# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1294 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1295 --- ## [Perspective: How can I get the current size of the View in the client?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-i-get-the-current-size-of-the-view-in-the-client/24717)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-i-get-the-current-size-of-the-view-in-the-client/24717 "2019-05-07T23:13:00Z")
8.0.0 As title asks, I’d like to get the current size of the View in the client, but am a bit stumped… --- ## [Perspective: How can I tell what type a component is?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-i-tell-what-type-a-component-is/24680)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-i-tell-what-type-a-component-is/24680 "2019-05-07T23:10:51Z")
Just starting to use Perspective… How can I tell what type a component is by clicking on it? There doesn’t seem to be anywhere to tell me that, for example, the component I’ve clicked on is a Label, or an Embedded View. … --- ## [system.net.httpGet errors](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-net-httpget-errors/24771)
**Author:** [@RForshey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RForshey)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-net-httpget-errors/24771 "2019-05-07T23:06:59Z")
I’ve got to retrieve information from a REST API. If I run this query in ARC, I get the information and the world is an awesome place: http://devapp1:8080/cellfusion/api/v1/orders/details?sales-order=001000017359&token… --- ## [Degraded Scanclass Performance - UaTcpClientAcknowledgeHandler?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/degraded-scanclass-performance-uatcpclientacknowledgehandler/24770)
**Author:** [@bfuson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bfuson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/degraded-scanclass-performance-uatcpclientacknowledgehandler/24770 "2019-05-07T22:51:59Z")
I’m experiencing a deluge of these warnings the past couple of weeks that I assumed were the cause of my degraded tag scanclass performance. Finally found the related logger, or so I think, since the events are paired: … --- ## [Vision Images: Missing image property or event?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-images-missing-image-property-or-event/24769)
**Author:** [@silverbacknet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/silverbacknet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-images-missing-image-property-or-event/24769 "2019-05-07T21:34:17Z")
Is there any way to tell when an Image component gets set to a nonexistent image source, or there’s some other issue in retrieving it? Since I’m setting them to http in script, I could run a urllib3 request against them… --- ## [Gatewary is Faulted... I'm making a new installation and can't get the gateway running](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gatewary-is-faulted-im-making-a-new-installation-and-cant-get-the-gateway-running/24768)
**Author:** [@alejandro.carrillo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alejandro.carrillo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gatewary-is-faulted-im-making-a-new-installation-and-cant-get-the-gateway-running/24768 "2019-05-07T21:26:31Z")
I am installing Ignition and cannot get the gateway running. I already reviewed similar conversations but haven’t found an answer. Could anyone assist? Thanks --- ## [Bind an XY Chart dataSource to ../Table.props.data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-an-xy-chart-datasource-to-table-props-data/24749)
**Author:** [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-an-xy-chart-datasource-to-table-props-data/24749 "2019-05-07T15:17:21Z")
Ignition 8.0.0 seems to be buggy when the XY Chart has its Tag History date range changed rapidly / often. The Table component does not suffer this problem. Is it possible to have the XY Chart bind to the …/Table.props.… --- ## [Gateway Network - Remote Alarm Shelving](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-remote-alarm-shelving/24327)
**Author:** [@robwarren](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robwarren)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-network-remote-alarm-shelving/24327 "2019-04-23T17:10:39Z")
Hello, We have a simple 2 gateway network. All of the Clients connect to gateway A, and all of the tags are kept and processed on gateway B. We are trying to shelve alarms through the Alarm Status Table, but when we d… --- ## [isALarmActiveFiltered expression tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/isalarmactivefiltered-expression-tags/24651)
**Author:** [@mattn1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mattn1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/isalarmactivefiltered-expression-tags/24651 "2019-05-07T17:29:31Z")
I have been having difficulty getting good quality and values from the isALarmActiveFiltered expression on expression tags. Here is an example I’m looking for any active alarms that have the display path Gen/Cylinder i… --- ## [JSON to XML conversion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/json-to-xml-conversion/24757)
