# Ignition

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## [Connection to remote Ignition OPC UA Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-remote-ignition-opc-ua-server/33200)

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**Author:** [@jacobhoodies](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacobhoodies)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-remote-ignition-opc-ua-server/33200 "2020-03-18T12:20:43Z")

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Hi. Trying to interconnect my Ignition as Client to remote Ignition OPC UA Server. Client: Ignition 8.0.7 Linux Firewall to Internet (port forwarding) Server: Ignition 8.0.7 Windows Firewall to Internet (port fo…

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## [8.0.9 VisionWindowOpen Invoke Later Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-9-visionwindowopen-invoke-later-issue/33149)

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**Author:** [@franklepkowski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/franklepkowski)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-0-9-visionwindowopen-invoke-later-issue/33149 "2020-03-18T12:20:25Z")

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I have a script n the ViaionWindowOpen event and have the radio button ticked for Invoke Later. What I am finding is that the script is running immediately and it is throwing errors. If I copy the script to a push button…

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## [Value Change Scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/value-change-scripting/33123)

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**Author:** [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/value-change-scripting/33123 "2020-03-18T11:32:24Z")

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i have a memory Boolean tag, in it’s tag’s value change scripting i write the logic but if i change the tag from 0 to 1 and 1 to 0, i see there are nothing happened and output console is empty but if i designer a …

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## [Get Eventvalue from Alarm Journal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-eventvalue-from-alarm-journal/33170)

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**Author:** [@roland.scheuer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roland.scheuer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-eventvalue-from-alarm-journal/33170 "2020-03-17T16:22:30Z")

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Hi, im trying to read the Eventvalue from alarms in journal, but i cant get it via script. Is there any posibility to read it via script. br, Roland

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## [Html code not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-code-not-working/33152)

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**Author:** [@76153839](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/76153839)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/html-code-not-working/33152 "2020-03-18T08:34:07Z")

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I used the html code to center some text on the button ,but it didn’t display correct in some computer ,and it is ok in some computer,Anybody know how to fixed it .

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## [PLC Tags Unknown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc-tags-unknown/16657)

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**Author:** [@Matthew77](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew77)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plc-tags-unknown/16657 "2020-03-18T02:40:34Z")

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Plc tags are good in the OPC Browser but are Unknown when i drag them into the project

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## [Gateway is accressed on VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adaptor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-is-accressed-on-virtualbox-host-only-ethernet-adaptor/32522)

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**Author:** [@wpmccormick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wpmccormick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-is-accressed-on-virtualbox-host-only-ethernet-adaptor/32522 "2020-03-18T01:43:18Z")

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I’m running an Ignition Gateway in Windows 10, where I also have VirtualBox setup. The VirtualBox configuration includes 2 VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapters, each with an IP on a different network than the Windows 1…

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## [\[SOLVED\]runPrepUpdate is failing to return a value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-runprepupdate-is-failing-to-return-a-value/33173)

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**Author:** [@bmeyers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmeyers)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-runprepupdate-is-failing-to-return-a-value/33173 "2020-03-17T21:39:39Z")

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I had some working code: try: db = 'xxyyzz' sql = 'INSERT INTO dbo.myTable (column1, column2, column3) VALUES (?,?,?)' args = \[arg1, arg2, arg3\] i = system.db.runPrepUpdate(sql, args, db) system.gui.…

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## [Gateway homepage not showing projects](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-homepage-not-showing-projects/32822)

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**Author:** [@vicente.agosin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vicente.agosin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-homepage-not-showing-projects/32822 "2020-03-17T20:54:54Z")

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Hello. I have installed Ignition 8, under a Linux (Lubuntu) VM, and following the ignition University courses to get the certification. Everithing works great, but, I have created a project (consisting in only one windo…

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## [Tooltip cut off by edge of screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-cut-off-by-edge-of-screen/32199)

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**Author:** [@thuffman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thuffman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tooltip-cut-off-by-edge-of-screen/32199 "2020-03-17T20:30:20Z")

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I have been working on some screens and I have several tables that are close to the margins of the page. When i hover over a column in my graph, part of the tooltip is cut off. Is there something I can do to prevent th…

