# Ignition

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## [Ignition 8 and embedded Java](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-and-embedded-java/18361)

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**Author:** [@eaolson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eaolson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-and-embedded-java/18361 "2018-06-08T16:53:14Z")

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I see from Carl and Colby's latest blog article, that Ignition 8 will have Java embedded, rather than having to be installed separately on each client machine. I'm curious about how this might work. Will launching a clie…

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## [Division in python script returns 2 decimal places rounded](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/division-in-python-script-returns-2-decimal-places-rounded/18334)

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**Author:** [@MikeAllgood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MikeAllgood)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/division-in-python-script-returns-2-decimal-places-rounded/18334 "2018-06-08T15:35:18Z")

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I know this is going to be a stupid question, but I can't seem to find a solution. I have an equation in a Python script, it's very simple and looks like this: myBatchPercent = 1.0 / numberOfBatches where numberOfBatch…

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## [Historical and Live Tag Information](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historical-and-live-tag-information/18336)

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**Author:** [@BillS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BillS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historical-and-live-tag-information/18336 "2018-06-08T13:30:34Z")

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Hello, While developing my current project at the office, I defined a UDT that had various tags with Tag History defined. using the same History Provider definition as the database name at the client's site. However w…

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## [X-trace behavior on EasyChart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/x-trace-behavior-on-easychart/17790)

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**Author:** [@pjgonzales](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pjgonzales)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/x-trace-behavior-on-easychart/17790 "2018-06-08T12:56:19Z")

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Recently I was looking at one of my EasyCharts and noticed that when using X-Trace mode its exhibiting behavior that seems weird but may be normal. Here is what the chart looks like normally with X-Trace activated: T…

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## [Select row on power table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-row-on-power-table/18350)

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**Author:** [@SergioS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SergioS)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/select-row-on-power-table/18350 "2018-06-08T12:44:54Z")

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I'm try to read value from different column in a row of my powertable. I have associated script to onclick event for power table, but every time i have a error. Here my code: ptable = event.source.getComponent() s…

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## [Table Query Data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-query-data/18351)

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**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-query-data/18351 "2018-06-08T12:07:24Z")

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I have a script that runs from a property change.... po = event.source.value data = system.db.runNamedQuery("BOM/PoDetails",{"po":po}) event.source.parent.getComponent('Table3').data = data Will populating the table …

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## [Trying to use 3rd party java libraries: error unpacking while loading designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-use-3rd-party-java-libraries-error-unpacking-while-loading-designer/18354)

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**Author:** [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-use-3rd-party-java-libraries-error-unpacking-while-loading-designer/18354 "2018-06-08T08:29:29Z")

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I’d like to integrate this library https://poi.apache.org/ in my project to read/write Excel files. I copied the following library files and dependencies into the lib\\core\\common Ignition path, together with the pack2…

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## [How conect Plc s71200 with ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-conect-plc-s71200-with-ignition/18348)

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**Author:** [@edwingoth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/edwingoth)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-conect-plc-s71200-with-ignition/18348 "2018-06-08T08:05:18Z")

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Hi, I have a question about how connected a PLC s7-1200 with Scada Ignition. First I make the programming in TIA-PORTAL. Second I make the configuring how show in this page https://support.inductiveautomation.com/inde…

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## [Creating Reports in the Client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-reports-in-the-client/18342)

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**Author:** [@rrowe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rrowe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-reports-in-the-client/18342 "2018-06-07T20:17:02Z")

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Is there a 3rd party module or library that someone has created to allow users in Ignition clients to create their own reports as opposed to creating them in the designer? They would then need to be saved, so that the ne…

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## [ValueChange script run multiple time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/valuechange-script-run-multiple-time/18217)

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**Author:** [@Vince](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Vince)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/valuechange-script-run-multiple-time/18217 "2018-06-07T17:17:43Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a UDT containing multiple tags. Some tag are OPC tag, other are expression tag. Some tag contains ChangeValue script. It was working fine since a few month. We got a problem since about 2 weeks. S…

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## [Trying to save files/reports in a folder on a shared network drive](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-save-files-reports-in-a-folder-on-a-shared-network-drive/18346)

