As georgkueh states, it is now possible to install the CODESYS Package Designer in ctrlX PLC Engineering (1.18 or later): Thus it is no longer necessary to use vanilla CODESYS to create packages. One caveat: previous versions of the package designer allowed end user license agreements (EULA) in pdf format. This is no longer the case. Now only .htm or .html formats are recognized. Older packages (i.e. ones that included EULAs in pdf format) will install without the user being forced to agree to terms. For example, ctrlX PLC CDS_SM Adaption 1.16.0.0.package currently installs without user review of the EULA.
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