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## [Time Series Chart - Show "Month" on Time-Axis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-show-month-on-time-axis/32317)

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**Author:** [@jaspinall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jaspinall)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-show-month-on-time-axis/32317 "2020-03-17T20:17:47Z")

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Hello There, Is it possible to somehow show the month on the time-axis? Currently (as seen in screenshot) the ticks only show the day of the week/date i.e “Mon 03”, “Tue 04”, “Thu 06” etc. Is it possible to show “Feb Th…

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## [Tag Change script works as normal tag but not as UDT tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-script-works-as-normal-tag-but-not-as-udt-tag/33178)

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**Author:** [@wci.jgiese](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wci.jgiese)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-change-script-works-as-normal-tag-but-not-as-udt-tag/33178 "2020-03-17T20:11:57Z")

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I have a tag change event that based on one tag will disable or enable other tags. This script below works under normal circumstances but as a UDT it will not work. The script below is defined in my Project Library and I…

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## [CPU / Memory trend spike](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cpu-memory-trend-spike/33172)

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**Author:** [@akettner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/akettner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cpu-memory-trend-spike/33172 "2020-03-17T17:15:23Z")

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I noticed an odd spike in our cpu and memory trend happening at about the same time leaving out memory usage running high. It didn’t look like anything different was happening that wasn’t happening just before. Anyone …

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## [Getting a users schedule](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-a-users-schedule/33148)

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**Author:** [@jasoncoope](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jasoncoope)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-a-users-schedule/33148 "2020-03-17T15:57:38Z")

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I’ve been tasked with creating a calendar view of who is scheduled to be working at what time on a week view calendar. Simple I thought, Add users to schedules and provide a mechanism for a supervisor to mark a schedule …

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## [Modbus TCP uncontrolled polling](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-uncontrolled-polling/32176)

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**Author:** [@jgardner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jgardner)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-uncontrolled-polling/32176 "2020-03-17T15:39:57Z")

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Problem: Modbus TCP device is getting polled every second, despite Tag Group settings Device: Modbus TCP connection to Rotronic room temperature monitor S/W: 8.0.7 / Modbus Driver 6.0.7 I am capturing two serial numbe…

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## [Intelligent Alerting using Multiple Evaluation Parameters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intelligent-alerting-using-multiple-evaluation-parameters/33165)

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**Author:** [@paul.berna](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul.berna)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intelligent-alerting-using-multiple-evaluation-parameters/33165 "2020-03-17T14:48:37Z")

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Hello, looking for some help with setting up alarms and user notifications. Attempting to reduce as much noise/notification fatigue for the recipient of the notifications … My team is relatively new to Ignition, we are…

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## [Connecting RSLogix Emulate 500 with Ignition HMI](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-rslogix-emulate-500-with-ignition-hmi/32974)

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**Author:** [@ashwin.kandavalli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ashwin.kandavalli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-rslogix-emulate-500-with-ignition-hmi/32974 "2020-03-17T14:45:22Z")

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Can you please guide us with steps for the below How to interface RSLogix Emulate 500 on one VM and Ignition HMI on another VM for getting Tag values

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## [Ignition gateway access setup 8.0.10RC1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-access-setup-8-0-10rc1/33155)

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**Author:** [@yifeiliu08](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yifeiliu08)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-access-setup-8-0-10rc1/33155 "2020-03-17T14:26:30Z")

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I have installed the 8.0.10rc1 in my PC for demo test, my pc ip address is 192.168.16.87 I can open the web-server and gateway in my pc, but can access this server by another PC even the ping is success Here is th…

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## [Perspective AlarmStatus Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarmstatus-table/31832)

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**Author:** [@athayer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/athayer)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarmstatus-table/31832 "2020-03-17T13:55:56Z")

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When I change the display path to '/Furnace7\_Email\_Alarms/ the AlarmStatus table displays correct. After awhile the display path filtering does not work unless I erase the display path and rewrite it. Any ideas?

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## [Tree View Keyboard Events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-view-keyboard-events/33157)

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**Author:** [@orazio.spada](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/orazio.spada)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tree-view-keyboard-events/33157 "2020-03-17T10:26:15Z")

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Hello, i’ve seen that keyboard actually doesnt work on the tree view component. Is there any bug fixing going on? Someone knows anyway to make them work?