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**Author:** [@harryzhou4498](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/harryzhou4498)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-save-files-reports-in-a-folder-on-a-shared-network-drive/18346 "2018-06-07T15:44:11Z")

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I am trying to save reports/files on a shared network drive. I've tried changing the file path to the ip address and just the G:, but i've had limited success. When I use the ip address directly, I don't seem to get any …

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## [system.tag.editAlarmConfig](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-editalarmconfig/18340)

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**Author:** [@r.lebohec](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/r.lebohec)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-editalarmconfig/18340 "2018-06-07T12:03:31Z")

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Hi Community, As the user manual said system.tag.editAlarmConfig - Ignition User Manual 7.9 - Ignition Documentation It's possible to edit an alarm configuration. In my case, the alarm to edit is associate to an member…

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## [Unable to launch Gateway on Mac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-launch-gateway-on-mac/18320)

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**Author:** [@anuragrattan23](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anuragrattan23)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-launch-gateway-on-mac/18320 "2018-06-07T11:16:32Z")

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I have installed ignition on Mac. The local host is not working- bowser couldn't find the server. Wrapper log is as below- STATUS | wrapper | 2018/06/07 00:54:44 | Java Service Wrapper Standard Edition 64-bit 3.5.…

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## [Treeview, change node icon when treeview is disabled](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/treeview-change-node-icon-when-treeview-is-disabled/11461)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/treeview-change-node-icon-when-treeview-is-disabled/11461 "2018-06-07T02:12:04Z")

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For the treeview component, we can modify, node icon’s. But when the treeview is disabled, a default node icon (file icon) is used instead of the node icon’s (Icon and SelectedIcon column in the tree view dataset) ?

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## [Easy Chart X Value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-x-value/2023)

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**Author:** [@jaepark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jaepark)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-x-value/2023 "2018-06-06T20:27:38Z")

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When I called support they mentioned I could get the timestamp value (X-Axis) of where the mouse was clicked on an Easy Chart. Anybody know what the command was for use in a script?

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## [Text field warp inside template](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-warp-inside-template/18270)

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**Author:** [@tamerplc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tamerplc)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-warp-inside-template/18270 "2018-06-06T19:19:59Z")

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Hi , I have a text field inside template , this text field have property binding with SQL query to retrieve a description . how can i make warp for result of this query query SELECT Description FROM c1dtcode where DT…

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## [Adding Tree View Window for one Tab Strip](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-tree-view-window-for-one-tab-strip/17870)

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**Author:** [@harigobu.gb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/harigobu.gb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-tree-view-window-for-one-tab-strip/17870 "2018-06-06T18:15:10Z")

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Hi, I practicing ignition, My objective is to display tree hierarchy when I select one tab of tab strip component. As of I added a new main window, and added two separate containers to that window(Just as providing lay…

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## [Ignition OPC-UA Server stays Faulted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-opc-ua-server-stays-faulted/18304)

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**Author:** [@idauphinais](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/idauphinais)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-opc-ua-server-stays-faulted/18304 "2018-06-06T15:43:35Z")

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Trying to get this OPC-UA Server to go online. I’m currently running Ignition off of my localhost and have set static IP’s for all devices that look like 10.200.9.xxx. Every time I try to discover the OPC-UA endpoints it…

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## [Reading alarm info for many tags at once](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-alarm-info-for-many-tags-at-once/17991)

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**Author:** [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-alarm-info-for-many-tags-at-once/17991 "2018-06-06T15:34:03Z")

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I'd really like to get a lot of alarm info at once. So I'll have a list of a couple hundred tags, and I'm only interested in them if they have at least 1 alarm on them. I know of system.tag.browseConfiguration() and then…

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## [Passing kwargs into objectScript](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-kwargs-into-objectscript/18294)

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**Author:** [@andrew.brauer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrew.brauer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-kwargs-into-objectscript/18294 "2018-06-06T02:31:24Z")

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I have seen @pturmel post about using Simulation Aids "objectScript" in place of runScript. I have been able to use the objectScript. So, I modified my original function to have keyworded arguments, like this: objec…

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## [POST Image with system.net.httpPost](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/post-image-with-system-net-httppost/17393)

