# Ignition

**URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/c/ignition/6.md?page=551

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## [Easy Chart - How to change cursor to Hand, when on point](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-how-to-change-cursor-to-hand-when-on-point/80751)

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**Author:** [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-how-to-change-cursor-to-hand-when-on-point/80751 "2023-10-21T05:03:33Z")

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Does anybody (@justinedwards.jle maybe) know, how to change the cursor to HAND when on point on Easy Chart in Vision? I have this (custom ChartMouseListener from another forum post and it is working great) in the Mous…

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## [Component Extension Function Calls](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-extension-function-calls/80662)

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**Author:** [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-extension-function-calls/80662 "2023-10-21T03:46:00Z")

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How do we know when extension functions are called? Some are fairly apparent, others not so much. For instance, when does EasyChart.configureChart() run? When the chart first opens?

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## [httpClient PUT doesn't seem to be including the body](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/httpclient-put-doesnt-seem-to-be-including-the-body/80792)

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**Author:** [@tctx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tctx)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/httpclient-put-doesnt-seem-to-be-including-the-body/80792 "2023-10-21T00:55:58Z")

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I'm trying to send a single observation of a collection of tags to a Web API endpoint. The Web API expects a PUT request with a JSON body that has a few string:float entries. I'm attempting to use an system.net.httpClie…

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## [Remote Debugging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-debugging/80788)

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**Author:** [@Gustavo\_Rojas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Gustavo_Rojas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-debugging/80788 "2023-10-20T22:16:39Z")

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I am new to Inductive development I know I can use GitHub - ignition-api/8.1: 📦 Package for the Ignition Scripting API version 8.1 for "From running database queries, manipulating components, to exporting data, script…

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## [How to have one common Y-axis for two values in xy chart?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-have-one-common-y-axis-for-two-values-in-xy-chart/80796)

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**Author:** [@Ramy\_Shalaby](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ramy_Shalaby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-have-one-common-y-axis-for-two-values-in-xy-chart/80796 "2023-10-20T21:27:06Z")

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Hello, I have a dataset being returned from a database query. The first value is the X-axis and the second and third axis are Y values. How to make the Y-axis common? Thanks in advance

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## [Migrate tag history when Tag location has changed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/migrate-tag-history-when-tag-location-has-changed/80732)

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**Author:** [@crogar24](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/crogar24)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/migrate-tag-history-when-tag-location-has-changed/80732 "2023-10-20T21:24:25Z")

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Hi, I've been trying to maintain historical data in a continuous format but I ran into an issue when I had to change the location of my tag in the my tag data provider. The previous data won't be displayed in the trends…

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## [Broadcast message to all open session](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/broadcast-message-to-all-open-session/80735)

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**Author:** [@Eugene49](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Eugene49)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/broadcast-message-to-all-open-session/80735 "2023-10-20T20:16:15Z")

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I saw many threads on system.util.sendMessage. But really, how do you properly broadcast message to all open sessions? I have a button that inserts new record on database. After insert, I want to refresh table on all …

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## [Time Series Chart: the "series" property must contain chronological data when trending data across DST switches](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-the-series-property-must-contain-chronological-data-when-trending-data-across-dst-switches/44538)

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**Author:** [@paul.longtine](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul.longtine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/time-series-chart-the-series-property-must-contain-chronological-data-when-trending-data-across-dst-switches/44538 "2023-10-20T20:11:59Z")

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Hello, I’m experiencing an issue where the Time Series chart comes up with a Component Error when trending data across the switch from local daylight time to daylight saving time. Is there a way to tell the time series…

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## [Is there an event I can use in a change script for when a user sorts a table?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-an-event-i-can-use-in-a-change-script-for-when-a-user-sorts-a-table/80784)

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**Author:** [@bmeyers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmeyers)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-an-event-i-can-use-in-a-change-script-for-when-a-user-sorts-a-table/80784 "2023-10-20T19:44:32Z")

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I have a Perspective table with a defined column and the sortable property set to true. When the user selects the table to sort to ascending or descending is there some event I can look out for to trigger a custom sc…

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## [Change cell color based on time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-cell-color-based-on-time/80781)

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**Author:** [@Brad\_Mills](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brad_Mills)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-cell-color-based-on-time/80781 "2023-10-20T19:33:57Z")