**Author:** [@sullah1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sullah1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/json-to-xml-conversion/24757 "2019-05-07T17:23:18Z")
I am trying convert tags from a third party application. The tags are in JSON format and i think Ignition v7.9 accepts csv or xml files. Does anyone know how to convert JSON files to xml or csv to upload tags into Ignit… --- ## [Multi-line strings in a power table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multi-line-strings-in-a-power-table/24690)
**Author:** [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multi-line-strings-in-a-power-table/24690 "2019-05-07T17:13:12Z")
If a string in a database field contains line feed characters, is there any way of displaying this as a multi-line string in a power table? --- ## [Binding Transforms - Will these make it into Vision eventually?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-transforms-will-these-make-it-into-vision-eventually/24716)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/binding-transforms-will-these-make-it-into-vision-eventually/24716 "2019-05-07T16:43:21Z")
The new binding transforms in Perspective look super useful, but I notice they’re not in Vision (yet?). Will these be added into Vision at some stage as well? --- ## [Conditional Bold Text in a Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/conditional-bold-text-in-a-table/24696)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/conditional-bold-text-in-a-table/24696 "2019-05-07T16:34:41Z")
I have a normal table with one boolean column that want to dictate if the entire row text is bolded or not bolded. I can’t find anything helpful under the Table Customizer. The two things I can think of is to use the ge… --- ## [runScript expression with Indirect tag(custom property)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-expression-with-indirect-tag-custom-property/24685)
**Author:** [@leeroy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/leeroy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/runscript-expression-with-indirect-tag-custom-property/24685 "2019-05-07T16:31:46Z")
Hi , i’m trying to use the run script function with an argument that as a custom properties. it’s not working i’m missing something but don’t know what. here is the script runScript(“shared.backgroundcolor.backgroundco… --- ## [Dynamic binding to a list](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-binding-to-a-list/20288)
**Author:** [@readywebsolutions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/readywebsolutions)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-binding-to-a-list/20288 "2019-05-07T16:15:17Z")
I'd like to create a binding, when a component's property depends on the list of other component, whose reference numbers are given in the form of a string (or a dataset). I could compile the expression string from the l… --- ## [Why doesn't the Query node show up in my project tree?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesnt-the-query-node-show-up-in-my-project-tree/24751)
**Author:** [@EEdmondson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EEdmondson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/why-doesnt-the-query-node-show-up-in-my-project-tree/24751 "2019-05-07T15:46:34Z")
I have a database connection enabled but there is no option to add a query because there is no query node in the project tree. I have another project that is very similar that has the query node so I don’t know why I can… --- ## [Script Initialization / Scoping Help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-initialization-scoping-help/24748)
**Author:** [@sanderson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sanderson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-initialization-scoping-help/24748 "2019-05-07T15:41:35Z")
Background: I programmed an event based system for logging data from PLC. PLC fires an ‘event’ that contains a code for event type and then data associated with that event type. Currently I do this all in one global sh… --- ## [\[Bug-13679\] Ignition 8 Audit Log](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13679-ignition-8-audit-log/24261)
**Author:** [@nick.schuetz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nick.schuetz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13679-ignition-8-audit-log/24261 "2019-05-07T15:29:45Z")
Tag events don’t appear to be saving in the audit log. I have made sure that the log is assigned to the project, have removed, deleted and recreated the log a few times. Client login and logout actions are being logged, … --- ## [Date Range 'Auto' date style](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-auto-date-style/24669)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-auto-date-style/24669 "2019-05-07T13:37:29Z")
What exactly does the ‘Auto’ Date Style mean? I live in Australia where we write the date as DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD, and have my Windows datetime format set as such, however the ‘Auto’ option in Ignition components for… --- ## [\[QUESTION\] Ignition WebService Solution](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-ignition-webservice-solution/24735)
**Author:** [@ErikC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ErikC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-ignition-webservice-solution/24735 "2019-05-07T12:56:58Z")
Hello everyone, We use Ignition as part of an industrial project. We currently need to create web services quickly and I was wondering if Ignition would be the solution. In a test period I would like to know if it’s p… --- ## [Client Performance Monitoring](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-performance-monitoring/12227)
