# Ignition

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## [Easy Chart Data export - Data Scan Class](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-data-export-data-scan-class/7208)

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**Author:** [@dfenter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dfenter)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-data-export-data-scan-class/7208 "2013-09-25T22:46:20Z")

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I am trying to export data from a Easy Chart that uses historical data. The historical scan class for the tags is set for 5000ms. When I export the data from the easy using the export button, I only get two data poin…

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## [Unstick Comments](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unstick-comments/7238)

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**Author:** [@jkramer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jkramer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unstick-comments/7238 "2013-09-25T22:33:11Z")

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I see a place to enter the unstick query for the Comments Panel control, but I do not see any way for the user to initiate the unstick (a link or button). How do you go about implementing unstick?

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## [Toggle button confirmation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/toggle-button-confirmation/7240)

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**Author:** [@pat.stave](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pat.stave)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/toggle-button-confirmation/7240 "2013-09-25T22:32:05Z")

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Is it possible to use confirmation with the boolean toggle button? I know i can use confirmation with the 2 state toggle, but i can't seem to replicate the visual styling of the boolean toggle on the 2 state toggle.

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## [Need an easy way to share a freebie](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-an-easy-way-to-share-a-freebie/7315)

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**Author:** [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/need-an-easy-way-to-share-a-freebie/7315 "2013-09-25T21:49:06Z")

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I have something I would like to share with all Ignition designers, but the module marketplace requires that you include all the financial and support information needed for something that is to be sold. I am unable to …

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## [isTouchscreenModeEnabled not working when project launched](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/istouchscreenmodeenabled-not-working-when-project-launched/7320)

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**Author:** [@Bob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bob)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/istouchscreenmodeenabled-not-working-when-project-launched/7320 "2013-09-25T19:41:49Z")

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I am using isTouchscreenModeEnabled which works fine in preview mode is the Designer. However, when the project is launched my conditional logic that is fired in preview mode is no longer executed. I am toggling the p…

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## [Calculating between max & min values in SQL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calculating-between-max-min-values-in-sql/7296)

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**Author:** [@cbabb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbabb)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calculating-between-max-min-values-in-sql/7296 "2013-09-25T19:24:43Z")

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Having some trouble getting my head around something I was asked to to. If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated… We collect information for a tank level. When the tank level reaches a specific p…

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## [Binding tag history to an Easy Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-tag-history-to-an-easy-chart/7220)

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**Author:** [@kevin.keefe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.keefe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-tag-history-to-an-easy-chart/7220 "2013-09-25T16:24:12Z")

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Morning. I'm not sure if this is a bug or whether I'm doing something incorrectly. I am trying to bind 'tag history' of a number of SQL Tags into the tag pens of an easy chart so that I can use the easy charts functiona…

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## [Error while logging out](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-while-logging-out/7264)

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**Author:** [@onestank](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/onestank)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-while-logging-out/7264 "2013-09-25T15:38:08Z")

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Using a client event script system.security.logout()

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## [List script functions not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-script-functions-not-working/7244)

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**Author:** [@drettberg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drettberg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-script-functions-not-working/7244 "2013-09-25T14:19:39Z")

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Has anything changed with version 7.6.2 that would break the following event handler code? Error says clearSelection is not available on the object. If I comment that line out, I get the same error for addSelectionInte…

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## [Color table cell depending on value in another column](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/color-table-cell-depending-on-value-in-another-column/7301)

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**Author:** [@Brett\_Yeomans](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brett_Yeomans)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/color-table-cell-depending-on-value-in-another-column/7301 "2013-09-25T07:31:06Z")

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Is it possible on a table to have the cell color decided by a value in a different column? I'm thinking of the 'getBackgroundAt' function but this uses the value in the cell to be altered? Is there any way of using this:…

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## [Build and optionally fill a SQL table from a dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/build-and-optionally-fill-a-sql-table-from-a-dataset/7317)