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I'm trying to change the background color of a cell depending on its relation to a time in another cell, if has no time want the cell to be yellow, if its the same time or before want it to be green, if its after the ti…

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## [File descriptor access in scripting module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-descriptor-access-in-scripting-module/80770)

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**Author:** [@user69](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/user69)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/file-descriptor-access-in-scripting-module/80770 "2023-10-20T17:59:19Z")

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Running Ignition 8.1.31 on a Windows machine. Is there an idiomatic Jython way, or perhaps some way with Java to interact with the file descriptor value (an integer) returned by os.open? The return value appears to be s…

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## [DNP3 integrity poll not working after initial integrity poll](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dnp3-integrity-poll-not-working-after-initial-integrity-poll/67970)

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**Author:** [@markphillips](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/markphillips)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dnp3-integrity-poll-not-working-after-initial-integrity-poll/67970 "2023-10-20T17:30:54Z")

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When I setup a DNP3 driver everything seems to work fine after the initial integrity poll and the live values also works fine. The DNP3 driver won't pull the Class1-3 events from the devices besides on the initial integr…

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## [Gateway Tag Change Script using system.tag.writeBlocking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-script-using-system-tag-writeblocking/80767)

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**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Welch](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nicholas_Welch)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-script-using-system-tag-writeblocking/80767 "2023-10-20T17:13:04Z")

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I am trying to update a tag with the system.tag.writeBlocking function based off a boolean true or false value when the boolean tag is true I want to update each tag to the value This is where I am currently at #create …

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## [How to set menu window permissions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-menu-window-permissions/80737)

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**Author:** [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-set-menu-window-permissions/80737 "2023-10-20T14:36:30Z")

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If you don't log in, I hope you can't see where it's painted yellow. Or, I don't want that window to appear even if I click it. What should I do in this case?

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## [Changing GCU default browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-gcu-default-browser/80773)

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**Author:** [@ROBERT.BAUMGARTNER](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ROBERT.BAUMGARTNER)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-gcu-default-browser/80773 "2023-10-20T16:46:59Z")

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Recent retirement of MS Internet Explorer seems to have disabled the "Go to webpage" link in my Gateway Control Utility for 7.9. Is there somewhere that this can be directed to Chrome as the default?

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## [Alarm History does not appear](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-history-does-not-appear/80748)

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**Author:** [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-history-does-not-appear/80748 "2023-10-20T15:30:20Z")

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If you look at the screen, I put true in History Enabled, but why doesn't it appear in "Attachment 2"? Please tell me the solution.

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## [Webpage on igntition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webpage-on-igntition/80762)

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**Author:** [@Abdul\_Wahab\_Qureshi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Abdul_Wahab_Qureshi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webpage-on-igntition/80762 "2023-10-20T14:34:03Z")

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So I'm trying to make a webpage on perspective on ignition. This will be a full read and write gateway. The purpose is to keep track of the inventory of about a 1006 products. This means being able to search the number o…

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## [PDF Viewer will work without Reporting module license](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-viewer-will-work-without-reporting-module-license/80681)

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**Author:** [@Tim\_David](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim_David)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-viewer-will-work-without-reporting-module-license/80681 "2023-10-20T14:03:54Z")

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Hai, I want to display some PDF files in my vision client, Is it possible to use PDF Viewer component in Vision without Reporting module license? As I am having license only for vision client module.

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## [Tag changed event if not utilized in a window](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-changed-event-if-not-utilized-in-a-window/80729)

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**Author:** [@Alfredo\_Egmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alfredo_Egmo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-changed-event-if-not-utilized-in-a-window/80729 "2023-10-20T13:41:58Z")

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Question Just to be sure: Any PLC tag that I setup in the TagBrowser as (1) in the image below will trigger the ValueChanged scripting Event (2) in case of change of value in the PLC even if I don't use that tag in any …

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## [Delay using UDT reference tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delay-using-udt-reference-tags/80616)

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**Author:** [@Italo\_Saavedra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Italo_Saavedra)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/delay-using-udt-reference-tags/80616 "2023-10-20T12:41:52Z")

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Hello, please could you help me about delay when i'm using reading tags. I have 2 cases: 1.- We're using UDT structure to read completely TAGs from FrontEnd, the delay is 3 seconds aprox. (the delay is present in the C…

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## [Changing the properties of the component in the template repeater once it is repeated](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-the-properties-of-the-component-in-the-template-repeater-once-it-is-repeated/80742)

