# Ignition

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## [Floating Window Bottom Right Corner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/floating-window-bottom-right-corner/6363)

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**Author:** [@WillMT10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WillMT10)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/floating-window-bottom-right-corner/6363 "2013-05-20T21:03:05Z")

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I'm currently working on a chat feature that will have a chat icon at the bottom right corner. This chat icon will also expand to show any new message that are received. When it is clicked on it will resize back to the…

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## [Alarm History Component Details Function](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-history-component-details-function/6502)

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**Author:** [@gadgetguru69](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gadgetguru69)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-history-component-details-function/6502 "2013-05-20T20:38:36Z")

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In the Alarm history Component when selecting an alarm from the grid and then going to the details for that alarm the properties are not showing up correctly for the alarm in the details popup. If you do the same thing i…

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## [Notification Blocks Loose Edited Values When Upgrading](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notification-blocks-loose-edited-values-when-upgrading/6525)

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**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/notification-blocks-loose-edited-values-when-upgrading/6525 "2013-05-20T19:00:39Z")

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Hey guys, I upgraded from 7.6 to 7.6 RC3 over the weekend and I noticed that all of my notification blocks in the pipelines I had made put all of the default values back into the notification tab fields (From Address, …

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## [Multi-State Indicator and Pushbutton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multi-state-indicator-and-pushbutton/6518)

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**Author:** [@jalton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jalton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/multi-state-indicator-and-pushbutton/6518 "2013-05-20T18:51:59Z")

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I upgraded to 7.6.1-rc to get around the issue with template parameters and found that Multi-state indicators and pushbuttons and a few other objects can not be added to a window. Here is the code generated. java.lang…

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## [Phone Issues with Multiple Users in Contact Roster](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/phone-issues-with-multiple-users-in-contact-roster/6443)

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**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/phone-issues-with-multiple-users-in-contact-roster/6443 "2013-05-20T18:27:06Z")

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Hey guys, I was playing with the VoIP stuff today and we got the VoIP calling to work but when I was playing around with some multi user contact stuff I started running into a few issues. When there is only one person …

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## [Alarm Status Table column and state names](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-column-and-state-names/6425)

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**Author:** [@quper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/quper)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-column-and-state-names/6425 "2013-05-20T18:12:53Z")

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Hi! Is it possible to change Alarm Status table column names and alarm state text (Cleared, Acknowledged etc.)?

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## [Tabbing through input boxes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tabbing-through-input-boxes/6531)

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**Author:** [@mikehill100](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mikehill100)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tabbing-through-input-boxes/6531 "2013-05-20T18:04:42Z")

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Is there a way that Ignition can be configured so that a user can tab through input boxes using the Enter button instead of Tab? Thanks, Mike

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## [Contact Info Query fails for AD/DB Hybrid user source](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/contact-info-query-fails-for-ad-db-hybrid-user-source/6413)

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**Author:** [@chi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/contact-info-query-fails-for-ad-db-hybrid-user-source/6413 "2013-05-20T16:44:35Z")

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I tried to test e-mail notification but somehow i don't find the right query to fetch the contact information. The logged error is: I tried a couple of queries like: SELECT c.contact\_type Type, c.contact\_value Value…

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## [OPC-DA Connection faulting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-da-connection-faulting/6506)

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**Author:** [@onestank](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/onestank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-da-connection-faulting/6506 "2013-05-20T16:39:27Z")

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I have an OPC-DA connection to a local machine that has been up and running for about a week. The connection faulted with the following error. I had this happen once before and was able to go to the gateway config…

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## [Use tag from PLC1 to turn on tag in PLC2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-tag-from-plc1-to-turn-on-tag-in-plc2/6515)

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**Author:** [@TimE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TimE)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/use-tag-from-plc1-to-turn-on-tag-in-plc2/6515 "2013-05-20T09:57:06Z")

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I need to monitor an OPC tag in one PLC and turn on an OPC tag in another PLC. Another kicker: the source PLC tag is on for about 3 or 4 minutes but the second OPC tag can only be on for about 1 or 2 seconds. I have ne…

