Proof of concept to read attributes to a string

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Overview

This is a proof of concept that you can read the attribute value to a string of any size.

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Code Snippets

The following section of code shows the E_Colors Enum.

PROGRAM MAIN
VAR
	{attribute 'foobar' := 'helloworld'}
	myBool : BOOL;

	found : BOOL;
	attributeValue : STRING(80);
END_VAR

// -----------------------------------

found := TryReadAttributeValue('Main.myBool','foobar', adr(attributeValue), sizeof(attributeValue));

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TcXaeShell 3.1.4024.53

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