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## [Power Table / VisionAdvancedTable rowHeight not as actual](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-visionadvancedtable-rowheight-not-as-actual/36030)

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**Author:** [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-visionadvancedtable-rowheight-not-as-actual/36030 "2020-06-25T14:46:35Z")

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EDIT: it looks like rowHeight returns the fixed row height, however if the Auto Row Height option is checked, then this will likely no longer be the actual row height. Is there a similar property I can read to return the…

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## [Pass data from Vision to Perspective via Web Browser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-data-from-vision-to-perspective-via-web-browser/35692)

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**Author:** [@iscrac](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/iscrac)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pass-data-from-vision-to-perspective-via-web-browser/35692 "2020-06-16T20:47:04Z")

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Hey Everyone! Somebody can advice me how to send parameters from Vision to Perspective? I have a Tree View in Vision. So when I select item from Vision Tree View, I have to send radius for map marker. I tried syste…

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## [\[BUG-16632\] Alarm Status Table Crashes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16632-alarm-status-table-crashes/36006)

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**Author:** [@swolnisty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/swolnisty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16632-alarm-status-table-crashes/36006 "2020-06-25T14:38:34Z")

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I didn’t see this documented anywhere when I searched, so I figured I’d create a post for it. It looks like the perspective Alarm Status Table component breaks when you try to configure what’s shown in a session by click…

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## [Scripting buttons with OPC tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-buttons-with-opc-tags/36033)

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**Author:** [@trishadx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/trishadx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-buttons-with-opc-tags/36033 "2020-06-25T14:38:26Z")

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Hi guys, I’m still getting the hang of ignition so please bare with. so far im really enjoying this platform and its UI. Just want to get some ideas/ advice on how you would tackle this layout… I have 2 analogues for (…

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## [Authentication error logging into client but not designer 7.9.13](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/authentication-error-logging-into-client-but-not-designer-7-9-13/35995)

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**Author:** [@jkent94](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jkent94)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/authentication-error-logging-into-client-but-not-designer-7-9-13/35995 "2020-06-25T13:52:03Z")

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I have a selection of projects I moved from one gateway to another both on Ignition 7.9.13 The main difference between the projects is that they use two differently named AD/Internal hybrid user sources. However, despit…

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## [Proposal: system.tag.toggle functionality](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/proposal-system-tag-toggle-functionality/36018)

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**Author:** [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/proposal-system-tag-toggle-functionality/36018 "2020-06-25T13:28:43Z")

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It happens from time to time we want to toggle a bit in the tags. The shortest way of writing this is currently system.tag.writeBlocking(\['path/to/my/tag'\], \[not system.tag.readBlocking(\['path/to/my/tag'\]).value\]) …

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## [Opening a file on the device of a perspective client](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-a-file-on-the-device-of-a-perspective-client/36021)

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**Author:** [@Michiel.vanOvertveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michiel.vanOvertveld)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-a-file-on-the-device-of-a-perspective-client/36021 "2020-06-25T12:28:45Z")

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Hi everyone, I am looking for a way for a operator to open a file on his device by using a button in a perspective session in a browser. The device is a windows 10 device. Does anyone have an idea on how I can make sur…

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## [Error - Importing SQL of Demo Project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-importing-sql-of-demo-project/36020)

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**Author:** [@gopalsrini76](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gopalsrini76)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-importing-sql-of-demo-project/36020 "2020-06-25T12:19:36Z")

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I have Version 8 demo project with me. I am trying to import the demo project SQL tables into my MySQL, Using MySQL Version 8.0 Workbench. During Import i get the Error as attached Most of the tables have been Impor…

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## [Http post port firewall](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/http-post-port-firewall/36013)

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**Author:** [@ntsib](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ntsib)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/http-post-port-firewall/36013 "2020-06-25T12:11:35Z")

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Hello guys, I want to make some tests on a test server outside of our domain. I have to go through internet to reach my clients test server but i want to open only the http post port in my firewall and not the whole ign…

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## [Tag address of iec timer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-address-of-iec-timer/36012)

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**Author:** [@epifanio.tigno](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/epifanio.tigno)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-address-of-iec-timer/36012 "2020-06-25T12:08:28Z")

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Hi How can i get the tag address of an IEC TIMER of my plc? I would like get the ET of the IEC TIMER

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## [Configuring Firewall for SCADA Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/configuring-firewall-for-scada-ignition/36019)

