TwinCAT XAE Project Variants toolbar

Function: The TwinCAT XAE Project Variants toolbar is the central toolbar for the variant management via which the Project Variant Manager dialog can be called and the active variant can be selected.

Call: You can activate the toolbar in the Visual Studio menu via View\Symbol bars\TwinCAT XAE Project Variants.

TwinCAT XAE Project Variants toolbar 1:

TwinCAT XAE Project Variants toolbar 2: Project Variant Manager

If you click on this button the Manage Project Variants dialog opens, via which you can configure and manage project variants and groups of variants.

Drop-down menu

The entry selected in the drop-down menu defines the variant-specific values of the settings loaded in the TwinCAT project. The following selection options exist in the drop-down menu:

  • [ALL]: After selecting the group [ALL], the changes to the settings that are enabled for the variant management will be saved for all existing variants.
  • [<GroupName>]: After selecting a group, the changes to the settings that are enabled for the variant management will be saved for all variants that are assigned to this group.
  • <VariantName>: After selecting a variant, the changes to the settings that are enabled for the variant management will be saved exclusively for this variant.

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