# Latest **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1835 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1836 --- ## [Prompt the user for filepath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prompt-the-user-for-filepath/8486)
**Author:** [@Ivan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ivan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prompt-the-user-for-filepath/8486 "2014-05-26T14:44:46Z")
Hello, Is there a way to open a prompt that lets the user run through local folders and select a file, then return the filepath? I'd like to use that in conjunction with T-SQL OPEN ROWSET function. Thanks. --- ## [Locale setting in the Gateway is not changing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/locale-setting-in-the-gateway-is-not-changing/8424)
**Author:** [@Bob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/locale-setting-in-the-gateway-is-not-changing/8424 "2014-05-25T14:56:49Z")
The Locale setting in the Gateway is "en\_US" and the System/Client/User/Language tag value is "en". I have changed the Windows locale to be French/France and those values still remain an English/US locale, even after re… --- ## [Data Types Export error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-types-export-error/8478)
**Author:** [@Serhii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Serhii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/data-types-export-error/8478 "2014-05-25T14:11:02Z")
Hello. When i trying to Export any of Data Types: \[attachment=1\]1.jpg\[/attachment\] \[attachment=0\]2.jpg\[/attachment\] Ignition 7.6.6 --- ## [Retire historical data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retire-historical-data/8491)
**Author:** [@AJBerera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AJBerera)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retire-historical-data/8491 "2014-05-23T18:15:04Z")
In tag history setup, perhaps we could have an option for whether to remove the tag after a certain time period or have a short term historian. For example, I only need the past 10 hours of data and don't want to waste s… --- ## [SQL INSERT INTO... WHERE.... Statement](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-insert-into-where-statement/8487)
**Author:** [@tbackus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tbackus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-insert-into-where-statement/8487 "2014-05-23T18:12:23Z")
This below statement works great. system.db.runPrepUpdate("INSERT INTO QC\_CupMeasurements\_Temp (testValue) VALUES (?)", \[testValue\],"Ignition") But I want to add "WHERE sampleID = somevariable" Whats the syntax? I… --- ## [Font setting comment panel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/font-setting-comment-panel/8489)
**Author:** [@pat.stave](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pat.stave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/font-setting-comment-panel/8489 "2014-05-23T17:48:30Z")
Ignition platform v 7.6.4. It seems to me that the font setting of the comments panel have no effect on the text. Also; a wish feature for me would be to add a property to place the name/date field above the comment… --- ## [Can Voice Notifcation run on Ignition 7.6.4](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-voice-notifcation-run-on-ignition-7-6-4/8477)
**Author:** [@DNal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DNal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-voice-notifcation-run-on-ignition-7-6-4/8477 "2014-05-23T17:27:50Z")
Can Voice rnotification run on Ignition 7.6.4 as my Licence is updated for Voice Notification but new modules are not being shown. --- ## [Circular Easy Chart](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/circular-easy-chart/8488)
**Author:** [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/circular-easy-chart/8488 "2014-05-22T22:30:14Z")
we are replacing more and more Anderson AJ300 or AV9900 multipen chart recorders using Ignition with pens displayed on Easy Charts. A typical circular chart is 12 hour or 24 hour. Would be nice to have an easy chart th… --- ## [How do I hide projects based on what roles the user has?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-hide-projects-based-on-what-roles-the-user-has/7899)
**Author:** [@dotvalue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dotvalue)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-i-hide-projects-based-on-what-roles-the-user-has/7899 "2014-05-22T15:19:03Z")
I have a gateway with 15-20 projects and I would like to say user A has permissions on these projects and I would like the rest not to show up. Is there any good way to do this? --- ## [List of users within Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-of-users-within-ignition/8482)
**Author:** [@dadof3and3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dadof3and3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/list-of-users-within-ignition/8482 "2014-05-22T00:00:54Z")
Is there a way to get a list of users for a particular role? or even (better) a list of users and their associated roles? I want to be able to select from a list of users based on where the computer is located. I'll u… --- ## [SCADAPack RS232 comms](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scadapack-rs232-comms/8402)
