# Ignition **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1318 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1319 --- ## [PDF Viewer Search Function unaccessible with touchscreen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-viewer-search-function-unaccessible-with-touchscreen/22365)
**Author:** [@willr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/willr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-viewer-search-function-unaccessible-with-touchscreen/22365 "2019-02-05T23:58:07Z")
My issue is that the PDF Viewer’s search function in the Reporting Module is not accessible from a touchscreen since touching the search field does not open the Keyboard. Is there a property that would Allow me to feed … --- ## [Ignition Installation problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-installation-problem/22362)
**Author:** [@amrmohamedelhag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amrmohamedelhag)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-installation-problem/22362 "2019-02-05T22:33:21Z")
I am facing a problem with ‘Ignition-7.9.10-linux-32-installer.run’ installation --- ## [What is the practical scale-ability for adding devices on a single license?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-practical-scale-ability-for-adding-devices-on-a-single-license/21293)
**Author:** [@Data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Data)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/what-is-the-practical-scale-ability-for-adding-devices-on-a-single-license/21293 "2019-02-05T22:12:09Z")
Hey everyone! Any advice on this would be appreciated. I understand that the unlimited license allows for an unlimited amount of devices to be added, but how practical would it be to add, say for example, 10,000 device… --- ## [Logging of String Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-of-string-tags/22358)
**Author:** [@MikeAllgood](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MikeAllgood)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-of-string-tags/22358 "2019-02-05T21:42:37Z")
I’ve been asked by a customer to include string tag values in a table that is being populated using the system.tag.queryTagHistory function. They want these string tags logged along with the relevant analog data. In ess… --- ## [Hiding a component based on username](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hiding-a-component-based-on-username/22354)
**Author:** [@damzagar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/damzagar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hiding-a-component-based-on-username/22354 "2019-02-05T20:44:59Z")
I have a client script which checks the logged in user and opens a window if the result is false. name = system.security.getUsername() if name != ‘test’ : system.nav.openWindow(“Main Windows/Test”) Next thing I want … --- ## [Testing a tag value change to run every Sunday in trial version of Ignition messing everything up](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/testing-a-tag-value-change-to-run-every-sunday-in-trial-version-of-ignition-messing-everything-up/22353)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/testing-a-tag-value-change-to-run-every-sunday-in-trial-version-of-ignition-messing-everything-up/22353 "2019-02-05T19:12:20Z")
You may remember my last post about trying to call a stored procedure from a tag value change, that all worked out now (was due to the stored procedure being defined by a user not in the db - never forget Ignition isn’t … --- ## [Power table - add blank row with scripted text between a groups of questions for a header](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-add-blank-row-with-scripted-text-between-a-groups-of-questions-for-a-header/22258)
**Author:** [@jshaffer09](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jshaffer09)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-add-blank-row-with-scripted-text-between-a-groups-of-questions-for-a-header/22258 "2019-02-05T13:19:07Z")
Has anyone inserted blank rows with scripted text between groups of questions or values? --- ## [Problem unicode character with JSON API feeback](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-unicode-character-with-json-api-feeback/22339)
**Author:** [@etienne.leroy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/etienne.leroy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-unicode-character-with-json-api-feeback/22339 "2019-02-05T11:54:34Z")
I have an issue using some API or Http Callback with Ignition. When acceding to JSON Data either as a reply of an http get using an API or with an Http post retrieved by a webdev python script, Ignition add some “u” cha… --- ## [NULL values on RS Linx tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/null-values-on-rs-linx-tags/21622)
**Author:** [@pdixon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdixon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/null-values-on-rs-linx-tags/21622 "2019-02-05T00:15:07Z")
I am able to browse to tags in an RS Linx topic, but the values are showing up NULL. The Rockwell OPC test client shows the values correctly, so I know that OPC is “working”. Since I can browse from Ignition, it can se… --- ## [Expression stringFormat() Documentation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-stringformat-documentation/22336)
