Integrating the block diagram controls

The control that displays the block diagram in the TwinCAT XAE environment can also be integrated as a control in your own visualizations.

The following steps are required:

1. Create a new Windows Forms application.

2. Add TwinCAT.BlockDiagram.dll to the toolbox:

3. To do this, select the "Choose Items..." entry in the context menu.
Integrating the block diagram controls 1:

4. Navigate to TwinCAT.Blockdiagram.dll, which can be found under <TwinCAT installation path>\3.1\Components\TcBlockDiagram.
Integrating the block diagram controls 2:

Integrating the block diagram controls 2:

5. Add a TcBlockdiagram control instance to the Windows Forms object using drag and drop.
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