# Latest

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## [\[Feature\]-Breakpoint Presets](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-breakpoint-presets/20600)

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**Author:** [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-breakpoint-presets/20600 "2020-06-26T20:52:52Z")

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Hi, It would be great if the breakpoint containers had some pre-set sizes for known devices. i.e Iphone 10 \[371x812\] etc. This would greatly reduce the confusion when setting up sizes for screens etc.

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## [LogixDriver not in deviceProps listing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logixdriver-not-in-deviceprops-listing/36069)

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**Author:** [@ks0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ks0)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logixdriver-not-in-deviceprops-listing/36069 "2020-06-26T19:02:22Z")

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Could somebody please update/add the props for the LogixDriver in the User Manual? Many thanks! Keiran

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## [Maker Draw Toolbar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-draw-toolbar/36104)

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**Author:** [@mddelanty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mddelanty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-draw-toolbar/36104 "2020-06-26T18:48:33Z")

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Where is the draw tool bar? I can’t find it anywhere?

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## [Inbound email or text to trigger events](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inbound-email-or-text-to-trigger-events/9671)

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**Author:** [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/inbound-email-or-text-to-trigger-events/9671 "2020-06-26T18:29:35Z")

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I know there is the alarm module with 2 way for acknowledgement. Is there a way to send a message, either via SMS, or Email which would trigger an event? Without buying additional hardware such as a GSM module, can ignit…

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## [Default Scrollbar CSS Style Change Question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-scrollbar-css-style-change-question/35812)

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**Author:** [@roger\_larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roger_larson)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-scrollbar-css-style-change-question/35812 "2020-06-26T18:01:14Z")

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Hi everyone, Does anyone know how the injectables folder and body\_top.txt are supposed to work in the more recent versions of Ignition Perspective? We are trying to modify the global scrollbar styles in perspective by i…

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## [Bug - OnTouchEnd PopUp Action with Modal and Background Dismissible doesn't open](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ontouchend-popup-action-with-modal-and-background-dismissible-doesnt-open/35920)

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**Author:** [@kyle.demerath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyle.demerath)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-ontouchend-popup-action-with-modal-and-background-dismissible-doesnt-open/35920 "2020-06-26T17:00:13Z")

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When using a Popup Action for “OnTouchEnd”, if you have modal and background dismissible selected the screen will not stay open. You see a brief flicker, but then it disappears. If you make the action a script and open…

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## [Best practice for an API key](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice-for-an-api-key/36088)

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**Author:** [@mcarritt1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcarritt1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practice-for-an-api-key/36088 "2020-06-26T16:58:16Z")

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I was going to start in on making something using an existing API. Anyone have any thoughts about the best way to store API keys or passwords? In the past I’ve use base64 to encode them and put them in the sql database b…

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## [Authentication issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/authentication-issues/36098)

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**Author:** [@bakern](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bakern)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/authentication-issues/36098 "2020-06-26T16:43:14Z")

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I am testing out upgrading from 7.5.11 to 7.7.10. My application that requires me to login when launched is giving me a “Please try again” statement. I can login to the designer and web page no problem. I noticed if I la…

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## [\[Feature-14446\]Perspective text field placholder color](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14446-perspective-text-field-placholder-color/26071)

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**Author:** [@craigb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/craigb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14446-perspective-text-field-placholder-color/26071 "2020-06-26T16:38:48Z")

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The place holder text does not change color when setting the prop style text color so its clashing with my background. I’ve tried changing the placeholder prop to an object and adding text and color but cant get it to w…

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## [\[SOLVED\] Updating all background components colors at once through scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-updating-all-background-components-colors-at-once-through-scripting/36059)

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**Author:** [@bmeyers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmeyers)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-updating-all-background-components-colors-at-once-through-scripting/36059 "2020-06-26T14:30:18Z")

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Has anyone been able to put their colors into a project script and directly tie components colors to the script? I know you can make a string tag for example called “RED” and set the value to “255, 0, 0” but I want to d…

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## [RegEx for Formatted Text Field](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/regex-for-formatted-text-field/36036)

