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**Author:** [@dcamp1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dcamp1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-a-small-web-based-icon/30890 "2019-12-22T13:28:46Z")
I don’t have the web module. But I was wondering if I can display a small web-based icon on my home window. I’m in the oil & gas industry and would like to put this Link(Script) on my home page as it would show the cu… --- ## [Passing tagpath to generic sidebar for display of live values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-tagpath-to-generic-sidebar-for-display-of-live-values/30808)
**Author:** [@llepore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/llepore)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-tagpath-to-generic-sidebar-for-display-of-live-values/30808 "2019-12-22T14:19:19Z")
Hi all, Do you have a best practice way to do this? currently the way I’m doing it based on which component on the screen is selected I pass the tag to a client tag, the ‘sidebar’ template reads the tagpath from the cli… --- ## [Read ASCII Strings Using Modbus Driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-ascii-strings-using-modbus-driver/30850)
**Author:** [@vasilevdim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vasilevdim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/read-ascii-strings-using-modbus-driver/30850 "2019-12-22T05:11:32Z")
I am trying to create tag showing abbreviation of products names. Let’s say, on the HMI I type “AAAA” (it is ASCII object). In this case the tag displays decimal values of 71 748 523 458 560, which is 100000101000001010… --- ## [Input from Text Area/Input Box Etc upon pressing Enter Key and then Text getting Cleared](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/input-from-text-area-input-box-etc-upon-pressing-enter-key-and-then-text-getting-cleared/30774)
**Author:** [@qasimahtesham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/qasimahtesham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/input-from-text-area-input-box-etc-upon-pressing-enter-key-and-then-text-getting-cleared/30774 "2019-12-22T05:06:57Z")
Hi All, Can you guys please tell me how to deal with the sending input values upon pressing the Enter Key? For example, I have an input box, and a display label. The label shows whatever is input via the input box, but … --- ## [Make a time entry of HH:MM:SS that converts to seconds](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-a-time-entry-of-hhss-that-converts-to-seconds/30878)
**Author:** [@downerczx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/downerczx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/make-a-time-entry-of-hhss-that-converts-to-seconds/30878 "2019-12-21T17:11:56Z")
I have a situation where it is desired to put a time amount (i.e. 2 hours 3 minutes) entered into a numeric entry. I’m using Perspective. So far, I can have them enter in seconds, and it displays in correct format using… --- ## [Perspective Checkbox with UDT Parameter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-checkbox-with-udt-parameter/30766)
**Author:** [@downerczx](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/downerczx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-checkbox-with-udt-parameter/30766 "2019-12-20T23:25:16Z")
Hello, I’m trying to use a checkbox with UDT parameters. As the UDT parameters are all strings, this presents a difficulty since it expects a boolean. I have tried using an expression with Tag and casting it to boolean … --- ## [Perspective Tag Dataset History Binding](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tag-dataset-history-binding/30860)
**Author:** [@maja](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/maja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-tag-dataset-history-binding/30860 "2019-12-20T22:15:51Z")
Hi to All, I have a tag dataset (12 colons and 3 rows) on some period of 1-5s value will change (I am reading it from SQL and updating dataset tag). As I would like to store all my values I enabled history. But I can no… --- ## [\[BUG\] Dataset memory tag ignores last populated cell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-dataset-memory-tag-ignores-last-populated-cell/30877)
**Author:** [@mbhagotra](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mbhagotra)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-dataset-memory-tag-ignores-last-populated-cell/30877 "2019-12-20T21:03:32Z")
Hello, Wanted to report a bug I just discovered in Ignition 8.0.6. When creating a memory tag of a dataset type the entry of the last cell never gets saved. The workaround for now is to create an extra row and popula… --- ## [JpopupMenu mouse hover visibility](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jpopupmenu-mouse-hover-visibility/30876)
**Author:** [@Jacob.Gronlund](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jacob.Gronlund)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jpopupmenu-mouse-hover-visibility/30876 "2019-12-20T19:28:04Z")
Hi, I have a created a navigation window (north docked window) and am using JPopupMenu to act as the navigation per navigation field. I want to add a mouse listener to this JPopupMenu class so that when the user’s mouse … --- ## [PDF saving/printing from report viewer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-saving-printing-from-report-viewer/9352)