**Author:** [@amr123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amr123)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scadapack-rs232-comms/8402 "2014-05-21T21:46:08Z")
I need to setup RS232 com port communications to nine SCADAPack 100s thru a SCADAWave interface module. Will I need a SCADAPack OPC-DA interface software and OPC-DA license module for Ignition to see the devices? Or d… --- ## [Component Initialization Order](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-initialization-order/8473)
**Author:** [@rdeavers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rdeavers)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-initialization-order/8473 "2014-05-21T20:39:45Z")
Is there a way to initialize components in a certain order on a window? I have multiple components in a column on a window. Each component relies on the previous one to get data. During runtime, I notice that the orde… --- ## [Getting User IP During Login Authorization](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-user-ip-during-login-authorization/8480)
**Author:** [@mlangdon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mlangdon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-user-ip-during-login-authorization/8480 "2014-05-21T17:07:08Z")
I've worked through the major issues I was asking about here: viewtopic.php?f=74&t=12310 Now a much more specific question in this realm: Is it possible to get the IP of a user during the login process? I'm hopin… --- ## [Deleted Timer Script Still Running](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleted-timer-script-still-running/8475)
**Author:** [@Polynomial](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Polynomial)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deleted-timer-script-still-running/8475 "2014-05-21T13:14:05Z")
I have an odd problem regarding timer scripts. I had an old timer script that wrote a string to multiple PLCs every three seconds. This script looped through the tags writing to each tag individually. Today I wrote a n… --- ## [How to totalize](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-totalize/8455)
**Author:** [@amr123](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amr123)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-totalize/8455 "2014-05-21T09:42:12Z")
I have an old SLC 5/02 and I know no way to totalize within the PLC programming because the analog value that I'm working with is in million gallons per day and I need daily totals in gallons. Is there a way to totaliz… --- ## [Scripting Functions (system.db...)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-functions-system-db/8476)
**Author:** [@Searchlight](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Searchlight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripting-functions-system-db/8476 "2014-05-20T22:03:56Z")
I am a new user and I don't have Ignition running on this PC so I cannot test (sorry!). I am executing a Gateway Script with 1 database connection. Everything works fine. We are adding a 2nd database and I want to w… --- ## [Removing protocol from use](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/removing-protocol-from-use/8421)
**Author:** [@doug.breshears](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/doug.breshears)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/removing-protocol-from-use/8421 "2014-05-20T21:34:11Z")
Ignition Version 7.5.5 (b1255) Java Version : Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.6.0\_26 OS : Debian 6.0 Similar Topic: viewtopic.php?f=50&t=10472&p=37610&hilit=connection+protocol#p37610 I have a setup with several (15+) AB 140… --- ## [Progress on UserSourceProfile Demo?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/progress-on-usersourceprofile-demo/8474)
**Author:** [@mlangdon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mlangdon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/progress-on-usersourceprofile-demo/8474 "2014-05-20T15:25:52Z")
Last September, a request was made for an example project for a UserSource, here: http://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=11034&p=39429 I'm wondering if there is any progress on an example within IA… --- ## [Question about Alarm Enabled Setting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-alarm-enabled-setting/8472)
**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-about-alarm-enabled-setting/8472 "2014-05-20T12:18:49Z")
Hey guys, I'm trying to set up a few alarms that are only enabled under specific conditions but I'm getting some weird alarm activation times so I'm trying to figure out exactly how this works. So, for example, say I… --- ## [\[CHI\] Generic TCP Driver - OPC-UA TCP client/server driver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chi-generic-tcp-driver-opc-ua-tcp-client-server-driver/8469)
**Author:** [@chi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/chi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/chi-generic-tcp-driver-opc-ua-tcp-client-server-driver/8469 "2014-05-19T18:46:02Z")
The generic tcp driver connects network devices that use a custom protocol to the Ignition OPC-UA server. The communication protocol is configurable for each device. This driver does not poll data but expects the connect… --- ## [Upgrading and Testing On A Redundant System](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-and-testing-on-a-redundant-system/8405)