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**Author:** [@atran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/atran)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/post-image-with-system-net-httppost/17393 "2018-06-05T21:26:24Z")

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Is it possible to POST an image (e.g., image/jpeg) with system.net.httpPost? There does not seem to be a way to send binary data (only String). If this is not the appropriate function, what is the best way to POST images…

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## [Mobil App Does Not Work on Redundancy Fail-over](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mobil-app-does-not-work-on-redundancy-fail-over/18308)

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**Author:** [@Sam.Naji](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sam.Naji)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mobil-app-does-not-work-on-redundancy-fail-over/18308 "2018-06-05T19:17:16Z")

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We recently set up the Ignition Redundancy feature. When we tested, all clients work except the Mobil apps (barcode scanner). IA indicated that the Mobil app actually runs on the Gateway server so when we lose connection…

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## [2 State Toggle Button Conditions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/2-state-toggle-button-conditions/18264)

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**Author:** [@lonegator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lonegator)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/2-state-toggle-button-conditions/18264 "2018-06-05T18:14:05Z")

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If I have a tag (toggle\_tag) tied to a 2 state toggle button to toggle it true/false, but have another tag (alarm\_tag) that when true should immediately set toggle\_tag to false and not allow it to be manually toggled bac…

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## [Trigger a mouse click (not on a button)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trigger-a-mouse-click-not-on-a-button/18299)

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**Author:** [@aladdinwow](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aladdinwow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trigger-a-mouse-click-not-on-a-button/18299 "2018-06-05T17:55:20Z")

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Is there a way to actually trigger a mouse click that is not associated with a button? For example, in a tree view object, i want a user to be able to right click on an item inside the tree view object and it will act …

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## [Ignition Change Logs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-change-logs/18301)

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**Author:** [@Caleb\_Bohon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Caleb_Bohon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-change-logs/18301 "2018-06-05T17:21:22Z")

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I went to the Change Log page (On downloads page) because I was having trouble and wanted to see if my particular issue may have been fixed in an update. https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/fullchangelog/529 I …

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## [Strange graphics anomalies in client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/strange-graphics-anomalies-in-client/10398)

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**Author:** [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/strange-graphics-anomalies-in-client/10398 "2018-06-05T15:14:07Z")

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I have a big project in Russia, for what we decided to use windows tablet PC’s for maintenance panels. All my testing until now was done on ACER ICONIA W700P tablet with intel core i3-2375M (700€), 4 Gb ram, 1920x1080,……

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## [Syste.db.runQuery problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/syste-db-runquery-problem/18275)

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**Author:** [@aelgezabal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aelgezabal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/syste-db-runquery-problem/18275 "2018-06-05T12:14:03Z")

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I'm making a call to system.db.runQuery and the query is putting "as" to be able to save in a csv with changed headers and it gives an error in the way it recognizes it. I understand that is how I am writing it. def CS…

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## [Export the screen data as pdf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-the-screen-data-as-pdf/11718)

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**Author:** [@sudhamoorthy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sudhamoorthy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-the-screen-data-as-pdf/11718 "2018-06-04T23:30:45Z")

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Hi, Currently we have created a main window and the tag values are directly bound to text fields. However, client is asking us to export the data (the whole screen data) as pdf. Is it possible to export the screen layo…

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## [Table number formatting not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-number-formatting-not-working/18287)

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**Author:** [@bfuson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfuson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-number-formatting-not-working/18287 "2018-06-04T21:32:38Z")

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I have a dataset memory tag within a UDT that contains a row of integer indexes and a row of doubles: I’d like to render the doubles as percentages, and have setup the formatting as follows: However, the column do…

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## [Higher level decode/encode (ignition \>=7.7.0)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/higher-level-decode-encode-ignition-7-7-0/8919)

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**Author:** [@gekkoman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gekkoman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/higher-level-decode-encode-ignition-7-7-0/8919 "2018-06-04T20:00:41Z")

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Here is a higher level barcode decode (and encode) using the barcode controller. (For ignition 7.7) Rather than having to tweak the barcode parsing for each end use application, I wanted a more generic solution that i…

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