**Author:** [@dfenter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dfenter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pdf-saving-printing-from-report-viewer/9352 "2019-12-20T19:39:33Z")
I am experiencing several issues with the Report Viewer using Ignition 7.6.6. 1) When I right click, and choose print, the printout is not displayed correctly, and is of general poor quality. Margins are off and print… --- ## [Perspective Table on small screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-on-small-screen/30869)
**Author:** [@HTC\_Enrico](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/HTC_Enrico)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-table-on-small-screen/30869 "2019-12-20T17:58:12Z")
Hello, I’m using a table component in a view. When it shows in a smartphone view some part are missing on the right. The component let you move the table to see the cut part, but I wish to show the entire content. On mi… --- ## [\[BUG\] tolist() broken in 8.0.5](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-tolist-broken-in-8-0-5/29454)
**Author:** [@dmerrell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dmerrell)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-tolist-broken-in-8-0-5/29454 "2019-12-20T17:44:02Z")
Updated an existing project from 8.0.4 to 8.0.5. All my scripts that used .tolist() broke and gave error “object has no type .tolist()”. For example, grabbing the data from a table and using .tolist() on it. Reverted bac… --- ## [Error listing tables for database connectio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-listing-tables-for-database-connectio/30867)
**Author:** [@irwing-herrera-2b](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/irwing-herrera-2b)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-listing-tables-for-database-connectio/30867 "2019-12-20T17:16:00Z")
Hello everyone, I just did a default BD update in the overall project, and when I want to make a query I get the error that does not find any BDs, but in the designer if the queries work but published no longer. Excuse … --- ## [Perspective project not appearing?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-project-not-appearing/30866)
**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-project-not-appearing/30866 "2019-12-20T16:32:51Z")
I have a Ignition 8.0.6 gateway running on a VM on a local network. I can see it from downloading the designer - but on the gateway I see nothing when I look at my perspective projects - And when I download the … --- ## [Hipcup in "Timer Trigger"](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hipcup-in-timer-trigger/30861)
**Author:** [@dcamp1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dcamp1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/hipcup-in-timer-trigger/30861 "2019-12-20T16:07:34Z")
I have this in a Transaction Group to trigger by a timer every 30 minutes. My problem is every so often the trigger fires when it’s not suppose to (Which it writes a NULL to all coulmns) and resets the trigger point to … --- ## [Table Component Usage](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-component-usage/30865)
**Author:** [@m.boog](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/m.boog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-component-usage/30865 "2019-12-20T15:57:04Z")
I have a table component that is bound to a named query. One column in the returned dataset contains a datetime in ms (1576606595580, for example). I want to format this column into a readable date format, but I’m not s… --- ## [\[FB12303\] Unexpected parsing error during binary deserialization](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fb12303-unexpected-parsing-error-during-binary-deserialization/21828)
**Author:** [@scicco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scicco)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fb12303-unexpected-parsing-error-during-binary-deserialization/21828 "2019-12-20T14:40:22Z")
I have a couple windows from a 7.9.10 project that was imported into 8. There isn’t anything special about these windows (power tables, templates, buttons, script, etc.) that stands out to me from the 20-30 other window… --- ## [\[BUG-13996, 13781\] Confirmation Popup shows up in the wrong screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13996-13781-confirmation-popup-shows-up-in-the-wrong-screen/24565)
**Author:** [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13996-13781-confirmation-popup-shows-up-in-the-wrong-screen/24565 "2019-12-20T14:28:27Z")
Hello everyone, We are using the built in confirmation popup window option that is available with the multi-state button component. The issue is, when the full screen client is launched in the non-primary screen, the b… --- ## [OPC Alarm Notification](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-alarm-notification/30837)
**Author:** [@Schwartzds](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Schwartzds)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-alarm-notification/30837 "2019-12-20T13:49:16Z")
Voice notifications not going out on OPC tags. If I create a memory tag it will dial out but not any of the OPC tags. How can I get these tags to dial out correctly? --- ## [Trying to print a screen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-print-a-screen/30028)
**Author:** [@Tannerawbrey](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tannerawbrey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trying-to-print-a-screen/30028 "2019-11-18T11:49:43Z")
Hello, so currently I am trying to print a screen. My script works and everything is good except for the zoom factor, if I used the zoom factor it zooms but also pulls my report to the right. If I use the fit to page opt… --- ## [Threads for tag event scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/threads-for-tag-event-scripts/18402)
