# Ignition

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## [system.tag.queryTagCalculations - "Minimum" calculation not returning correct value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-querytagcalculations-minimum-calculation-not-returning-correct-value/50716)

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**Author:** [@areid](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/areid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-tag-querytagcalculations-minimum-calculation-not-returning-correct-value/50716 "2022-02-10T16:51:16Z")

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Hello, I am trying to query from one of the tags that we are tracking in the historian. We are looking to get the minimum value of the tag from a certain start date up to the current time. We are trying to do so using t…

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## [Accessing name of the component in which the expression binding resides](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-name-of-the-component-in-which-the-expression-binding-resides/55982)

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**Author:** [@Jacob\_Sanchez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jacob_Sanchez)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-name-of-the-component-in-which-the-expression-binding-resides/55982 "2022-02-10T15:28:52Z")

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I’m wanting to pass the name of a component to a script, the name being whatever component ran that script, instead of having to manually link each component in every expression. Is this possible? runScript(“testing.tes…

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## [Copy wrapper file out of docker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-wrapper-file-out-of-docker/55970)

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**Author:** [@indenkleefj](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/indenkleefj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-wrapper-file-out-of-docker/55970 "2022-02-10T14:49:09Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to get the wrapper file out of a docker container. When I use powershell and use the command: docker cp -L ignition:/usr/local/bin/ignition/logs/. C:/ It copies all the files in the folder to my C drive…

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## [Popup Calendar - Removing seconds](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-calendar-removing-seconds/17022)

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**Author:** [@mjcostel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mjcostel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-calendar-removing-seconds/17022 "2022-02-10T13:36:21Z")

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I am working with several popup calendar components and want to remove the seconds portion. I have the Format string set as yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm and that shows up how I like. However when click the down arrow to launch the…

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## [Copy data from perspective table?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-data-from-perspective-table/55927)

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**Author:** [@iceberg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/iceberg)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copy-data-from-perspective-table/55927 "2022-02-10T08:11:36Z")

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Does anyone have a clean way to copy data from a column in a perspective table in a format that can easily be pasted into something like Microsoft Excel? Currently we have a button setup to export the data to a spreadshe…

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## [Import API Library](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-api-library/55896)

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**Author:** [@Mohamad\_Yahya\_Samsud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mohamad_Yahya_Samsud)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-api-library/55896 "2022-02-10T07:35:31Z")

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Hello, I have faced some problem regarding import API library into Ignition Edge. I have an API which is the code is wrote in C and wrapped using Python. My problem is the Ignition Edge give an error when I executed the …

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## [\[BUG\] Opening a PUSH dock from a parameterised url page resets changed params to the url-supplied params](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-opening-a-push-dock-from-a-parameterised-url-page-resets-changed-params-to-the-url-supplied-params/55905)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-opening-a-push-dock-from-a-parameterised-url-page-resets-changed-params-to-the-url-supplied-params/55905 "2022-02-10T07:33:42Z")

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While trying to diagnose a major issue with one of my Perspective Views which could cause significant loss of wine for my customer, I’ve finally found the root of the issue. I’m using version 8.1.5 If you have a page th…

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## [Webserver Started. Gateway continuously loading](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webserver-started-gateway-continuously-loading/55948)

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**Author:** [@mcolson1590](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcolson1590)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webserver-started-gateway-continuously-loading/55948 "2022-02-09T23:44:05Z")

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I have Ignition 7.9.16 running on Windows 10 IOT. One of my instances which was working now won’t load. The Webserver shows as started but the Gateway is continuously loading. I have many “Uncaught exception during ge…

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## [\[Bug-3518\] Time Series Chart bug?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3518-time-series-chart-bug/55831)

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**Author:** [@mojoeswa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mojoeswa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3518-time-series-chart-bug/55831 "2022-02-09T22:21:14Z")

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HI. I use a Time Series Chart in my project and i like it alot. It works great with phones and tablets. I use indirect tags, and its no problem to change tags as long as I do not use zoom. If I use zoom and forget to re…

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## [Web Sockets in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-sockets-in-ignition/55955)

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**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-sockets-in-ignition/55955 "2022-02-09T21:45:31Z")