**Author:** [@jgooding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jgooding)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-stringformat-documentation/22336 "2019-02-04T22:27:08Z")
Is there better documentation for stringformat() the 7.9 and 8.0 manuals are really lacking in an explanation in the manual. What string format parameters are available and what do they do? https://docs.inductiveautoma… --- ## [Scripting Console Class Instance Destruction Incomplete](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-console-class-instance-destruction-incomplete/22331)
**Author:** [@cmaynes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmaynes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-console-class-instance-destruction-incomplete/22331 "2019-02-04T21:01:38Z")
I have a class that opens a socket and I am running this in the script console. When I hit the Clear button or the Reset button, I can no longer access the class instance and I get a name error when I try to in the shel… --- ## [Compactlogix V21 and later](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compactlogix-v21-and-later/22332)
**Author:** [@athayer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/athayer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/compactlogix-v21-and-later/22332 "2019-02-04T20:57:36Z")
How do I setup and OPC device to an AB Compactlogix V21 or later? I am running version 7.6.6 When I create a new device I only have options for AB Compactlogix and Contrologix V20 or earlier. The manual states that th… --- ## [Window Layout - Portrait v Landscape](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/window-layout-portrait-v-landscape/22281)
**Author:** [@ematschke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ematschke)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/window-layout-portrait-v-landscape/22281 "2019-02-04T18:19:43Z")
--- ## [Tags with hundreds of tag ids](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-with-hundreds-of-tag-ids/22261)
**Author:** [@salbrechtsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/salbrechtsen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tags-with-hundreds-of-tag-ids/22261 "2019-02-04T16:14:38Z")
In my sqlth\_te table I have one tag with 767 tag ids and 46 with 450+ tag ids. The remaining tens of thousands of tags have less than 10. This is causing some tag history queries to take 5-10 minutes to run and causing … --- ## [Power table background color change based on another columns value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-background-color-change-based-on-another-columns-value/22144)
**Author:** [@jshaffer09](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jshaffer09)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-background-color-change-based-on-another-columns-value/22144 "2019-02-04T15:49:32Z")
How do you change the background color of a column based on another columns value. I can change the same column but I don’t know how to get it to change another ones background. The script below just changes that certain… --- ## [Power Table Scripted Text Not Showing Up In Dataset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-scripted-text-not-showing-up-in-dataset/22320)
**Author:** [@jshaffer09](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jshaffer09)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-scripted-text-not-showing-up-in-dataset/22320 "2019-02-04T14:12:55Z")
In configureCell extension function have scripted text that automaticly gets inserted to the table but it doesn’t show up in the dataset. Is there a way to get this to go in to the dataset? --- ## [How to link pre-select values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-link-pre-select-values/22319)
**Author:** [@mtacina](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mtacina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-link-pre-select-values/22319 "2019-02-04T13:51:12Z")
Hello, I have a question… i would like to pre-select file based on list of PN Lets say, that i have PN :Apple1 and for this i have 5 box with values pre-selected and need to upload them to PLC based on PN “Apple1” An… --- ## [SetpointA does not appear in active data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setpointa-does-not-appear-in-active-data/22316)
**Author:** [@adolfo.rafael.martin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adolfo.rafael.martin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/setpointa-does-not-appear-in-active-data/22316 "2019-02-04T13:20:48Z")
SetpointA does not appear in active data when an alarm is created e.g. Data Type = Boolean Mode = “Not Equal” (to Setpoint) Setpoint = 0 Yet, it appears in others that are Float and alarm when “Above Setpoint”. Code… --- ## [Problem: Cyrillic alphabet in array](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-cyrillic-alphabet-in-array/22242)
**Author:** [@Piotr.Olejnik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Piotr.Olejnik)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problem-cyrillic-alphabet-in-array/22242 "2019-02-04T10:43:56Z")
Hello, I have some problem with Cyrillic alphabet in ignition scripting. When i get username from database that contains a Cyrillic character it’s ok as long as I keep it in single variable. But once i asign it into arr… --- ## [Connecting to Visual FoxPro Database (.DBC File)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-visual-foxpro-database-dbc-file/2531)
