Attribute: enable_dynamic_creation The enable_dynamic_creation pragma is needed for using the __NEW in the case of function blocks. Syntax : {attribute 'enable_dynamic_creation'} Insert location: Firs

Attribute: global_init_slot The pragma defines the order of initialization of POUs and global variable lists: variables within a GVL or a POU are initialized from top to bottom. If there are several g

Attribute: hide Important Using the pragma {attribute 'hide'} to hide variables and POUs does not have the desired effect in most cases. Instead, you should use the {attribute 'conditionalshow'} . pra

Attribute: hide_all_locals The pragma prevents all local variables of a signature from being visible in the display of the "List components" function, in the Input Assistant or in the declaration part

Attribute: init_namespace The effect of this pragma is that a variable of the type STRING or WSTRING , which is declared in a library function block with this pragma, is initialized when used in the p

Data Structure: UNION A UNION is a data structure with usually different data types. In a union, all components have the same offset and therefore the same amount of storage space. TYPE NAME_AB: UNION

Data type: VERSION The VERSION data type contains a structure with various version information about the project or library. If the Automatically generate 'Project Information' POUs option and/or Auto

Pragmas Pragma statements influence the properties of one or more variables with respect to the compile or precompile process. Various categories of pragmas are available for this. Pragmas are current

Attribute pragmas Attribute pragmas influence compiling and precompiling. They are supported only in text editors. CODESYS supports a series of pre-defined attribute pragmas. In addition you can use u

Custom attribute User-defined attributes are any application-defined or user-defined attributes that you can apply to POUs, actions, data type definitions and variables. You can query a user-defined a