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**Author:** [@eccornelsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eccornelsen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/configuring-firewall-for-scada-ignition/36019 "2020-06-25T11:14:26Z")

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Hi there, What are the typical TCP/UDP ports that have to be configured as exceptions in the firewall rules for a SCADA Ignition application? Thanks

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## [Error to print easy chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-to-print-easy-chart/36016)

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**Author:** [@martz.l](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martz.l)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-to-print-easy-chart/36016 "2020-06-25T08:10:15Z")

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Hi everyone, i’m a French designer so sorry for my bad English :sweat\_smile: I would like to print Easy Chart on Vision but it’s not possible, and I don’t know why … Someone can help me please ? When I press the “prin…

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## [Getting data from legacy test equipment with GPIB (IEEE488) comm port](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-data-from-legacy-test-equipment-with-gpib-ieee488-comm-port/19060)

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**Author:** [@Edwin\_Guevara](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Edwin_Guevara)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-data-from-legacy-test-equipment-with-gpib-ieee488-comm-port/19060 "2020-06-25T04:55:06Z")

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I wonder if someone has experience or any idea on communicating Ignition with old test equipment using GPIB (IEEE488) communication protocol. I am trying to connect to an Agilent 4278A capacitance meter. I did some res…

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## [Startup help - installed on system with "regular" Ignition but can't see Maker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/startup-help-installed-on-system-with-regular-ignition-but-cant-see-maker/35925)

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**Author:** [@johnms1024](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/johnms1024)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/startup-help-installed-on-system-with-regular-ignition-but-cant-see-maker/35925 "2020-06-25T03:45:25Z")

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Hi - downloaded, unzipped, found the Readme file, and installed the 2 bat files to run Maker on a system that already had a designer/gateway on it. Can’t see Maker from my gateway or see how to see it. I still see 2 ho…

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## [httpPost response status codes?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/httppost-response-status-codes/36002)

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**Author:** [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/httppost-response-status-codes/36002 "2020-06-24T23:21:39Z")

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I've been using the python 'requests' module for a while now, until a recent unexpected complication caused me to try system.net.httpPost again. When i was using 'requests', my code looked something like this: resp = r…

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## [Possible tag export bug in 8.0.12?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-tag-export-bug-in-8-0-12/36001)

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**Author:** [@christopher.berg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/christopher.berg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-tag-export-bug-in-8-0-12/36001 "2020-06-24T21:47:52Z")

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I’ve discovered what I think might be a bug in 8.0.12. I’ve got a tag with a tag change script attached to it. When it’s disabled and I export it to JSON, I get an ““enabled”: false” line in the file, no line when it’s …

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## [CSV Import From European Country](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/csv-import-from-european-country/35970)

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**Author:** [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/csv-import-from-european-country/35970 "2020-06-24T21:45:43Z")

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A multinational client needs to be able to import CSV files via an Ignition project. All works well when the CSV is created (via Excel) and imported in the US. The issues occur when the CSV is created and imported in Eur…

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## [Queries/Sec Slowing WAN Connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/queries-sec-slowing-wan-connection/35917)

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**Author:** [@jonathanlowery](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jonathanlowery)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/queries-sec-slowing-wan-connection/35917 "2020-06-24T18:40:00Z")

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Have a Database Connection that seems abnormally higher in queries per sec. Thought it may have been a WAN connection issue but i recently upgraded and it continues and in fact I can now see that just the DB connection …

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## [Transaction Group Historical \> get index of last data inserted](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-historical-get-index-of-last-data-inserted/35978)

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**Author:** [@tecnoeletronic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tecnoeletronic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-historical-get-index-of-last-data-inserted/35978 "2020-06-24T18:30:37Z")

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Hi, i’m using a Transaction Group (Historical) to add data to a table and all works fine. Is there any way to get the autogenerated index using the same transaction?