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I am trying to query against Kafka SQL (Lense) and the part of the API that you do the query in requires web sockets. https://api.lenses.io/branches/4.3/index.html#data-access-query-data-via-sql-get Is there a Python /…

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## [Indexing sql database guidance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indexing-sql-database-guidance/55884)

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**Author:** [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indexing-sql-database-guidance/55884 "2022-02-09T21:40:25Z")

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I am trying to learn about how to use indexes for my sql database. I have a basic understanding mostly from youtube and some dry reading: I have transaction groups adding fault, reject, and a few other kin…

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## [Dynamic Notification Profile - Alarm Pipeline Notification Block](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-notification-profile-alarm-pipeline-notification-block/55945)

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**Author:** [@Dee\_Duncan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dee_Duncan)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-notification-profile-alarm-pipeline-notification-block/55945 "2022-02-09T21:26:00Z")

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I was wondering if anyone has been able to customize the notification block component. I am wanting to script which notification profile is used based on some alarm event associated data. For Example, I have 4 Regions…

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## [String in a cell of a query to a label transform](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/string-in-a-cell-of-a-query-to-a-label-transform/55870)

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**Author:** [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/string-in-a-cell-of-a-query-to-a-label-transform/55870 "2022-02-09T21:25:19Z")

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What I am trying to show what I am showing right now from binding the label to my query: the example result of my query: I am not really sure how to transform this. my query is receiving parameters to figure …

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## [Property Change Event Firing when property not changed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-change-event-firing-when-property-not-changed/55953)

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**Author:** [@dan.deason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dan.deason)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-change-event-firing-when-property-not-changed/55953 "2022-02-09T21:20:12Z")

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If I try to set a builtin property on a widget to the same value it has, the propertyChange event does not fire. If I try to set a builtin property on a widget to python’s None, the type check fails and nothing happens. …

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## [Connectivity for MySQL user list](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connectivity-for-mysql-user-list/55795)

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**Author:** [@pdixon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdixon)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connectivity-for-mysql-user-list/55795 "2022-02-09T21:09:51Z")

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I have a user list and role list in MySQL. I have a valid database connection in the gateway to MySQL. The user source is configured for the tables in MySQL and used to work. Now, it looks like only the roles are conn…

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## [Hide Data with \*\*\* Symbols](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hide-data-with-symbols/55938)

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**Author:** [@Dee\_Duncan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dee_Duncan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hide-data-with-symbols/55938 "2022-02-09T21:06:58Z")

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Is there a way to hide data in a table with \*\*\*\* symbols, similarly to when passwords are entered and appear as \*\*\*\* ? I am storing roster info for calculated rosters in a database. Part of that info is user pin codes …

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## [Edge Audit Log Send to Remote Gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-audit-log-send-to-remote-gateway/55944)

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**Author:** [@wdougmiller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wdougmiller)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-audit-log-send-to-remote-gateway/55944 "2022-02-09T20:53:26Z")

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Is it possible to send the Edge Audit Log to a Remote Gateway Audit profile?

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## [UDT Instance Behavior During Upgrade](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-instance-behavior-during-upgrade/55882)

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**Author:** [@nicholas.robinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nicholas.robinson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-instance-behavior-during-upgrade/55882 "2022-02-09T20:43:46Z")

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Recently we have started upgrading a lot of our gateways to take advantage of new features (ex: feature 2155). Today we had a case where there seemingly was instances of UDT’s that had parameters that were not defined i…

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## [How make an cumulative total tag?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-make-an-cumulative-total-tag/55949)

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**Author:** [@Nicole\_Weiss](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nicole_Weiss)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-make-an-cumulative-total-tag/55949 "2022-02-09T20:43:24Z")

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I need help making an cumulative total tag from a gas flow meter. I have seen some things on making a query, but I’m not too sure how to do that. I’m still learning how to use Ignition.

