The styles that are listed in CODESYS in the drop-down lists of different dialogs and editors are all checked for consistency and installed in the visualization style repository. For derived styles, the hierarchy is checked completely and all styles of the hierarchy are installed. The repository is a version control system within the development system.
You can open a style as write-protected from the visualization style repository in the visualization style editor. The “Save” and “Save and Install” commands are not available there for read-only files. However, you can derive it as the basis for a new style or as a copy.
Installing styles to repositories
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Click “Tools Visualization Style Repository”.
The “Visualization Styles” dialog box opens.
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Select the “System” repository in the drop-down list of “Storage location”.
All versions of the installed styles are listed in “Installed Visualization Styles”.
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Click on the “Install” button.
The “Select Visualization style(s)” dialog box opens.
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Select a style file and click “Open” to close the dialog box.
The style is installed in the “System” repository. It appears now in the tree view below “Installed Visualization Styles”.
Uninstalling styles
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Click “Tools Visualization Style Repository”.
The “Visualization Styles” dialog box opens.
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Select a repository in the drop-down list of “Storage location”.
All versions of the installed styles are listed in “Installed Visualization Styles”.
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Select a style there.
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Click the “Uninstall” button.
The “Select Visualization Style(s)” dialog box opens.
Managing repositories
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Click “Tools Visualization Style Repository”.
The “Visualization Styles” dialog box opens.
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Click on the “Edit Locations” button.
The dialog makes it possible to manage other repositories.