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## [Is there a way to query the internal gateway database via scripting?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-query-the-internal-gateway-database-via-scripting/35994)

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**Author:** [@Bob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bob)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-query-the-internal-gateway-database-via-scripting/35994 "2020-06-24T18:26:52Z")

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We wrote our own device driver module using the Ignition SDK and added a table to the Ignition internal database to store connectivity parameters and such. But now I would like to access some of those parameters when ru…

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## [Gateway log not logging](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-log-not-logging/28408)

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**Author:** [@akettner](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/akettner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-log-not-logging/28408 "2020-06-24T17:46:07Z")

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This morning our gateway stop updating the log. The wrapper file is growing and updating, but we don’t see any new logs on the gateway. Several clients are running fine and there seems to be no other issues. Other tha…

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## [Perspective View Complexity affects dynamic grow/shrink response of flex container](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-view-complexity-affects-dynamic-grow-shrink-response-of-flex-container/34719)

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**Author:** [@jkent94](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jkent94)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-view-complexity-affects-dynamic-grow-shrink-response-of-flex-container/34719 "2020-06-24T17:38:52Z")

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I am building a perspective view in a 8.0.9 project that contains an assortment of embedded views housed within flex containers. All of the other views in this project follow the same pattern. The containers themselves …

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## [Webbrowser component wont load site on start after upgrade to ignition 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webbrowser-component-wont-load-site-on-start-after-upgrade-to-ignition-8/35992)

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**Author:** [@Shawn.Schwark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Shawn.Schwark)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webbrowser-component-wont-load-site-on-start-after-upgrade-to-ignition-8/35992 "2020-06-24T17:32:18Z")

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We recently upgraded to ignition 8 and noticed when loading the web browser component it won’t load the page automatically in ignition 7.9 when the vision project was launched it loaded automatically but in ignition 8 we…

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## [Vision client launcher -- command line argument for gateway](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-command-line-argument-for-gateway/35802)

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**Author:** [@zacht](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacht)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/vision-client-launcher-command-line-argument-for-gateway/35802 "2020-06-24T16:23:08Z")

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When launching a project from the command line in Ignition 7.9 I know there was an argument for gateway available. Looking through the documentation, I don’t see such an argument in Ignition 8. Other than giving the app…

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## [Bit name in a report](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bit-name-in-a-report/35267)

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**Author:** [@FRANCISCO.MEJIA1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/FRANCISCO.MEJIA1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bit-name-in-a-report/35267 "2020-06-24T16:09:52Z")

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Hello everyone, I am working in a report and I want to put the name or label of the alarm in the report, the alarms are in bites. in the report the alarm appears as a event value Thanks for your help. BR

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## [\[BUG-16622\] vision launcher 8.0.14 - mode fullscreen but display Windowed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16622-vision-launcher-8-0-14-mode-fullscreen-but-display-windowed/35977)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16622-vision-launcher-8-0-14-mode-fullscreen-but-display-windowed/35977 "2020-06-24T15:05:08Z")

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Ignition 8.0.14 @jcoffman, I think there is a bug in the new vision launcher, when you select fullscreen, the dropbox is empty. After a vision launcher restart, Launch Windowed is displayed but it launch the client in…

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## [Java Console in Ignition 8](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-console-in-ignition-8/35924)

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**Author:** [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-console-in-ignition-8/35924 "2020-06-24T14:57:06Z")

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Is it possible to have the “Java Console” pop up using the newer Ignition 8 bundles Java? We used to use this to debug weird startup issues for Vision clients and this was an option with Oracle Java, but can’t seem to f…

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## [BUG: Table fields not ediable after setting data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-table-fields-not-ediable-after-setting-data/35979)

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**Author:** [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-table-fields-not-ediable-after-setting-data/35979 "2020-06-24T14:51:05Z")

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This one took a long time to figure out, but I bumped into a nasty problem. I made a table with some data, and set the columns to be editable. At this point, I was able to edit the data, and the cellEdited function was…

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## [HOA substitute for the opc tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hoa-substitute-for-the-opc-tags/35983)

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**Author:** [@hamed.foroozesh](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hamed.foroozesh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hoa-substitute-for-the-opc-tags/35983 "2020-06-24T14:33:08Z")

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Hi, In our CLX opc tags I couldn’t find the HOA tag as been explained in the tutorials, is HOA a general tag or need to be created? I just need it to make a motor template work with Multi-State Button. tnx

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## [Ignition's Skeletal project download?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignitions-skeletal-project-download/35809)

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**Author:** [@trishadx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/trishadx)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignitions-skeletal-project-download/35809 "2020-06-24T13:57:04Z")

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Hi, I’m just going through ignition’s inductive automation documents to help me out with learning the ins and outs of ignitions as I create my own project in Vision. The documents talk about a skeleton project that the…

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