# Ignition

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## [Request for help modifying Power Chart x-axis appearance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-for-help-modifying-power-chart-x-axis-appearance/104294)

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**Author:** [@tom.benat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tom.benat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-for-help-modifying-power-chart-x-axis-appearance/104294 "2025-03-27T08:51:18Z")

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I would like to reduce the length of the x-axis of this power-chart so that it intersects with the y-axis. I would like to access the properties x1, y1, x2, and y2. is this possible ? \<line x1="-0" y1="0.5" x2="211" y2=…

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## [MQTT Engine - Change history configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-engine-change-history-configuration/104086)

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**Author:** [@taguililla](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/taguililla)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mqtt-engine-change-history-configuration/104086 "2025-03-27T09:09:45Z")

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Hello, good morning. I'm trying change the history configuration in an UDT in MQTT Engine, I'm using a script, but I have this error: \[Bad\_AccessDenied("Insufficient Tag Provider Edit Permissions")\]. I don't understand …

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## [DISCUSSION: Dynamic WHERE clauses on named queries](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/discussion-dynamic-where-clauses-on-named-queries/104154)

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**Author:** [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/discussion-dynamic-where-clauses-on-named-queries/104154 "2025-03-27T09:02:13Z")

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Let me give you a bit of context. In our current project we have about 10-30 queries with different where clauses. Something like this: SELECT ORDERNUM FROM TABLE WHERE ID = :ID SELECT ORDERNUM FROM TABLE WHERE TYPE …

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## [Request for Help Modifying Graphic Appearance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-for-help-modifying-graphic-appearance/104220)

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**Author:** [@tom.benat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tom.benat)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-for-help-modifying-graphic-appearance/104220 "2025-03-27T10:24:20Z")

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I would like to reduce the length of the x-axis so that it intersects with the y-axis. I would like to access the properties x1, y1, x2, and y2. is this possible ? like this : and not like this :

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## [Modbus ASCII communication](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-ascii-communication/104216)

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**Author:** [@kenji\_furuya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kenji_furuya)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-ascii-communication/104216 "2025-03-27T08:06:32Z")

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Hi everyone, Is it possible to communicate with Modbus ASCII in Ignition? There is no native Modbus ASCII driver in Ignition, but I would like to know if there are any cases where communication has been achieved throug…

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## [Is there a way to query all "Active Subscriptions" across a tag provider?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-query-all-active-subscriptions-across-a-tag-provider/104278)

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**Author:** [@sherman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sherman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-query-all-active-subscriptions-across-a-tag-provider/104278 "2025-03-27T01:55:15Z")

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I'm doing a tag review and I have found the Tag Diagnostics -\> Active Subscriptions page which makes me think that I can programmatically find all of the tags that are no longer being used, but I don't want to have to ri…

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## [Google Map Heading](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/google-map-heading/104280)

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**Author:** [@Eric\_Bauer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Eric_Bauer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/google-map-heading/104280 "2025-03-27T00:32:36Z")

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Has anyone been successful in implementing a Google map that rotates based on the geolocation heading session prop data? If I leave the heading prop on the map null, the map stays aligned with 0 degrees as it should, an…

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## [Is there an inverse of the Advanced -\> tag() scripting function, one that can write by reference?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-an-inverse-of-the-advanced-tag-scripting-function-one-that-can-write-by-reference/104203)

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**Author:** [@sherman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sherman)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-an-inverse-of-the-advanced-tag-scripting-function-one-that-can-write-by-reference/104203 "2025-03-27T00:09:33Z")

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I have long since figured out the (hacky) way of reading tags "indirectly" using the tag() method in the expression language. Is there the opposite, that would let me write by reference? Do I need to make a basic script …

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## [Data Table entry from 2 sessions of the same project on different views](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-table-entry-from-2-sessions-of-the-same-project-on-different-views/104272)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Ford-King](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alex_Ford-King)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-table-entry-from-2-sessions-of-the-same-project-on-different-views/104272 "2025-03-26T22:53:49Z")

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I have a data entry page set up to enter data into the database and a table bound to that database to display it. This is on one page of the project. On another page in the same project I have a table bound to the same d…

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## [Ignition 7.7.1 Error connecting to a 3rd party OPC UA Server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-7-1-error-connecting-to-a-3rd-party-opc-ua-server/104273)

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**Author:** [@Varsha\_Gottipati1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Varsha_Gottipati1)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-7-1-error-connecting-to-a-3rd-party-opc-ua-server/104273 "2025-03-26T21:20:28Z")

