Standard commands

The commands listed below are included in the main menus by default. Editor-specific menus and commands only appear when the respective editor is open. Further commands are available, which you can add to existing or newly defined menus.

File

The File menu contains commands for actions relating to the project file (Open, Close, Save, Print, Page settings, …)

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Command

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Command Project... (Create new TwinCAT project)

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Command Project/Solution (Open Project/Solution)

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Command Open Project from Target

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Command Open Solution from Archive

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Command New Project... (Add new TwinCAT project)

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Command Existing Item... (Add existing TwinCAT project)

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Command Recent Projects and Solutions

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Command Save All

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Command Save

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Command Save <Solution name> as

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Command Save <solution name> as Archive...

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Command Save <TwinCAT project name> as

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

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Command Save <PLC project name> as

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Command Save <PLC project name> as archive...

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Command Send by E-Mail...

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Command Close Solution

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Command Close

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Command Exit

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Command Page Setup…

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Command Print

Edit

The Edit menu contains commands for working in text editors (language editors, declaration editor…)

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Command

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Copy

Standard Commands

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Cut

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Delete

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Paste

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Redo

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Undo

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Command Delete

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Command Select All

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Command Input Assistant

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Command Auto Declare

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Command Go To

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Command Go To Definition

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Command Navigate To

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Command Make Uppercase

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Command Make Lowercase

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Command View white spaces

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Command Quick Replace

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Command Quick Find

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Command Switch write mode

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Command Rename

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Command Rename '<variable>'

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Command Remove '<variable>'

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Command Add '<variable>'

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Command Reorder variables

View

The View menu contains commands for activating the individual default views in user interface windows.

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Command

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Command Open object

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Command Tabular view

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Command Textual view

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Command Full screen

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Command Toolbars

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Command Solution Explorer

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Command Properties Window

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Command Toolbox

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Command Error List

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Command Output

Project

The Project menu contains commands for handling the project objects and the project properties and for the copying and exporting projects or objects.

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Command Add New Item (project)

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Command Add Existing Item (Project)

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Command Add New Item (object)

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Command Export to ZIP

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Command Import from ZIP

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Command Export PLCopenXML

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Command Import PLCopenXML

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Command New folder

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Command Properties (PLC project)

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Command Properties (object)

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PLC project settings

Build

The Build menu contains commands for creating the project through compilation (without code generation), i.e. running precompile with syntax check and commands for clearing the previous compile information, which is relevant for an Online Change and offline code generation.

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Command Build PLC project

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Command Rebuild a PLC project

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Command Build Solution

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Command Rebuild Solution

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Command Clean PLC project

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Command Clean Solution

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Command Check all objects

Debug

The Debug menu contains commands for controlling the program execution on the controller (start, stop) and for debugging tasks (breakpoints, step-by-step processing, writing and forcing values).

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Command

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Command New Breakpoint

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Command Edit Breakpoint

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Command Enable Breakpoint

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Command Disable Breakpoint

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Command Toggle Breakpoint

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Command Step over

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Command Step into

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Command Step out

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Command Show Next Statement

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Command Run To Cursor

TwinCAT

The TwinCAT menu contains commands for controlling the TwinCAT 3 runtime environment.

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Command Activate configuration

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Command Restart TwinCAT System

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Command Restart TwinCAT (Config mode)

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Command Reload Devices

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Command Scan

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Command Toggle Free Run State

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Command Show Online Data

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Command Show Sub Items

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Command Hide Disabled Items

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Command Choose Target System

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Command Software Protection

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Command Activate boot project

PLC

The PLC menu contains commands for opening tools that provide the development environment for working with a PLC project.

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Command

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Command Breakpoints

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Command Find all references

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Command Cross Reference List

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Command Call Stack

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Command Call Tree

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Command Browse Call Tree

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Command Watch List <n>

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Command Watch all forces

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Command Add to Watch

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Command Login

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Command Logout

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Command Download

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Command Reset cold

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Command Reset origin

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Command Online Change

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Command Start

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Command Stop

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Command Single cycle

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Command Force values

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Command Write values

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Command Unforce values

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Command Flow Control

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Command Display Mode - Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal

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Command Create Localization Template

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Command Manage Localization

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Command Toggle Localization

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Command Active PLC project

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Command Active PLC instance

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Command Memory

Tools

The Tools menu contains commands for opening tools that create a particular environment for working with the project (installation of libraries and devices, customizing the user interface, options for editors, loading and saving etc.).

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Command

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Command Options

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Command Customize

Window

The Window menu contains commands for positioning the views in the user interface (configuration, opening, closing etc.).

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Command

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Command Float

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Command Dock

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Command Hide

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Command Auto Hide All

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Command Auto Hide

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Command Pin tab

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Command New Horizontal Tab Group

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Command New Vertical Tab Group

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Command Reset Window-Layout

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Command Close All Documents

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Command Window

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Window submenu commands

Context menu TwinCAT project

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Command

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

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Command Save All

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Command Send <TwinCAT project name> by e-mail…

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Command Backup <TwinCAT project name> automatically to the target system

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Command Compare <TwinCAT project name> with the target system…

 

Command Update project with target system…

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Command Load project with TwinCAT 2.xx Version…

 

Command Show Hidden Configurations

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Command Remove From Solution

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Command Rename

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Command Build <TwinCAT project name>

 

Command Rebuild <TwinCAT project name>

 

Command Unload Project

 

Command Import AutomationML…

 

Command Export AutomationML…