Linking C++ ADS library for TwinCAT 3 in Visual Studio

Necessary files

The ADS components are installed with TwinCAT 3 and are located in '\TwinCAT\AdsApi' directory.

Include the Header files.

To use the functionality of the TcAdsDll in your project you have to include the TcAdsApi.h and the TcAdsDef.h header files into your project.

#include "C:\TwinCAT\AdsApi\TcAdsDll\Include\TcAdsDef.h"
#include "C:\TwinCAT\AdsApi\TcAdsDll\Include\TcAdsApi.h"

Add the Library to your project

You have to include the TcAdsDll.lib library, to use the functionality of the TcAdsDll. The library can be found per default in following TwinCAT folder:

C:\TwinCAT\AdsApi\TcAdsDll\Lib\TcAdsDll.lib

In Visual Studio you have to select the menu item Project|Properties. On the project settings dialog you select the scope of the settings for: Configuration Properties. To include the library, you have to add the path to the TcAdsDll.Lib in the Additional Dependencies modules text box.