**Author:** [@Cas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-visual-foxpro-database-dbc-file/2531 "2019-02-04T07:08:07Z")
Our production database is done in Visual Foxpro (I am told the database file has a .DBC extension). Has anyone gone through the steps to connect to that type of a database? Do I need to use the ODBC-JDBC bridge that co… --- ## [Tracking of materials in a conveyance system](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tracking-of-materials-in-a-conveyance-system/22272)
**Author:** [@nar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tracking-of-materials-in-a-conveyance-system/22272 "2019-02-04T06:59:53Z")
Does anyone here have experience tracking materials by index in a rather long conveyance system? Think of materials being placed on a line to age for a month and indexing down one at a time and then coming off the other… --- ## [Change project's minimum client window size at runtime](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-projects-minimum-client-window-size-at-runtime/8407)
**Author:** [@miketob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/miketob)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-projects-minimum-client-window-size-at-runtime/8407 "2019-02-04T06:03:48Z")
Hello, Is is possible to change this settings at runtime with scripting? Thank you. --- ## [JDBC Driver for DBF files (Sesame Software)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-driver-for-dbf-files-sesame-software/22311)
**Author:** [@Cas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-driver-for-dbf-files-sesame-software/22311 "2019-02-04T00:16:59Z")
Hi All, Life has a way of repeating itself… 8 years ago I started a thread about a DBF driver that helped me and a few others connect to a FoxPro database. http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-visual-fo… --- ## [Ignition Mobile Fixed Client Identifier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-mobile-fixed-client-identifier/16682)
**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-mobile-fixed-client-identifier/16682 "2019-02-03T22:48:49Z")
Hi, I'm trying to develop a user-customisable mobile app where the user can, on first run, select a few preferences which will then persist on that device until they change them e.g. like using cookies. On the PC, th… --- ## [Easy-Chart Slows Down Clients in Linux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-slows-down-clients-in-linux/22107)
**Author:** [@daniel.desimone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/daniel.desimone)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-slows-down-clients-in-linux/22107 "2019-02-03T01:39:08Z")
I am running 7.9.10 on an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system. Whenever a client is running on a Linux based system (either on the server or remotely), the client will slow down if an easy-chart is displayed. Effectively, the frames… --- ## [Alarm pipline configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipline-configuration/22199)
**Author:** [@alex.cordova.ee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alex.cordova.ee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipline-configuration/22199 "2019-02-01T21:59:44Z")
Is there a way to write to tag on alarm pipline? Also when I activate alarm, after maybe a minute it drops on its own, even if it is left on. --- ## [Pre load drop down value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pre-load-drop-down-value/22288)
**Author:** [@craigb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/craigb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pre-load-drop-down-value/22288 "2019-02-01T21:22:27Z")
I’ve tried various methods but cant seem to get it right. I have a form where I edit machine specs and have two drop downs that I want to pre-load a value into, that value will be the current option for that machine lik… --- ## [Write a script that runs the first of each month at midnight - how?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/write-a-script-that-runs-the-first-of-each-month-at-midnight-how/22267)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/write-a-script-that-runs-the-first-of-each-month-at-midnight-how/22267 "2019-02-01T21:22:15Z")
I want to run a very simple script that helps keep our database healthy, once a month on the first of each month at midnight. It is NOT important that it happens at midnight to the millisecond, however, it should most d… --- ## [Alarm journal profiles and audit profiles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-profiles-and-audit-profiles/7727)
**Author:** [@Javachon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Javachon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-profiles-and-audit-profiles/7727 "2019-02-01T21:17:39Z")
Why someone would create multiple alarm journal profiles or multiple audit profiles if there is no way to select what event goes in what journal? In our case, we serve multiple customers in a hub and spoke architecture… --- ## [Showing One of My Open Windows as Full Screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-one-of-my-open-windows-as-full-screen/22285)
**Author:** [@cmaynes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmaynes)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/showing-one-of-my-open-windows-as-full-screen/22285 "2019-02-01T19:28:38Z")
I have 4 windows, a header, a footer, a sidebar for navigation, and a main window with a plot. From time to time users want need to watch the plot from afar as they make adjustments to a DUT to troubleshoot a problem. My… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1317) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=1319)