Command ‘Update structured variables’

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Function: This command opens the Update structured variables dialog box.

Call: Main menu Recipes.

In this dialog box, you can update recipe definitions if the declaration of a structured variable or a block has changed. For example, if the dimension of an array is changed, then you can automatically add or remove the entries in the recipe definition.

Dialog Box ‘Update structured variables’

Remove not existing variables	: Variables are removed from the recipe definition when they no longer exist in the project due to a change to a structured element.
Update instances of structures and function blocks	: If the declaration of a structure or function block is extended and available in the recipe definition with an instance, then the respective variables are added to the recipe definition.
Update array dimensions of array instances	: If the dimension of an array is extended and available in the recipe definition with an instance, then the respective variables are added to the recipe definition.
Update contained global variable lists	: If the declaration of a global variable list is extended and available in the recipe definition with an instance, then the respective variables are added to the recipe definition.
Update contained programs	: If the declaration of a program is extended and instanced in the recipe definition, then the respective variables are added to the recipe definition.

See also

• Changing Values with Recipes
• Menu commands