Command Project/Solution (Open Project/Solution)

Symbol: Command Project/Solution (Open Project/Solution) 1:

Hotkey: [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [O]

Function: The command opens the default dialog for opening a file. Here you can browse the file system for a TwinCAT project file and open it in the development system.

Call: Menu File > Open

Open Project dialog

File type

Selection list for filtering the file type

  • Files of all supported formats can be opened.

Options

  • Add (Use this option only to add a measurement project to a solution, for example. Do not use the option to add multiple TwinCAT projects to a solution.)
  • Close solution

Open

TwinCAT opens the selected project file. If necessary, it is converted first.

TwinCAT *.tszip project archive

Content of *.tszip

The *.tszip archive folder contains the TwinCAT project to be archived.

Command for creating

A tszip archive can be created with the following command:

Command Save <TwinCAT project name> as Archive...

Note on PLC projects

If the TwinCAT project contains one or more PLC projects, the files and folders stored in the archive folder for those PLC projects will depend on the PLC project settings of the respective project.

Settings tab

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