Is there an efficient way to locate and consolidate all remanent (retained) variables in a large project, aside from globally searching for VAR RETAIN or manually checking each .var file? Our projects contain numerous retained variables, which become quite time consuming to restore after a cold sta…

Hi, maybe this post goes your way? Easy and quick way to save/restore values of permanent variables? - Ask Questions - B&R Community

Hi Garrett, Im not sure if I understand what you want… Do your retain variables have initial values in the .var file? and you want to update those with the current values from the CPU? Also: What do ou mean by “duplicates”? You could have a look at the Runtime Utility Center, and use PVI functio…

Storing remanent memory values in a file

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