**Author:** [@ErikG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ErikG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-performance-monitoring/12227 "2019-05-07T12:23:57Z")
Has anyone made a successful attempt at getting client app (or PC) metrics? Ideally, we would have a screen that would show all connected clients and their respective CPU%, Memory, Ping Time, etc. The client diagnosti… --- ## [Change Login screen?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-login-screen/11686)
**Author:** [@sudhamoorthy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sudhamoorthy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-login-screen/11686 "2019-05-07T08:25:59Z")
Hi, Is it possible to change the login screen of ignition applications? Currently, we are able to change only text and image. Can we make a login screen with more options?or can we make login screen in other technolo… --- ## [Error when executing a Client Tag Change script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-executing-a-client-tag-change-script/24581)
**Author:** [@Henk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Henk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-when-executing-a-client-tag-change-script/24581 "2019-05-07T07:14:42Z")
Error message: Error executing tag change script. Tag event received for unknown property. Path: \[client\]tagname, property: Value The script is executed though. --- ## [Java Swing JMenuBar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-swing-jmenubar/5928)
**Author:** [@djones](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/djones)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-swing-jmenubar/5928 "2019-05-07T02:57:06Z")
I would like to use the JMenuBar from the Java Swing class to do some custom navigation. 3 questions: Is this possible? (I suspect yes) Can this be used as a component through the designer or is it built at design ti… --- ## [Ignition 8 Certification](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-certification/24214)
**Author:** [@kevincgc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevincgc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-certification/24214 "2019-04-19T00:13:04Z")
Will we have to redo the entire course on Inductiveuniversity if we’re certified for Ignition 7.9 or will there be a small update course to introduce the changes made in Ignition 8? --- ## [\[BUG-13535\] Screens lock up client and designer after upgrade to Ignition 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13535-screens-lock-up-client-and-designer-after-upgrade-to-ignition-8/24035)
**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13535-screens-lock-up-client-and-designer-after-upgrade-to-ignition-8/24035 "2019-05-06T22:20:15Z")
Hey all, I am testing Ignition 8 with my existing project and I have successfully imported a gateway backup and for the most part everything is happy. There are a few screens though that if I open them up in either the … --- ## [Ignition Client Launcher Launch Timer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-client-launcher-launch-timer/24618)
**Author:** [@ryanastiefes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanastiefes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-client-launcher-launch-timer/24618 "2019-05-06T21:08:52Z")
How would I allow the Ignition Client Launcher screen to stay open longer so I can click on the gears to pick my Available Gateways. Is there already a post on this. --- ## [Tag historian compare with real time OPC value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-compare-with-real-time-opc-value/24700)
**Author:** [@leeroy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/leeroy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-compare-with-real-time-opc-value/24700 "2019-05-06T20:17:53Z")
Hi, I’m trying to build something that will compare the historian value with the current OPC value, if for some reason the value are different I want the background of the numeric input to blink. I have a window with m… --- ## [Using drop down as a conditional for an if statement](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-drop-down-as-a-conditional-for-an-if-statement/24657)
**Author:** [@ethanrendlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ethanrendlen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-drop-down-as-a-conditional-for-an-if-statement/24657 "2019-05-06T17:38:14Z")
Hello, See this picture of the drop down: My code is: if event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Dropdown’).selectedStringValue == “Labeling” : #The event is not triggered as it should be, I have some logic that runs pro… --- ## [Set color using "Set Property" script builder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-color-using-set-property-script-builder/24698)
**Author:** [@bboth](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bboth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-color-using-set-property-script-builder/24698 "2019-05-06T16:49:20Z")
Hello, How do I properly enter a color value into the “To this value:” field of the Set Property script builder? I am trying to change the foreground color of a label on mouse entered event. I thought this would be very… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1293) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1295)