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**Author:** [@Suganeshwari\_K](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Suganeshwari_K)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-the-properties-of-the-component-in-the-template-repeater-once-it-is-repeated/80742 "2023-10-20T10:50:32Z")

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Hi, I have used the template repeater in the diagnostics screen. And I have given the count to the template repeater as 2. Now I want a change some Datas in the second instance of the template repeater and I have to …

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## [Siemens S7-1200 tags in Ignition Edge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1200-tags-in-ignition-edge/80713)

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**Author:** [@Ryan\_Vladimir\_Alcant](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Vladimir_Alcant)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-s7-1200-tags-in-ignition-edge/80713 "2023-10-20T10:09:07Z")

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Hello, Im currently doing a project of trying to create an HMI that can be connected and send data to the cloud. Im trying to the project in one of my universities pressure process control trainer and it uses siemens S7-…

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## [Change icon color](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-icon-color/80745)

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**Author:** [@jiyoung\_hwang1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jiyoung_hwang1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-icon-color/80745 "2023-10-20T09:03:50Z")

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I made an expression that changes the color when the icon is activated, but it doesn't work well. What should I do?

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## [Is there a way to stop error popups from grabbing control of the Designer?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-error-popups-from-grabbing-control-of-the-designer/80730)

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**Author:** [@sherman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sherman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-error-popups-from-grabbing-control-of-the-designer/80730 "2023-10-20T07:18:42Z")

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Example: I incorrectly modify or delete a script that is being called in a loop by something else. I now have an angry error popup that is grabbing control of the designer every second until I can fix it, which I can't d…

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## [\[IGN-6092\]Array in Expression Transform](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6092-array-in-expression-transform/59766)

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**Author:** [@kgamble](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kgamble)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6092-array-in-expression-transform/59766 "2023-10-20T07:08:04Z")

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When I need to show a value that might not always be present, often I will just do coalesce statements in expressions like coalesce({view.params.myOptionalParam}, '') to show the value without an overlay if its not prese…

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## [How can the videos of ignition courses be translated?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-the-videos-of-ignition-courses-be-translated/66920)

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**Author:** [@azoz\_altameemi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/azoz_altameemi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-the-videos-of-ignition-courses-be-translated/66920 "2022-11-25T13:44:54Z")

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Welcome I am facing the problem of not understanding the courses because of the language and I am very weak in the English language I wish there was a way to translate the course videos i need your help

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## [Gateway Message Handler translates a datetime.now() command into a java.sql.Timestamp, how can I change it back?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-message-handler-translates-a-datetime-now-command-into-a-java-sql-timestamp-how-can-i-change-it-back/80628)

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**Author:** [@sherman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sherman)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-message-handler-translates-a-datetime-now-command-into-a-java-sql-timestamp-how-can-i-change-it-back/80628 "2023-10-20T06:20:07Z")

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I am trying to pass a datetime down from the gateway so that I have a single source of truth for my scripts where timing is important. For this I made a simple Request Handler: def handleMessage(payload): from datetime…

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## [Perspective LED Display default colors](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-led-display-default-colors/80641)

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**Author:** [@DavidO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DavidO)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-led-display-default-colors/80641 "2023-10-20T06:05:55Z")

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Hello everyone! Trying to change the color of a LED display (background, On Off colors) upon an event. This is not a problem, but I am unable to see the default color code (for reverting): The "color boxes" are und…

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## [How to access component from Session barcode script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-access-component-from-session-barcode-script/65286)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Said](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Richard_Said)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-access-component-from-session-barcode-script/65286 "2022-10-17T17:17:51Z")

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I am creating this application that will read a barcode and write the barcode to a tag and a numeric entry field component. The user will click the "Scan Barcode" button and and the camera will come up (this is using the…

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## [Perspective onClick action stops working after some time, no error in gateway log](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-onclick-action-stops-working-after-some-time-no-error-in-gateway-log/75399)

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**Author:** [@najsel89](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/najsel89)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-onclick-action-stops-working-after-some-time-no-error-in-gateway-log/75399 "2023-10-20T00:45:18Z")

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I have some strange behavior with ignition version from 8.1.23 and later that the bound "onClick action" stops working. With 8.1.22 it's working just fine. So I've bound a script to the onClick action at the root contain…

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