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## [Intercept popup/window close](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intercept-popup-window-close/55941)

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**Author:** [@mmcmahon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mmcmahon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/intercept-popup-window-close/55941 "2022-02-09T19:53:47Z")

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Is there a way to intercept/block a popup close that is triggered when a user presses the “X” on the top right corner of the popup? What I’m trying to do is give the user an indication that there are unsaved changes bef…

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## [Perspective and Designer Output Console. Does It Work?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-designer-output-console-does-it-work/55933)

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**Author:** [@claude.hager](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/claude.hager)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-designer-output-console-does-it-work/55933 "2022-02-09T19:05:46Z")

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I have a Perspective View that contains a button with an “onActionPerformed” script attached to it. The script is a simple print statement, which I hoped would display in the Designer Output Console. def runAction(self,…

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## [Dataset value fetch based on column value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-value-fetch-based-on-column-value/55931)

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**Author:** [@Gaurav.Shitole](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gaurav.Shitole)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-value-fetch-based-on-column-value/55931 "2022-02-09T18:54:41Z")

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Hello there, I need help on below scenario: I’ve a dataset (returning from query) of 2 columns. First column contains duplicate values and other column contains unique values like below. Col1 Col2 Abc …

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## [Users getting e-mailed reports multiple times](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/users-getting-e-mailed-reports-multiple-times/55930)

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**Author:** [@m.sanders](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.sanders)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/users-getting-e-mailed-reports-multiple-times/55930 "2022-02-09T18:17:59Z")

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We have users in our system that have multiple e-mails associated with their user account. When we run a scheduled report and email it out based on user roles we found that these users get emailed multiple times, one pe…

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## [Ignition 8.0.15 gateway does not start](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-15-gateway-does-not-start/55924)

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**Author:** [@marco\_faccio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marco_faccio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-15-gateway-does-not-start/55924 "2022-02-09T17:35:13Z")

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A few days ago, in a restart of the server machine, the mysql connector was unconfigured, at that moment ‘mysql-connector-java-5.1.15-bin’ was installed, in the next restart of the machine the gateway no longer wanted to…

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## [GAN : remote tag provider architecture ? reasonable number of remote connections?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gan-remote-tag-provider-architecture-reasonable-number-of-remote-connections/55926)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gan-remote-tag-provider-architecture-reasonable-number-of-remote-connections/55926 "2022-02-09T16:59:22Z")

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In a system with multiple gateway and the use of remote tag providers to gather data from multiple gateways, is there some reasonable limitation to the number of remote tag providers to use ? For example, can we have a g…

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## [Convert SVGs to Symbol Factory Objects?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-svgs-to-symbol-factory-objects/55871)

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**Author:** [@nick.miller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nick.miller)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-svgs-to-symbol-factory-objects/55871 "2022-02-09T16:48:24Z")

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Is there an easy way to convert SVGs images created in Inkscape from their XML to format to the JSON format used by Symbol Factory objects in perspective?

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## [Ignition 7.6 and smtp.office365.com](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-6-and-smtp-office365-com/54332)

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**Author:** [@jmonter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jmonter)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-6-and-smtp-office365-com/54332 "2022-02-09T16:37:11Z")

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Hi, Recently Microsoft changed the way emails are send using TLS1.1, I upgrade java and it work for about a week and now its having issues again. Does any one know of a way to fix it? 12:04:40 PM EmailNotificationProf…

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## [System.file.writeFile with append is writing on the same line?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-writefile-with-append-is-writing-on-the-same-line/55923)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-writefile-with-append-is-writing-on-the-same-line/55923 "2022-02-09T16:06:33Z")

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Working on an older system. Rewriting some text file export logic that was misusing jython file commands that would sometimes error and then the file would be unusable as Ignition had it “open” technically. I query a d…

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## [Popup Calendar Formatting Question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-calendar-formatting-question/19207)

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**Author:** [@ddurant](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ddurant)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-calendar-formatting-question/19207 "2022-02-09T15:38:51Z")

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Is there a property for this component where I can format this date string; The Format String property only applies to this: I don’t want the user to pick seconds in the full calendar display. Thanks

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## [\[BUG\] updating to 8.1.7, blank screen on Tizen Browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-updating-to-8-1-7-blank-screen-on-tizen-browser/47509)

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**Author:** [@Adriaan.leRoux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Adriaan.leRoux)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-updating-to-8-1-7-blank-screen-on-tizen-browser/47509 "2022-02-09T15:33:59Z")

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Updated to 8.1.7 from 8.1.3 SCADA is displayed on a Samsung smart signage display, this uses the Tizen browser (2.1.1) After updating the gateway the screen loads correctly (without any error logs) but then the main pa…

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