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## [Ephemeral port exhaustion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ephemeral-port-exhaustion/33091)

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**Author:** [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ephemeral-port-exhaustion/33091 "2020-03-17T08:21:41Z")

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On a site with a pretty big Ignition project, we’re suddenly experiencing port exhaustions. It happens frequently in the last 3 days, while the project hasn’t changed much in the last month. It happens on an RDP server …

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## [Launching Perspective from Ignition Edge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launching-perspective-from-ignition-edge/33125)

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**Author:** [@amalric.sterlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amalric.sterlin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launching-perspective-from-ignition-edge/33125 "2020-03-17T07:55:57Z")

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Hi, I am currently working on a system using multiple Edge Gateways connected to a central Gateway. I would like to know if it is possible to launch a Perspective session from the Edge gateway, as we can do on the norm…

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## [Gateway event script tagChange getDatatype() Ignition8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-event-script-tagchange-getdatatype-ignition8/33142)

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**Author:** [@GreggCavazos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/GreggCavazos)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-event-script-tagchange-getdatatype-ignition8/33142 "2020-03-17T01:57:12Z")

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We are working on translating our scripts from ignition7x to Ignition8 and we have troubles finding an alternative to gettag datatype in a gateway script. Currently when a tag changes we get the value and datatype and t…

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## [Error Importing Tags with JSON](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-importing-tags-with-json/33108)

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**Author:** [@AnthonyF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AnthonyF)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-importing-tags-with-json/33108 "2020-03-16T23:59:10Z")

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I am trying to import tags with a JSON file in V8.0.6 but get this error: Unterminated array at line 11 column 2 path $.tags\[2\].tags\[1\] Extract of the first 2 tags: {“valueSource”: “opc”,“opcItemPath”: “ns\\u003d1;s\\u0…

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## [Edge Panel mobile](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-panel-mobile/33141)

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**Author:** [@Pat\_Schmidt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat_Schmidt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-panel-mobile/33141 "2020-03-16T22:39:00Z")

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It seems the Edge Panel version comes with the Vision module. Do we have any options for running mobile clients on the Edge Panel version? I assume we would need to have the Perspective module available for this. Anyone …

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## [Focus textfield after show popup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/focus-textfield-after-show-popup/33146)

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**Author:** [@etlikmilos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/etlikmilos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/focus-textfield-after-show-popup/33146 "2020-03-16T22:13:04Z")

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Hi i would like focus on component after showing popup on Textfield. When i use self.get self.getSibling(‘TextField’).focus() onClick event on button all is ok but i need event if view showing or not button. Where is …

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## [Adhoc trend template runtime error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adhoc-trend-template-runtime-error/33135)

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**Author:** [@lachguerabdallah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lachguerabdallah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adhoc-trend-template-runtime-error/33135 "2020-03-16T18:25:42Z")

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hello, i’m using AdHoc Trend template in my project. I have already created the database, and it works correctly, but when I change to runtime mode it gives me the following error every moment. Exception: Error runnin…

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## [Scripting from events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-from-events/33112)

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**Author:** [@etlikmilos](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/etlikmilos)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-from-events/33112 "2020-03-16T18:15:06Z")

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Hi all I have question can I run my scripts from button events ? I have test script for learn with name AdapterSQL and in script is only message box. I want call this script from button event and if I call this script…

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## [Intermittent alarm email issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intermittent-alarm-email-issue/33131)

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**Author:** [@richard.d.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richard.d.white)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intermittent-alarm-email-issue/33131 "2020-03-16T17:45:02Z")

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I have a UDT which is used on many different devices (about 100+). One feature built into this UDT are email alarm notifications which identify the device, and the issue. The problem I’m having is that sometimes I rece…

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## [Power Table onDoubleClick getValueAt error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-ondoubleclick-getvalueat-error/33129)

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**Author:** [@jonathan.bathalon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jonathan.bathalon1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-ondoubleclick-getvalueat-error/33129 "2020-03-16T17:16:10Z")

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I receive this error message (in Diagnostics -\> Console) in the Designer when I double click on my power table atempting to retreive a specific colomn value. I can’t figure out what is my error. Thanks for your help. 1…

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