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**Author:** [@systemparadox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/systemparadox)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/request-for-comments-external-scripts/4999 "2013-09-03T16:32:25Z")
To address some of the issues with the Script Module system, we are currently looking at developing a module to support external scripts. We would appreciate any comments. Specifically we are looking to address the fol… --- ## [Alarm Property Name Mouseover Text](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-property-name-mouseover-text/7179)
**Author:** [@SamVandiver](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SamVandiver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-property-name-mouseover-text/7179 "2013-09-03T14:45:13Z")
While editing a window component, hovering over a property label displays Mouseover text with a short description, the Property Name, and the Property Scripting Name. It would be helpful if the Alarm Configuration windo… --- ## [Open Popup on another popup at cursor location](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-popup-on-another-popup-at-cursor-location/7153)
**Author:** [@0sm0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/0sm0)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-popup-on-another-popup-at-cursor-location/7153 "2013-09-02T00:57:28Z")
I would like to open a popup on an existing popup at the cursors position on an event (mouse release). using event.x and event.y gives you the cursor position of the events source component (button), so a button that i… --- ## [Script modules - script executes properly... but only once](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-modules-script-executes-properly-but-only-once/7176)
**Author:** [@iamthebull](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/iamthebull)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-modules-script-executes-properly-but-only-once/7176 "2013-09-01T15:19:11Z")
In the scrip modules editor I defined a new script module named 'buildquery'. The script sets the value of a client tag to true and prints 'set bit to 1' to the output console. That is, the module definition includes: … --- ## [Configure Comment Panel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/configure-comment-panel/6815)
**Author:** [@Niks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Niks)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/configure-comment-panel/6815 "2013-09-01T08:36:21Z")
Hi, I want to configure Comment panel in our project. we have two user 1.Admin and 2.Operator Does it require any scripting if yes please suggest in solution. --- ## [Query for Min, Max and times they occured?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-for-min-max-and-times-they-occured/7148)
**Author:** [@scott\_rister](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scott_rister)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/query-for-min-max-and-times-they-occured/7148 "2013-09-01T07:00:13Z")
I need to query a monthly history table to pull the minimum and maximum values and the times they occured for a report. I know to use min() and max() functions to get the values but not sure how to get the times? thank… --- ## [Table - blink option enable for background mapping](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-blink-option-enable-for-background-mapping/5210)
**Author:** [@techerdone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/techerdone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-blink-option-enable-for-background-mapping/5210 "2013-08-31T19:31:16Z")
According to this thread, http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=5182&p=29906#p29906, this option is disabled and has no intention of being developed soon. Please reconsider. Thanks. --- ## [Maximum characters for a text area](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maximum-characters-for-a-text-area/7175)
**Author:** [@phassler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/phassler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maximum-characters-for-a-text-area/7175 "2013-08-31T19:24:05Z")
It would be helpful if the text area component had a maximumCharacters property just like a text field. This is really useful for doing automatic validation when synchronizing with a database. --- ## [Reset Popup on a Date Range Component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-popup-on-a-date-range-component/7174)
**Author:** [@phassler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/phassler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reset-popup-on-a-date-range-component/7174 "2013-08-31T19:21:40Z")
IT would be useful to have the ability for a user to quickly go back to the original configuration of the date range component as it was when they opened the screen. My users tend to zoom and scroll and drag and end up … --- ## [Description for roles](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/description-for-roles/7172)
**Author:** [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/description-for-roles/7172 "2013-08-30T23:13:24Z")
It would be nice to have another field for each role that is a description field, and would be editable in the roles editor. I try to make the role names as descriptive as possible, but after a while I tend to forget wh… --- ## [Queried Data into Bar Graph](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/queried-data-into-bar-graph/7171)
**Author:** [@quinadler.hgst](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/quinadler.hgst)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/queried-data-into-bar-graph/7171 "2013-08-30T23:08:21Z")
I am attempting to make a simple bar graph from data that I can obtain from a query. Maybe I am being ignorant, but I am finding it difficult to query more than one column of the table at once. That said, I am only seein… --- ## [Script Module Editor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-module-editor/1563)
**Author:** [@Step7](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Step7)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/script-module-editor/1563 "2013-08-30T22:58:06Z")
I think the module editor could be a little more user friendly. The Package Structure pane cannot be resized (widened), and I can't read the entire name of some of my modules. Even if the name of the module was passed to… --- ## [Transaction group and scan class](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-and-scan-class/7164)