**Author:** [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/threads-for-tag-event-scripts/18402 "2019-12-20T05:24:31Z")
I'm wondering how the gateways run tag event scripts. I may have a slightly intensive function I want to run on one of these events, when I've tested it using a timed gateway script it was about 10 seconds (its more like… --- ## [Check if a user is allowed to open a window before opening it](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-if-a-user-is-allowed-to-open-a-window-before-opening-it/17956)
**Author:** [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-if-a-user-is-allowed-to-open-a-window-before-opening-it/17956 "2019-12-19T22:38:05Z")
I wonder if it's possible to check if a user is allowed to open a window before opening it. Like that, we could disable or even hide buttons that would other wise navigate to an inaccessible screen, without having to g… --- ## [Redundancy license question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundancy-license-question/30845)
**Author:** [@cgele](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cgele)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/redundancy-license-question/30845 "2019-12-19T22:35:46Z")
Licensing question: Does Redundancy work in Trial Mode? I don’t believe that it does, but wanted to confirm. Thanks --- ## [Error to open specific project Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-to-open-specific-project-designer/30844)
**Author:** [@martin.vidal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/martin.vidal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-to-open-specific-project-designer/30844 "2019-12-19T20:56:26Z")
Hi everyone, Good evening, I have a problem trying to open the designer of Ignition, to explain the context of the trouble in a Virtual Machine with windows server 2012 R2 and java 1.8.0\_211 i run the ignition service … --- ## [Highlight a part of trend when it crosses above the set point in time series chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/highlight-a-part-of-trend-when-it-crosses-above-the-set-point-in-time-series-chart/30755)
**Author:** [@ashwin.m](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ashwin.m)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/highlight-a-part-of-trend-when-it-crosses-above-the-set-point-in-time-series-chart/30755 "2019-12-19T19:32:54Z")
Hi, Is there anyway where i can highlight the part when the plot in the trend crosses the specified marker or a baseline. If not can we expect is feature in the next release? For example, i wish to highlight the part w… --- ## [Numeric Keypad Template?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-keypad-template/30840)
**Author:** [@rpatil](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpatil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numeric-keypad-template/30840 "2019-12-19T19:25:46Z")
Does Ignition have a template for “Numeric Keypad”? I am currently using “system.gui.showNumericKeypad” but the keypad is humongous. --- ## [Transaction Group Not Executing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-not-executing/30831)
**Author:** [@mhenrich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mhenrich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-not-executing/30831 "2019-12-19T18:43:02Z")
I have 4 transaction groups set up on my project. All of which are Triggered by separate Trigger tags from the PLC and will write Confirm to separate Confirm tags in the PLC. Every once in a while with seemingly no patte… --- ## [\[BUG-15621\] Expression corrupted after updating to 8.0.6](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15621-expression-corrupted-after-updating-to-8-0-6/30267)
**Author:** [@informatica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/informatica)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-15621-expression-corrupted-after-updating-to-8-0-6/30267 "2019-12-19T18:11:57Z")
Good morning. I have updated Ignition 7.9.9 to Ignition 8.0.6 and an expression has been corrupted as follows: First, in the comments, the blanks between two quotes characters are removed. The “concat ()” function app… --- ## [Migration from iHistorian/Proficy Historian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/migration-from-ihistorian-proficy-historian/5168)
**Author:** [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/migration-from-ihistorian-proficy-historian/5168 "2019-12-19T18:01:39Z")
Has anybody migrated from iHistorian/Proficy Historian to the SQLTags Historian? --- ## [Popup is draggable when it should be stationary](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-is-draggable-when-it-should-be-stationary/26651)
**Author:** [@tgfgreaves](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tgfgreaves)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/popup-is-draggable-when-it-should-be-stationary/26651 "2019-12-19T16:54:05Z")
Hi, I have a script on a Mouse Event which opens a dynamic popup. I want the popup to stay in place, however i cannot seem to get that to work. ‘’‘system.perspective.openPopup(“82h3d8”, “Page/Popups/Unit Performace”, … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1423) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1425)