CoDeSys Symbol Exporter
What is CSE?
CSE allows you to strip a symbol file generated by CoDeSys, to keep only the symbols you need,
avoiding your UI design software to be polluted with tons of useless variables.
Why to use CSE?
CSE is more handy to use than the CoDeSys symbol configuration, because it just requires one word
per variable in your source file to export a symbol.
It makes your source code easier to read, because you instantaneously see what symbol is exported,
and what one is not.
It allows you to import/export your source code, without loosing your symbol configuration (you have to
configure all again with the CoDeSys tool).
In other words, CSE makes you:
- save a lot of time
- avoid repetitive operations
- improve the reliability of your development process
Prerequisites
The symbol file (.SYM_XML) you want to strip must be in the same directory than the associated
CoDeSys project file (.pro).
How to do?
In your source code, just add "EXPORT" in the commentary of a variable you want to export.
Then type "CSE <symbol file>.SYM_XML" in a command prompt.
CSE will generate a "<symbol file> - EXPORT.SYM_XML" file, containing only the variables you want.
Other ways to do
There are two other ways to easily generate the stripped symbol files:
- create a macro in CoDeSys, which calls CSE with the symbol file as parameter, and add this macro as a post-build step
- in the Windows explorer, associate the .SYM_XML extension with CSE. Then you will generate the needed file by clicking the .SYM_XML file produced by CoDeSys
Sources and license
CSE is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.
You can download it from here: https://github.com/Folcogh/CSE/releases
Sources are available here: https://github.com/Folcogh/CSE/
The project has been build with Visual Studio Community 2017