**Author:** [@WildeKurt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WildeKurt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-and-testing-on-a-redundant-system/8405 "2014-05-19T17:54:16Z")
I have a redundant system that I need to upgrade. However, I'd like the ability to test some new features before getting all the clients switched over to the new version. So here's what I'm thinking: 1) Shut down the… --- ## [SQLHistorian tag data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sqlhistorian-tag-data/8468)
**Author:** [@Clkman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Clkman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sqlhistorian-tag-data/8468 "2014-05-19T17:13:19Z")
Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to export the data contained within an historian tag to an standard SQL table. Any pointers or advice would be gratefull. :smiley: --- ## [AddScheduleEntry without using a Schedule Entry controller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/addscheduleentry-without-using-a-schedule-entry-controller/7880)
**Author:** [@Arnaud.Desmarais](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arnaud.Desmarais)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/addscheduleentry-without-using-a-schedule-entry-controller/7880 "2014-05-19T14:45:34Z")
Hi, is it possible to create a Schedule Entry without using the Schedule Entry module? I want to create a Gateway Script that generate a typical week Schedule each Sunday but I didn't find anything to create a Schedule E… --- ## [Modify JNLP or upload file to WEB folder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modify-jnlp-or-upload-file-to-web-folder/8462)
**Author:** [@abishur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/abishur)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modify-jnlp-or-upload-file-to-web-folder/8462 "2014-05-19T14:13:37Z")
I was having some issues keeping track of which Ignition window was the designer and which was the published client and which was the development client, so I looked at the jnlp file and saw that the icon it uses is in t… --- ## [Socket library](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/socket-library/8465)
**Author:** [@carlos.ruiz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/carlos.ruiz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/socket-library/8465 "2014-05-19T14:10:27Z")
Good day! Excuse my insistence, but there is some way to make a socket communication by TCP / IP. There is a library in Python socket call, the same can be done in ignition? My thinking is to bind a java applica… --- ## [Easy Chart export to excel and data integrity](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-export-to-excel-and-data-integrity/8467)
**Author:** [@heikkihe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/heikkihe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easy-chart-export-to-excel-and-data-integrity/8467 "2014-05-19T11:01:33Z")
Hi! I noticed that Easy Chart uses data that is not valid when exporting data to excel. Example below shows that trend is working as expected, so it does not draw the parts where data quality is other than 192. But whe… --- ## [How to use associate data property in alarm journal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-associate-data-property-in-alarm-journal/8466)
**Author:** [@Niks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Niks)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-associate-data-property-in-alarm-journal/8466 "2014-05-19T09:57:50Z")
Hello All, We have configured Alarm Journal in the gateway and associated data property for a tag in alarming property. We need to sort alarms based on the created associate data in alarm journal. Can anyone please… --- ## [Project releasing best practice](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-releasing-best-practice/8456)
**Author:** [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-releasing-best-practice/8456 "2014-05-19T08:12:41Z")
What's the best way to work on a dev project version and then to release it overwriting the old production version? I also need to work on the same gateway... Thank you! MQ --- ## [Modbus TCP Connection](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-connection/8464)
**Author:** [@masud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/masud)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-tcp-connection/8464 "2014-05-18T22:11:16Z")
Hi, I am facing problem to connect Power Meter Schneider PM800 to Ignition Modbus Drive. The Architecture is PM800 (RS485 Modbus) ----\> Moxa (Modbus Etn Gateway) ----\> Ignition. At earlier connection the data is differen… --- ## [Help please, serial communication](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-please-serial-communication/8463)
**Author:** [@carlos.ruiz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/carlos.ruiz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-please-serial-communication/8463 "2014-05-18T15:08:15Z")
hello my name is carlos ruiz de mexico for use: system.serial.configureSerialPort (port, bitRate, DataBits, handshake, hardwareFlowControl, parity, stop bits) a library call number is required or how. this is m… [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1834) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1836)