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## [Serial communication to velocio plc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/serial-communication-to-velocio-plc/22542)

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**Author:** [@jppaceman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jppaceman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/serial-communication-to-velocio-plc/22542 "2019-02-15T13:08:26Z")

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Hi there, I am using velocio plcs for an rnd project. I am at the limit of what I can do in the velocio ide and would like to use the ignition platform to improve data capture and display but I can’t work out if I can u…

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## [\[QUESTION\] MSSQL Integrated Security Authentication](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-mssql-integrated-security-authentication/22565)

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**Author:** [@KGrindstaff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KGrindstaff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-mssql-integrated-security-authentication/22565 "2019-02-15T01:48:33Z")

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Do you still need the sqljdbc\_auth.dll added to the Ignition lib folder to use Integrated Security with MS SQL Server for Ignition 8? If so, is the dll version for Ignition 8 the same as the one listed in the link below…

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## [TCP device driver to RESTful API](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-device-driver-to-restful-api/22579)

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**Author:** [@Ahiero](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ahiero)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tcp-device-driver-to-restful-api/22579 "2019-02-15T01:00:30Z")

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We are looking to connect some RPis to our network to share data and control some simple channels. The 3B+ with POE makes installation easy in our factory where power isn’t directly available. There will be only a handfu…

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## [Gateway tag change script - entire folder/provider](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-script-entire-folder-provider/22593)

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**Author:** [@mrogers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mrogers)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-script-entire-folder-provider/22593 "2019-02-15T00:31:33Z")

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I’m trying to see if any tag in a tag provider (its small) changes and run a script when that happens. But when I enter just the provider name, it says it doesn’t exist as a tag, which I guess is correct. Anyone have any…

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## [\[Bug\] Modbus driver crash/hung type issues](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-modbus-driver-crash-hung-type-issues/21530)

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**Author:** [@NorthPoint](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/NorthPoint)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-modbus-driver-crash-hung-type-issues/21530 "2019-02-14T23:32:12Z")

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8.0.0-beta0 (b2018121802) on Windows 10 Pro 1803 x64 Created Modbus TCP Device. It worked but I wanted to make it NOT one-based, so I went to setup and unchecked "one based". When I hit save, I got a page saying inter…

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## [Simple alarm pipeline to send out emails](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simple-alarm-pipeline-to-send-out-emails/22209)

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**Author:** [@sudipta.tripathy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sudipta.tripathy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/simple-alarm-pipeline-to-send-out-emails/22209 "2019-02-14T23:14:22Z")

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I have enabled alarm for a query tag. I configured the alarm to send out emails if the value is below say 90. It does not seem to send out emails via the pipeline. The pipeline does not seem to be active when I check it …

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## [Method to get default tag property values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/method-to-get-default-tag-property-values/22577)

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**Author:** [@Trent.Boudreaux](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Trent.Boudreaux)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/method-to-get-default-tag-property-values/22577 "2019-02-14T22:07:31Z")

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Is there a method available to retrieve the default values for all tag properties either within the Python API or the JDK?

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## [Is it possible to have Tag Event scripts on an Ignition Gateway on tags from Ignition Edge as Remote Tag Provider?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-tag-event-scripts-on-an-ignition-gateway-on-tags-from-ignition-edge-as-remote-tag-provider/22584)

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**Author:** [@erikmb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/erikmb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-tag-event-scripts-on-an-ignition-gateway-on-tags-from-ignition-edge-as-remote-tag-provider/22584 "2019-02-14T22:00:03Z")

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We have a project where we will have a central Ignition Gateway with several remote sites. Each remote site will have a PC running Ignition Edge. Tags will be configured on the Ignition Edge PC’s using Ignition OPC-UA Se…

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## [Edge Panel Alarm History/Trend Retention](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-panel-alarm-history-trend-retention/22591)

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**Author:** [@cmason](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmason)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-panel-alarm-history-trend-retention/22591 "2019-02-14T21:20:25Z")

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I realize that there is the limitations on the Igniton Edge Panels. I have a question around the Trends/Alarm History retention when it is being used purely as a standalone HMI not connected to any Ignition Gateway. To…

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## [How can I check if a window is already open?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-check-if-a-window-is-already-open/22585)

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**Author:** [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-check-if-a-window-is-already-open/22585 "2019-02-14T18:50:17Z")