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## [Having modbus string problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/having-modbus-string-problem/6421)

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**Author:** [@gekkoman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gekkoman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/having-modbus-string-problem/6421 "2013-05-20T06:17:49Z")

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Ignition 7.5.6 Have a PAC3200 power meter with string data (2 x words/register) as per the manual. Creating a sqltag with \[meter\]1.HRS64001:54 Data via modbus driver trace 2:04:28 PM ReadHoldingRegistersRequ…

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## [Expose all the tag of a GW DB with OPC-UA server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expose-all-the-tag-of-a-gw-db-with-opc-ua-server/6522)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expose-all-the-tag-of-a-gw-db-with-opc-ua-server/6522 "2013-05-18T16:47:08Z")

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For a new type of architecture, to aggregate 2 or more Real Time Gateway database to a central database (A copy tag archiecture), an option or a device to expose all the tag of a database (memory and other) with the inte…

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## [Pivot grid component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pivot-grid-component/6520)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pivot-grid-component/6520 "2013-05-18T14:11:14Z")

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A pivot grid component for summarizing, organizing and analyzing data in vision will be a great feature ! example : http://www.citra-tech.com/products/pivotscreenshots.html

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## [Show List of User Roles in Roster Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-list-of-user-roles-in-roster-component/6519)

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**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/show-list-of-user-roles-in-roster-component/6519 "2013-05-18T12:47:26Z")

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Hey guys, It would be nice if, when editing a roster in the roster component, a list of the user roles was shown next to the available users on the left hand side. This is handy because the role the user is assigned to…

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## [Can't Create New Rosters with Roster Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-create-new-rosters-with-roster-component/6452)

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**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-create-new-rosters-with-roster-component/6452 "2013-05-18T12:41:22Z")

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Hey guys, The new On-Call Roster component won't allow me to create new rosters for some reason. I can create new rosters from the gateway configuration page but not in the component. Also, if I do create a new roster …

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## [Server Crashed with Memory PermGen Space Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/server-crashed-with-memory-permgen-space-error/6516)

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**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/server-crashed-with-memory-permgen-space-error/6516 "2013-05-17T21:41:31Z")

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Hey guys, I just had one of my servers crash with a Java PermGen Space memory error, whatever that means. I’ll include the wrapper log file. Once I got the server back up and running I looked at my memory trend and it s…

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## [Inserting images into HTML help pages](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inserting-images-into-html-help-pages/6439)

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**Author:** [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inserting-images-into-html-help-pages/6439 "2013-05-17T16:28:11Z")

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I am developing context based help pages for a ‘canned’ application we have using Ignition. I am creating help pages such as this with HTML: I would like to take screen shots and store a \*.jpg and wrap text around …

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## [Alarming.notification Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarming-notification-error/6513)

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**Author:** [@Powerplan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Powerplan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarming-notification-error/6513 "2013-05-17T16:26:30Z")

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Morning Just trying out 7.6.1-rc2(b2250) on Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.6.0\_37 Get the following on a simple Voice pipeline, no message sent, worked OK on the last beta. Time Logger Message \[WARN\] 16:15:49 Alarmin…

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## [Alarm History Table Filter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-history-table-filter/6474)

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**Author:** [@gadgetguru69](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gadgetguru69)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-history-table-filter/6474 "2013-05-17T11:26:44Z")

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Just wanted to let you guys know that It look like the priority filters built into the alarm history table are not working correctly or at least I can seam to get them to work. The search filter works fine just not the p…

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## [Alarm in Active But Not Logging to Database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-in-active-but-not-logging-to-database/6507)

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**Author:** [@gadgetguru69](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gadgetguru69)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-in-active-but-not-logging-to-database/6507 "2013-05-16T20:28:28Z")

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We have several hundred alarms configured in the system and I am seeing strange behavior by one that is a alarm monitoring machine state. There are 3 states configured all to equal mode. 0=Down 1=MG Sets Running and 2=Ex…

