Installing a library
How to install a generated library within a project, if you have received the library e.g. by a colleague:
Copy the library into the source of the appropriate library provider.
The position of this source (e.g. the path) can be viewed and even changed in the preferences (see "Library provider and library cache").Perform all steps of the following instruction.
How to install a library within a project on a computer, if the library has been deployed to a library provider:
Open the properties of the project to which the library should be added.
Expand the group Library and select Libraries.
Under Libraries, perform the following steps in order to install the library:
Check the box in the column Install for the library. If it is not possible to check the box, it is not possible to install this library.
Click Apply and OK.
Result: The project contains a →library (shown with the icon
). You are able to use the blocks from the library within the editors as all other blocks of the project.
If an empty folder is displayed for the library, this indicates that the library has not been installed correctly. In this case, best practice is to uncheck the box for the library within the properties of the project. Then try to install the library anew.
See "List of libraries provided or installed for a project" for information on why a library cannot be installed.