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I have a window that opens based on a client event tag change. There are two types of barcode, cases and products that go in those cases. What a case is scanned, a new window is opened, and then the user can scan produ…

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## [\[BUG-12563\] "Open on Startup" issues after upgrading to latest nightly build](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12563-open-on-startup-issues-after-upgrading-to-latest-nightly-build/22310)

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**Author:** [@rberghammer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rberghammer)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12563-open-on-startup-issues-after-upgrading-to-latest-nightly-build/22310 "2019-02-06T16:35:58Z")

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I just downloaded the latest nightly build and opened an existing project. When I try to launch a vision client, I don’t get any screen on startup and no menu bar. I have tried selecting a different window for startup …

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## [Disable Right Click Menu on Pie Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-right-click-menu-on-pie-chart/22574)

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**Author:** [@grietveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grietveld)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-right-click-menu-on-pie-chart/22574 "2019-02-14T18:06:44Z")

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On the Pie Chart component, is there a way to disable the menu that appears when you right click on it? Most of the options it provides seem to be disabled anyway, plus it isn’t very useful for the display that I am buil…

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## [Clearing ignition's designer temp files?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clearing-ignitions-designer-temp-files/22576)

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**Author:** [@wakaguaka](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wakaguaka)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/clearing-ignitions-designer-temp-files/22576 "2019-02-14T17:10:02Z")

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Hello all, I have a strange scenario that only happends on my computer. On my navigation window I have a button that calls another window: “Reports/rpt1” rpt1 was cloned and modified that window for my testing purpose…

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## [Ignition gateway web page donot access](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-web-page-donot-access/22572)

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**Author:** [@GeraGarcia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/GeraGarcia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-web-page-donot-access/22572 "2019-02-14T16:14:10Z")

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I have ignition installed in a workstation (ip: 132.132.43.190), I can access successfully to the ignition gateway web page locally through the link http://localhost: 8088/main/web/home?0 (figure.- 1) When going to anot…

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## [Gateway Restart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-restart/22573)

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**Author:** [@oscar.salcedo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/oscar.salcedo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-restart/22573 "2019-02-14T16:11:19Z")

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Hi, Our Gateway just restarted out of the blue today. The log shows thousands of these around the time of the crash: Our monitoring tools show high Memory and blocked threads at the same time: Any ideas as to wh…

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## [Sms notifications, to dynamic mobile number](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sms-notifications-to-dynamic-mobile-number/22571)

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**Author:** [@pawel.kondol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pawel.kondol)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sms-notifications-to-dynamic-mobile-number/22571 "2019-02-14T15:16:11Z")

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Hello, I have sms hardware and notification pipeline setup and working perfect. What I want is to send sms to number assigned in tag string value. So in general I would like to replace name in the notification pipelin…

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## [Report module Table grow out of page to the right](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-module-table-grow-out-of-page-to-the-right/22562)

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**Author:** [@nader.chinichian](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nader.chinichian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-module-table-grow-out-of-page-to-the-right/22562 "2019-02-14T13:03:53Z")

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Hello I create simple Table in report module and it works fine until suddenly, instead of growing table to next pages it grow to right side of page. I attach a screenshot of preview to show detail. Can someone tell me…

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## [Modbus RTU over TCP: question](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-rtu-over-tcp-question/16905)

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**Author:** [@shwethag](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/shwethag)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-rtu-over-tcp-question/16905 "2019-02-14T12:41:51Z")

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Hello All: Ignition provides two Modbus drivers: Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU over TCP. I'm familiar with Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP. What is Modbus RTU over TCP? How can we connect to RTU devices using this driver? Could an…

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## [How do I bind a pop up screen and bind it to a specific window](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-bind-a-pop-up-screen-and-bind-it-to-a-specific-window/22553)

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**Author:** [@Reksio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Reksio)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-bind-a-pop-up-screen-and-bind-it-to-a-specific-window/22553 "2019-02-14T10:57:24Z")

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Hi, How do I bind an alarm window to a screen, without binding it to any buttons, and make the popup trigger based on a value of the tag?