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**Author:** [@boyergary](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/boyergary)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/regex-for-formatted-text-field/36036 "2020-06-26T14:26:00Z")

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In a formatted text field, I’m trying to allow a user to put in a whole number or a decimal number with one number after the decimal. It seems to not matter what RegEx pattern I use, it won’t allow me to type a decimal p…

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## [Ignition Exchange project import](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-exchange-project-import/36087)

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**Author:** [@kaushik.shah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaushik.shah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-exchange-project-import/36087 "2020-06-26T14:22:42Z")

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I have been trying to install the one of the cool exchange project to my gateway, however, I am not seeing anything coming into the project. This is the project I am importing to my gateway through import project opti…

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## [Tag History Configuration - max time between records](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-configuration-max-time-between-records/36064)

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**Author:** [@justin.huggins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.huggins)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-history-configuration-max-time-between-records/36064 "2020-06-26T14:09:07Z")

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I am trying to setup a tag that does not change often, to save down at least once a day. I have been fighting with this for a couple days and cannot seem to configure it right apparently, because I can go back into the …

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## [Sharepoint Database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sharepoint-database/36075)

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**Author:** [@rsnaik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rsnaik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sharepoint-database/36075 "2020-06-26T12:46:54Z")

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I want to read/write in Microsoft share point database through ignition gateway, Is there any driver available to interface between Microsoft share point database and ignition

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## [The current situation, what I don't like](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-current-situation-what-i-dont-like/36081)

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**Author:** [@stefanoranghetto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stefanoranghetto)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-current-situation-what-i-dont-like/36081 "2020-06-26T12:44:06Z")

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Foreword: I’m really excited about the product. I don’t understand the strategy used in version 8: with the introduction of the prospective module the mobile module has been eliminated (I’m not here to unionize on the f…

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## [Error in BCAggregateAction : Source or target not selected](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-bcaggregateaction-source-or-target-not-selected/36077)

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**Author:** [@marcosvdiaz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marcosvdiaz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-in-bcaggregateaction-source-or-target-not-selected/36077 "2020-06-26T09:48:39Z")

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Dears, Using Sepasoft Module Bussines Connector trying get SAP list materials I’ve following error: caused by GatewayException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.Exception: Error in BCAggregateAction :…

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## [Alarm Label Not Displaying Correctly (Perspective 8.0.12)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-label-not-displaying-correctly-perspective-8-0-12/36003)

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**Author:** [@michael2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-label-not-displaying-correctly-perspective-8-0-12/36003 "2020-06-25T22:46:18Z")

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Hi, I might be missing something really simple here, but I can’t seem to get my alarm label to display correctly. As you can see the label references ParentName and Name, and the instance has values for these, y…

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## [\[Bug-16320\]Alarm Journal in Perspective displaying loss of gateway connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16320-alarm-journal-in-perspective-displaying-loss-of-gateway-connection/36054)

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**Author:** [@jfox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jfox)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16320-alarm-journal-in-perspective-displaying-loss-of-gateway-connection/36054 "2020-06-25T22:36:56Z")

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I downloaded and installed the alarm journal from the Exchange and loaded it into Perspective. Now any time I navigate to the alarm journal, I start to get messages in a loop stating no gateway connection followed by con…

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## [Log file from Vision Client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/log-file-from-vision-client/36058)

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**Author:** [@joshualanier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joshualanier)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/log-file-from-vision-client/36058 "2020-06-25T21:42:02Z")

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When launching a vision client, I’m automatically getting a log file to display. If i manipulate the “logging level” in the client settings it seems to have no effect. Is there a way to disable this?

