selected in the Library Manager.
A placeholder library, which is included in the Devices view, will be resolved as follows:
- If you have assigned a specific resolution to the placeholder library via the dialog Placeholder, this will be applied.
- If no specific resolution is defined, it will be checked, whether there is one specified in the device description of the application..
- Afterwards the library profile will be checked for a resolution definition.
- The result is displayed in the Library Manager below the Effective Version.
A placeholder library, which is included in the POUs view, gets resolved as follows:
- A specific resolution defined in the dialog Placeholder will be ignored.
- For the application it will be checked whether there is a resolution defined in the device description.
- Afterwards the library profile will be checked.
- The result is displayed in the tooltip of the
symbol .
See also
- Using Libraries
- Object ‘Library Manager’
- Information for Library Developers
- Guidelines for library development: guidelines
Dialog box ‘Placeholders’
| Name | Name of the placeholder. |
| Library | Current resolution, valid for the project Double-click on the entry in order to edit the placeholder resolution. A selection list with the available library versions appears. Additionally the command Other library is available. |
| Command Other library | The command opens the dialog box Bibliothek durchsuchen for searching and installing libraries. Choose this command, if you do not want to redirect to another version, but on a specific libray. |
| Info | Type of placeholder resolution:
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