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## [Ignition edge stopping data sync when scan class are changed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-stopping-data-sync-when-scan-class-are-changed/22566)

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**Author:** [@lasse](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lasse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-edge-stopping-data-sync-when-scan-class-are-changed/22566 "2019-02-14T07:32:24Z")

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Hi I currently have downloaded ignition Edge to test it. My setup is a full fledged gateway and 1 ignition edge with EAM installed. When I start tag history on edge, it starts synching data to gateway like it should. …

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## [Logging Database Connection Losses](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-database-connection-losses/22297)

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**Author:** [@cdavis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cdavis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/logging-database-connection-losses/22297 "2019-02-14T00:46:23Z")

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We have an Oracle database that we are shoving data into on a separate server than our Ignition gateway. We installed a local SQL Express database on our Ignition server because we want to log when there is a break in co…

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## [\[Feature\] system.{anything} auto fill](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-system-anything-auto-fill/22001)

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**Author:** [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-system-anything-auto-fill/22001 "2019-02-13T23:12:32Z")

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Has there been any thought on potentially having an auto fill option when using the “Control - Space” action when accessing the system. library’s. It would be really neat for the functions that have multiple variables t…

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## [Dendency “fpmi” is not installed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dendency-fpmi-is-not-installed/22538)

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**Author:** [@cody.tamaki](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cody.tamaki)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dendency-fpmi-is-not-installed/22538 "2019-02-13T23:02:34Z")

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Hello I had a similar problem and followed this post (except I looked to match dependencies for your vision component example) but now it looks like the designer is skipping my module because I don’t have the fpmi depend…

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## [\[QUESTION\] Perspective popup window position](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-perspective-popup-window-position/22557)

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**Author:** [@kevin.buchtel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.buchtel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-perspective-popup-window-position/22557 "2019-02-13T22:41:14Z")

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I see in the script actions for popup some settings for position but I cannot seem to get what I want to work using them. What I would like to do is when you hover over a label it pops up a small window positioned where…

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## [Power table button](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-button/17933)

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**Author:** [@Claus\_Nielsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Claus_Nielsen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-table-button/17933 "2018-05-08T07:00:31Z")

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I know this has been asked some times now, however can't make it work properly. I can successfully add buttons to the power table, it is just not performing very well. The power table flashes and is unresponsive. Have …

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## [Report Creation Inefficient](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-creation-inefficient/22547)

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**Author:** [@JeremyAdair87](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JeremyAdair87)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-creation-inefficient/22547 "2019-02-13T20:11:41Z")

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I just created my first Report In ignition. I have a lot of tags already doing OEE in the PLC and I am putting these tags into a Report PDF for the line to be sent out by the PLC. Aligning imported tags and making them…

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## [Designer lockup when deleting symbol fac. comp from template](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-lockup-when-deleting-symbol-fac-comp-from-template/10309)

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**Author:** [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-lockup-when-deleting-symbol-fac-comp-from-template/10309 "2019-02-13T19:55:57Z")

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whenever I place a symbol factory component on a new template and then try to delete the symbol factory component, the designer completely locks up. ignition version 7.7.5 java version 8 update 45 windows server 2012 r…

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## [Report Barcode on One Page Only](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-barcode-on-one-page-only/22551)

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**Author:** [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-barcode-on-one-page-only/22551 "2019-02-13T19:12:06Z")

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I have a barcode setup in a report. If the report is longer than one page, it prints the barcode on every page. is there a way to limit it to the first page only? I’m trying to eliminate double scans, I have some code…

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## [\[Question\] What Perspective components, scripts, binds, and transforms should I expect 'Copy JSON' to contain?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-what-perspective-components-scripts-binds-and-transforms-should-i-expect-copy-json-to-contain/22504)

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**Author:** [@joe.friedrich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joe.friedrich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-what-perspective-components-scripts-binds-and-transforms-should-i-expect-copy-json-to-contain/22504 "2019-02-12T19:50:37Z")

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I am attempting to copy a view (with the same name, but in a different folder, in the same project) to another view as a cheap-and-dirty way to make a Dev-QA-Prod environment. (You’re able to access each view independen…

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## [\[BUG-12519\] caret position in Gateway Events editor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12519-caret-position-in-gateway-events-editor/22073)

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**Author:** [@chi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-12519-caret-position-in-gateway-events-editor/22073 "2019-02-13T18:13:21Z")

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In the popup editor for gateway event scripts (and also other script editors), the caret position does not match the input but is displayed in a wrong position. The position offest depends on the typed letters. An ‘a’ e.…

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