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**Author:** [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/build-and-optionally-fill-a-sql-table-from-a-dataset/7317 "2013-09-25T03:58:59Z")

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Colby, I wanted to show this to you last Thursday, but ran out of time before I got to it. I just posted all the details in the user submitted content topic, and if this link works, you should be able to read about it t…

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## [Minor: Right-click copy and paste in Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/minor-right-click-copy-and-paste-in-designer/7314)

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**Author:** [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/minor-right-click-copy-and-paste-in-designer/7314 "2013-09-25T03:13:47Z")

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In the Component Scripting window, you can use either Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V or right-click context menu for copy/paste. In the Script Playground, only Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V is available. It would be nice to have the right-click copy…

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## [ESC key in designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/esc-key-in-designer/7298)

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**Author:** [@thierryv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thierryv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/esc-key-in-designer/7298 "2013-09-25T02:52:40Z")

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Is it possible to make more use of the ESC key in the designer? For example: If you double-click on a tag the edit tag window opens. When you press the ESC key it would be nice if the window closes, so just like you shou…

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## [Gateway Script - system.util.execute](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-script-system-util-execute/7312)

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**Author:** [@StoltzJordan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/StoltzJordan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-script-system-util-execute/7312 "2013-09-24T22:09:25Z")

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Hello all, I'm working on a project where we need to run a batch file (on the gateway server) on demand from the clients. The batch file takes care of some database housekeeping (namely copying MS Access database tab…

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## [Popup Window Display](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-window-display/7310)

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**Author:** [@cacordova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cacordova)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-window-display/7310 "2013-09-24T21:22:26Z")

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How can I make the popup to be on top of the window? Cause what happens right now is when I click on the object it opens the popup and closes the main window. What I want is when I click on the object it will just open t…

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## [Slow query joining and grouping tables into a report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-query-joining-and-grouping-tables-into-a-report/7305)

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**Author:** [@AJBerera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AJBerera)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slow-query-joining-and-grouping-tables-into-a-report/7305 "2013-09-24T17:44:10Z")

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I have a few report viewers on the same window and I control their visibility by a dropdown selector. I am experiencing unusually long and unpredictable response times to retrieve the data. When I first look at one of …

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## [Help with Triggered SQL Expression Item](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-triggered-sql-expression-item/7263)

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**Author:** [@neimers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/neimers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-with-triggered-sql-expression-item/7263 "2013-09-24T17:42:14Z")

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Hello all, a little introduction and background, I'm an engineer working for a third party software company that has a company using Ignition (version 7.5.5-beta6) as a customer right now. I'm trying to set up a SQL Ser…

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## [Filtering SQL Query for Overview](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filtering-sql-query-for-overview/7268)

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**Author:** [@nboyenga](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nboyenga)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filtering-sql-query-for-overview/7268 "2013-09-24T17:20:13Z")

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Is there a way to filter a SQL query further than the original statement? I have a query of temperature information for the past 8 hours. Within this, there are twenty different smokehouses that I need to separate the te…

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## [Chart controls on iPad](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-controls-on-ipad/7274)

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**Author:** [@kevin.keefe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.keefe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chart-controls-on-ipad/7274 "2013-09-24T16:35:20Z")

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I'm looking to add a chart onto a project that is to be accessed using an iPad, but am finding that the standard date range component and the calendar components are too fiddly to use. I guess what I am looking for is a …

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## [Grabbing the index of a table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/grabbing-the-index-of-a-table/7307)

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**Author:** [@stuartd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stuartd)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/grabbing-the-index-of-a-table/7307 "2013-09-24T16:20:28Z")

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So this might be super trivial or something I am not sure. What I am trying to do, at least I think it should, is fairly simple. I have three tables, one is showing a master list of everything, the other two tables sho…

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## [Non-Maximized Window changes location](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/non-maximized-window-changes-location/7282)

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**Author:** [@Kore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kore)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/non-maximized-window-changes-location/7282 "2013-09-24T16:17:44Z")

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This could be my own problem, but with as much time as I've spent attempting to correct it, it sure seems like a glitch in java or Ignition. I have a window with a report in it. All the behavior properties are set to fal…

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## [Check Port Number Status](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-port-number-status/7304)

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**Author:** [@cacordova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cacordova)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-port-number-status/7304 "2013-09-24T15:42:58Z")

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I setup a port number for one of my devices and was wondering how can I check it in Ignition to see if its open or not?