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## [Sending an email attachment](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sending-an-email-attachment/1641)

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**Author:** [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sending-an-email-attachment/1641 "2013-05-16T20:01:39Z")

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I'm trying to send a file as an email attachment, but I keep getting an error. I can send the email itself successfully with the following code: smtp="my smtp server" myFrom="my email address" subject="Test email fro…

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## [dateFormat and dateArithmetic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dateformat-and-datearithmetic/6505)

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**Author:** [@dropKAG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dropKAG)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dateformat-and-datearithmetic/6505 "2013-05-16T19:23:39Z")

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NEWBIE HERE... Thanks for the assistance! Date minus a day: dateArithmetic(now(), -1, "day") Formatting the date dateFormat(toDate(now()), "MMM d") Date minus a day plus formatting... which doesn't work but can it? …

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## [JDBC driver w/ required DLL](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-driver-w-required-dll/6471)

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**Author:** [@Dravik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dravik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-driver-w-required-dll/6471 "2013-05-16T18:49:46Z")

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I have a JDBC driver(PI JDBC, trying to interface Ignition to our historian) that has a required DLL along with it. I was planning on installed it on the same system as my Ignition setup and bringing the .Jar into Igniti…

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## [UPDATE SQL command question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/update-sql-command-question/6501)

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**Author:** [@kevinmarchand](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevinmarchand)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/update-sql-command-question/6501 "2013-05-16T15:53:18Z")

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Hi, I am trying to update the last record of a table with this sql statement. UPDATE \[Downtime\] SET \[End\] = '2013-05-16 10:01:04' WHERE \[ID\] = (SELECT MAX(\[ID\]) FROM \[Downtime\]) I am getting this error, Can…

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## [Template Properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties/6408)

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**Author:** [@allenr8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/allenr8)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties/6408 "2013-05-16T08:05:18Z")

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I have an issue with trying to add template parameter. Anytime I add a new parameter to an existing or new template I get the following error: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.desi…

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## [Calling SQL Stored Procedure from binding expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-sql-stored-procedure-from-binding-expression/6486)

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**Author:** [@momoore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/momoore)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-sql-stored-procedure-from-binding-expression/6486 "2013-05-16T04:14:58Z")

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I am trying to bind an opc tag path to a customer property dynamically by calling a stored procedure that builds the path. the entry below in an expression for the property works: {Industrial\_HiVision/F\_Project/F\_M…

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## [Replace string escape in an expression](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/replace-string-escape-in-an-expression/6489)

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**Author:** [@onestank](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/onestank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/replace-string-escape-in-an-expression/6489 "2013-05-15T20:06:13Z")

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I am trying to edit the value returned from the file explorer component selected path. My selected path would be like \[color=#0000BF\]P:\\OWSTransfer\\Scanner\_INI\\EC\_first.INI\[/color\] and i want to replace the \[color=#0000…

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## [Changing screens based on PLC tag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-screens-based-on-plc-tag/6483)

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**Author:** [@rcorkern](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rcorkern)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-screens-based-on-plc-tag/6483 "2013-05-15T18:32:15Z")

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viewtopic.php?f=70&t=9762&p=34061&hilit=tag+change+screen+change#p34061 This worked fine, in addition to the HMI they will now be launching a client from a laptop. Everytime the screen toggle PLC tag is changed it cha…

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## [Java update problem](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-update-problem/6459)

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**Author:** [@Henry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Henry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-update-problem/6459 "2013-05-15T14:24:59Z")

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I have a few client systems that when I updated the Java gave this error message.

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## [Template Parameters Dialog: OK button is not working](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-parameters-dialog-ok-button-is-not-working/6478)

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**Author:** [@nclemeur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nclemeur)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-parameters-dialog-ok-button-is-not-working/6478 "2013-05-15T07:07:21Z")

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Hello all, I am trying to add a custom properties to a template, so I add the the property in the template parameters, but seems that there is a problem when clicking on the OK button... Is there aanother way to modify…

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