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Hi All, A little context, we have an older version of Ignition that connects to a 3rd party (IGS OPC UA Server) on a remote computer. We started seeing issues 30 mins after the OPC UA certificate expired(03/24/25). When…

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## [SQL Server Connection Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-server-connection-error/104213)

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**Author:** [@davidy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/davidy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-server-connection-error/104213 "2025-03-26T20:52:32Z")

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I am trying to get a new Ignition 8.1.47 on Ubuntu to connect to MS SQL Server (Tried 2022 and 2019). The error I get is: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (The driver could not establish a secure connection to S…

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## [Modbus TCP device word/byte order](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-device-word-byte-order/65984)

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**Author:** [@Simen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Simen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-device-word-byte-order/65984 "2025-03-26T20:07:43Z")

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Hi, I have a modbus TCP to RTU device I'm able to communicate with using a modbus poll tool. But I am struggling getting the same results in ignition. I have two registers that makes a float value. To get the right for…

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## [Flex Repeater Missing Output Parameters](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-missing-output-parameters/104258)

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**Author:** [@Sean\_LaFleur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sean_LaFleur)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-repeater-missing-output-parameters/104258 "2025-03-26T19:04:25Z")

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I am using a flex repeater to get user input from a dropdown, but when the return values are unchanged, they disappear from the flex repeater instances array. The view takes in a Prompt\_Id parameter, which is then used …

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## [Perspective table assistance](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-assistance/86640)

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**Author:** [@ademovicemir](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ademovicemir)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-assistance/86640 "2025-03-26T16:33:04Z")

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I’m trying accomplish what seems to a “very simple” task in perspective on a table and am having some trouble with a solution. When a user clicks on a cell on the table to edit it, after they press Tab key on the keyboar…

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## [Limit Number of Selected Rows for a Table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limit-number-of-selected-rows-for-a-table/104170)

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**Author:** [@Burger\_King](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Burger_King)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/limit-number-of-selected-rows-for-a-table/104170 "2025-03-26T16:29:26Z")

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I am trying to limit the number of selected rows on a Vision table. I have tried all 3 selection modes but none of them are doing what I am expecting. Is there a way to allow only 2 selected rows in a Vision Table?

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## [\[8.1.44\] Flood of org.eclipse.jetty.http.BadMessageException: 400: No Host](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-44-flood-of-org-eclipse-jetty-http-badmessageexception-400-no-host/104107)

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**Author:** [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/8-1-44-flood-of-org-eclipse-jetty-http-badmessageexception-400-no-host/104107 "2025-03-26T16:23:38Z")

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Following a server update (not an Ignition update) over the weekend our logs have been sporadically filled with large groups of some/file/path org.eclipse.jetty.http.BadMessageException: 400: No Host The specific logge…

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## [Free space from Ignition folder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/free-space-from-ignition-folder/104253)

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**Author:** [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/free-space-from-ignition-folder/104253 "2025-03-26T15:59:37Z")

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Hello! In a server Inductive Automation folder there is Ignition folder wich is 23GB, probably is from the older Vision project that is still runing. I wonder if there are any files , logs or temp I can delete to free…

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## [Gateway Log In after restore from site back up file not working!](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-log-in-after-restore-from-site-back-up-file-not-working/104248)

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**Author:** [@ptesi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ptesi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-log-in-after-restore-from-site-back-up-file-not-working/104248 "2025-03-26T15:19:28Z")

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Hey everyone, please help. I restored my sites Ignition back up file to the Gateway today. Once complete, I am trying to launch the Perspective project from the gateway as well as log into the gateway as we only have a t…

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## [Report Builder Preview and Actual not matching up](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-builder-preview-and-actual-not-matching-up/104214)

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**Author:** [@Benjamin\_Furlani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Benjamin_Furlani)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-builder-preview-and-actual-not-matching-up/104214 "2025-03-26T14:52:18Z")

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So I am trying to use the Bar Chart. I have used it many times before but for some reason I am struggling. It works perfectly in the preview, I go to the actual perspective report viewer and it isn't even close to being …

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## [Tag Historian SQL intvalue and floatvalue Columns](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-sql-intvalue-and-floatvalue-columns/104238)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-historian-sql-intvalue-and-floatvalue-columns/104238 "2025-03-26T14:40:26Z")

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We have tag history configured on a gateway utilizing the Historian module and we now have a 3rd party vendor that wants to read some data from the tables. They have set up a query to read from the floatvalue column, bu…