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## [Connecting to ModBus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-modbus/7303)

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**Author:** [@mikehill100](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mikehill100)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-modbus/7303 "2013-09-24T15:37:09Z")

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Hello! I am working in an environment with several applications, each connecting to the same modbus network. My question is whether it is wiser to create a separate connection for each application, or point them al…

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## [Input File Micrologix 1400 part #2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/input-file-micrologix-1400-part-2/7255)

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**Author:** [@andrea.minu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrea.minu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/input-file-micrologix-1400-part-2/7255 "2013-09-24T09:24:47Z")

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Hi to everybody From this post seems the Input file register of the micrologix not supported from the driver of Ignition. viewtopic.php?f=70&t=7714&p=23900&hilit=1400+00#p23900. It's still true? I'm having some stran…

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## [Unconnected Devices Not Showing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unconnected-devices-not-showing/7024)

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**Author:** [@aidamcg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aidamcg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unconnected-devices-not-showing/7024 "2013-09-23T23:05:59Z")

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Hi In 7.6.2 the devices indicator on status page no longer shows when a device is not connected. Found it quite useful Aidan \[attachment=0\]Devices.PNG\[/attachment\]

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## [User Schedule Setup- Swing Shift](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-schedule-setup-swing-shift/7074)

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**Author:** [@ram](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ram)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-schedule-setup-swing-shift/7074 "2013-09-23T18:50:38Z")

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Hi All, My Operators and Electricians,Mechanics work in a Swing Shift 4 Days ON 4 days OFF, The sequence is : 4 days from 7am-7pm , 4 days off, 4 days from 7pm-7am., 4 days off, 4 days from 7am-7pm--repeats How to …

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## [Export to Excel with & character](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-to-excel-with-character/7058)

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**Author:** [@weertske](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/weertske)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-to-excel-with-character/7058 "2013-09-23T18:38:02Z")

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I have created a form for my customer to enter analytical results into their database. After entering the days data, the operator presses a button which triggers the script for creating an Excel spreadsheet that they th…

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## [RSLogix 5000 Strings](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslogix-5000-strings/7287)

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**Author:** [@jimmylooo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jimmylooo)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rslogix-5000-strings/7287 "2013-09-23T17:57:03Z")

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How do i get strings from a RSlogix 5000 PLC to properly display in Ignition? The translation seems to be a bit off between the driver and the PLC. When I try to add a string tag from the RSLogix PLC it creates a fol…

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## [Screen Layout and borders around main windows](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/screen-layout-and-borders-around-main-windows/7281)

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**Author:** [@drewdin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drewdin)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/screen-layout-and-borders-around-main-windows/7281 "2013-09-23T17:45:34Z")

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I'm sure im doing something wrong, what my goal is to design windows for 1920x1080. In the designer I have a header/nav and main screen. The header is docked north with a size of 1770x100 The nav is docked west with a …

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## [XY Plot and Status Chart X axis misalignment](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-plot-and-status-chart-x-axis-misalignment/7297)

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**Author:** [@porksmash](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/porksmash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-plot-and-status-chart-x-axis-misalignment/7297 "2013-09-20T22:15:49Z")

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Hello, using Ignition 7.4.3. I have a screen that has an XY plot showing a temperature profile above a status chart. I’m trying to use the status chart to show the status of a certain parameter at different times during …

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