Where is the content of watch lists stored by PLC Designer?
Answer:
In monitoring lists (menu command 'View' > 'Watch' > 'Watch 1...4') the current values of any variables of the PLC project can be monitored online.
The content of the watch list is not saved in the project, but in a user-specific OPT file. This OPT file has the name '<project name>-<user name>.OPT' and is located in the same directory as the project file.
The user-specific OPT file can optionally be saved in the project archive (menu command 'File' > 'Project Archive' > 'Save/Send Archive'). If the project archive is extracted after it has been passed on to another user (menu command 'File' > 'Project Archive' > 'Extract Archive'), a separate user-specific OPT file is created for new users, which contains the data of the watch lists from the project archive.
The content of watch lists can be copied to the clipboard using multi-selection (key command <Ctrl>+<C>) and from there pasted into other programmes, e.g. a text editor. This data can also be copied back to the watch list via the clipboard (key command <Ctrl>+<V>).