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## [Print Labels from Client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-labels-from-client/94399)

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**Author:** [@Dharani\_T](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dharani_T)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-labels-from-client/94399 "2024-08-28T12:01:45Z")

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Hi team, I need to print labels automatically from a Vision client without requiring a button click. I've implemented the logic in the change event of a client tag. The printers available on the client systems are also …

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## [Dynamically modify the template height](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-modify-the-template-height/104131)

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**Author:** [@770043297](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/770043297)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamically-modify-the-template-height/104131 "2025-03-26T14:35:33Z")

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Can I modify the height expansion display with only one template without re-rendering the template templateList = event.source.parent.getComponent('Template Repeater').getLoadedTemplates() for template in templateLis…

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## [Error\_Config ("Bad\_TooManyMonitoredItems:](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-config-bad-toomanymonitoreditems/82987)

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**Author:** [@raghbir\_dhillon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/raghbir_dhillon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-config-bad-toomanymonitoreditems/82987 "2025-03-26T14:32:09Z")

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Hello all. I'm receiving an Error Config status under Value within the tag configuration. With the following message under Quality - "Error\_Configuration("Bad\_TooManyMonitoredItems: The request could not be processed bec…

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## [Hide button component on embedded view that is an a view that is also embedded in another view](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hide-button-component-on-embedded-view-that-is-an-a-view-that-is-also-embedded-in-another-view/104231)

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**Author:** [@steve.nap](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/steve.nap)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hide-button-component-on-embedded-view-that-is-an-a-view-that-is-also-embedded-in-another-view/104231 "2025-03-26T14:01:52Z")

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Hi, I have an embedded view (View 1) that is in a view (View 2) that is also embedded in another view (View 3). So View 3 has View 2 embedded and View 2 has View 1 embedded. I'd like to hide a button on View 1. View 1 …

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## [Issue with Dynamic Popup and Custom Properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-dynamic-popup-and-custom-properties/103452)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_MUSSO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Thomas_MUSSO)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/issue-with-dynamic-popup-and-custom-properties/103452 "2025-03-26T13:55:22Z")

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Hello, I'm reaching out regarding an issue with a dynamic popup. I have created custom properties on the object that should be clickable and trigger the popup: I then linked these custom properties in the popup con…

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## [Dataset - Looping through - How to get current rowIndex while in loop](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-looping-through-how-to-get-current-rowindex-while-in-loop/104197)

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**Author:** [@rpaisley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpaisley)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dataset-looping-through-how-to-get-current-rowindex-while-in-loop/104197 "2025-03-26T13:38:53Z")

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I want to loop through a dataset and when I find my if statement is true to get that current rowIndex and then use it to do a system.dataset.setValue(). def runAction(self, event): newDataSet = system.dataset.toPyDataS…

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## [Help changing from indirect binding to an expression with an IF](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-changing-from-indirect-binding-to-an-expression-with-an-if/104229)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Esposito](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Esposito)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-changing-from-indirect-binding-to-an-expression-with-an-if/104229 "2025-03-26T13:09:21Z")

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I'm trying to adjust an existing indirect binding we have to be an expression since I need to add some simple IF logic. The current indirect binding: \[default\]Knitting/KnittingMachines\[{text},78\] With text defined as …

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## [Drawing component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drawing-component/104226)

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**Author:** [@Michal\_Goralczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michal_Goralczyk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/drawing-component/104226 "2025-03-26T12:32:52Z")

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Hello, I have a perhaps trivial question but I can't find the information. The “Drawing” component appears in exchange projects. How to add such a component? I don't see it in Perspective Components. In addition, it…

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## [Accept Numeric Input Only After Confirmation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accept-numeric-input-only-after-confirmation/104224)

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**Author:** [@surajpatil26796](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/surajpatil26796)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accept-numeric-input-only-after-confirmation/104224 "2025-03-26T12:07:46Z")

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Hi Experts, I am new to ignition and playing around with vision components. I have a Numeric input field which allows a user to edit the value and accept the value only after pressing ENTER button. Now i want to have …

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## [Commenting out a block of code](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/commenting-out-a-block-of-code/3840)

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**Author:** [@Nate.Olson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nate.Olson)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/commenting-out-a-block-of-code/3840 "2025-03-26T11:42:09Z")

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Is there a way to comment out a block of code in the script editor rather than using the # character for each line? Thanks, Nate

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