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## [Client screens specific to certain IP address](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-screens-specific-to-certain-ip-address/36032)

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**Author:** [@joshualanier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joshualanier)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/client-screens-specific-to-certain-ip-address/36032 "2020-06-25T17:09:54Z")

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I’m trying to display specific screens (windows) on certain client monitors based on their specific IP address. The main motivators for this are: area specific interests and power cycles. Would the best solution to this…

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## [Odd behavior when running multiple 8.0.X Gateways in one PC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-behavior-when-running-multiple-8-0-x-gateways-in-one-pc/36005)

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**Author:** [@cesrom](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cesrom)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/odd-behavior-when-running-multiple-8-0-x-gateways-in-one-pc/36005 "2020-06-25T19:17:05Z")

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This week, after the announcement of Ignition Maker Edition, I downloaded the Windows ZIP installer, and unzipped it into two locations, each with a different purpose; one would be full-fleged Ignition, and the other Mak…

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## [Get Tag metadata properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-tag-metadata-properties/36035)

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**Author:** [@aimee.banmber](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/aimee.banmber)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-tag-metadata-properties/36035 "2020-06-25T19:15:20Z")

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Hello, I’m currently occupied upgrading some modules from Ignition 7.9 to 8. Most of the modules need to retrieve values of tags on change and then get exported to different file formats. As we don’t want to export ever…

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## [The login page at Vision project runtime](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-login-page-at-vision-project-runtime/35535)

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**Author:** [@m15195757181](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m15195757181)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/the-login-page-at-vision-project-runtime/35535 "2020-06-25T18:51:23Z")

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How do I change the vision project launch login page?Do I want to add some style changes to the login page or hide some elements that I don’t want to see?As shown below, I want to hide or modify the elements in the red b…

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## [Trend Ad Hoc - Store and Retrieve Tag Pens](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trend-ad-hoc-store-and-retrieve-tag-pens/36000)

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**Author:** [@kaushik.shah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaushik.shah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trend-ad-hoc-store-and-retrieve-tag-pens/36000 "2020-06-25T17:54:02Z")

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I am looking to create user based Trend Ad Hoc in Vision.(trying in 8.0 but will eventually use in 7.8 and 7.9) the simplest solution I came up with is, Let user select historical tags and have the database table with t…

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## [Perspective numeric entry value to plc via modbus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-numeric-entry-value-to-plc-via-modbus/36045)

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**Author:** [@dirk1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dirk1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-numeric-entry-value-to-plc-via-modbus/36045 "2020-06-25T17:50:49Z")

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Managed to graduate from kindergarten by creating numeric entry component in Edge Perspective. Value reflected in tag. Got through first grade by sending double word integer from automationdirect plc via modbus to anot…

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## [How to tell if tag is "read" by any perspective view?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-tag-is-read-by-any-perspective-view/36050)

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**Author:** [@braydon.hancock](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/braydon.hancock)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-if-tag-is-read-by-any-perspective-view/36050 "2020-06-25T17:07:03Z")

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We’ve built our system to be completely “templatized” therefore we don’t bind directly to any tags. In an effort to clean up our tag database, we are curious if there is a way (programmatically or otherwise) to tell whi…

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## [New Installer Expirence](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-installer-expirence/36026)

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**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-installer-expirence/36026 "2020-06-25T16:16:47Z")

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To the IA team… props on the new installer experience in 8.0.14 much cleaner and easier to upgrade modules not part of the installer. I’m sure there will be bugs to squash, but it is a minor but good update. The window…

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## [Maker Activation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-activation/35986)

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**Author:** [@jimwcooke1223](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jimwcooke1223)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-activation/35986 "2020-06-25T15:45:38Z")

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Hello, I have installed maker on a windows 64 bit VM with no other ignition software or previous installs. I am trying to use the activation key that was created when i registered and downloaded maker. My problem is th…

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## [How Can I (EE Student) Practice and Work on My Ignition Skills?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-ee-student-practice-and-work-on-my-ignition-skills/35564)

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**Author:** [@matthew.tomlinson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matthew.tomlinson)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-ee-student-practice-and-work-on-my-ignition-skills/35564 "2020-06-25T15:22:27Z")

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Hello there, I have somewhat of a weird question. I’m currently headed into my Junior year of school to become an EE. Ideally, I would like to go into controls and automation so I’ve been learning Ignition and got my cor…

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## [UDT Tag Engineer unit translation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-tag-engineer-unit-translation/36031)

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**Author:** [@luc.martin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/luc.martin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-tag-engineer-unit-translation/36031 "2020-06-25T15:13:48Z")

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Is there a way that we can use expression translate or system.util.translate into the engineering unit of a UDT tag?

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