**Author:** [@AJBerera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AJBerera)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-and-scan-class/7164 "2013-08-30T21:46:58Z")
I have a transaction group that is in OPC \>\> DB mode. The items are all SQL tags with a scan class of 1 second. I am executing the Group with another SQL tag trigger at the same scan class. Sometimes I am not reading wha… --- ## [Global Script Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-script-module/6764)
**Author:** [@Pat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-script-module/6764 "2013-08-30T21:13:32Z")
It would be nice to have a Global Script Module what was available to all projects in the Gateway. --- ## [Expression tag referencing another tag w/ leased scan class](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-referencing-another-tag-w-leased-scan-class/6677)
**Author:** [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-tag-referencing-another-tag-w-leased-scan-class/6677 "2013-08-30T19:00:01Z")
I have an expression tag that is referencing an OPC tag in a udt(both are in the same udt). The OPC tag is in a direct scan class and the expression tag is in a leased scan class that has a slow scan rate of 0. essential… --- ## [Grayed Out Alarm Configuration](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/grayed-out-alarm-configuration/6971)
**Author:** [@Henry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Henry)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/grayed-out-alarm-configuration/6971 "2013-08-30T17:57:23Z")
Hundreds of my alarms have a gray box in the name space and will not allow me to change the priority to a differnet value and I'm wondering how to fix the issue. --- ## [Polling mode](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/polling-mode/7165)
**Author:** [@AJBerera](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AJBerera)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/polling-mode/7165 "2013-08-30T17:32:38Z")
is this property scriptable? for example, If I have an event viewer which is a table can I create a pause button that will effectively toggle the polling mode between off and relative? --- ## [Interesting Linux issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interesting-linux-issue/7156)
**Author:** [@tbackus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tbackus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/interesting-linux-issue/7156 "2013-08-30T17:19:02Z")
We recently updated Ignition to 7.8 from 7.6. Since then we have an interesting problem. Upon Startup the workstation automatically loads a web page which in turn starts the ignition app.. We have specific screen inf… --- ## [Launch Link Script Policy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-link-script-policy/6997)
**Author:** [@justice5555](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justice5555)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-link-script-policy/6997 "2013-08-30T16:52:29Z")
Can someone elaborate on the difference between the Gateway settings “JavaScript” and “Direct”? I read everything I could find on the forum, but am not clear on what the differences are. We launch our projects as: (1)… --- ## [Component Scripting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-scripting/7166)
**Author:** [@ilikebeer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ilikebeer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-scripting/7166 "2013-08-30T11:34:33Z")
Thanks again for all the help recently. Project is coming allong. Todays question is about scripting. I have a button that when clicked moves several values to tags to be used in tables for a report. These values are dep… --- ## [Text Alert Format](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-alert-format/7167)
**Author:** [@WillMT10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WillMT10)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-alert-format/7167 "2013-08-29T20:37:34Z")
Is there anyway to format the text messages that are sent out for alerts? I would like to be able to get ride of the "FRM:xxxxx@xxxx.com", "SBJ:xxxxxxxx", and "MSG:" so that way the only thing that is displayed is the m… --- ## [Deprecated functions](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deprecated-functions/6117)
**Author:** [@systemparadox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/systemparadox)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deprecated-functions/6117 "2013-08-29T15:52:03Z")
Ignition's documentation appears to be lacking a section for deprecated functions. For example, system.tag.writeToTag has been replaced by system.tag.write, but given an old project I have no way of knowing this. The f… --- ## [Optimization of EIP Comms](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimization-of-eip-comms/7163)
**Author:** [@jsham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jsham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimization-of-eip-comms/7163 "2013-08-29T15:42:37Z")
I'm working a project with 9 remote sites, each with a MicroLogix 1400. The sites communicate back to the Ignition server via a multipoint radio network with a theoretical bandwidth of 768 kbps. It seems even this low … --- ## [Strange HMI refreshing behaviors (7.6.2)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/strange-hmi-refreshing-behaviors-7-6-2/7076)
**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/strange-hmi-refreshing-behaviors-7-6-2/7076 "2013-08-29T06:27:23Z")
Ignition Version : 7.6.2 (b2368) Java Version : Oracle Corporation 1.7.0\_25 win 7 32 bits I have some strange HMI refreshing behaviors 1) When I change user, Permissions on components are not refreshed. When I change… --- ## [AX-OPC server](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ax-opc-server/7158)
**Author:** [@randy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/randy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ax-opc-server/7158 "2013-08-28T19:40:36Z")
Hi I need a little help I am trying to create an OPC connection between Phoenix contact PLC – which has an OPC server (called AX-OPC server). The spec on it are OPC-DA 1.0a and OPC-DA2.05 with projid= Phoenix.contact.AX-… --- ## [Value Quality indication in charts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/value-quality-indication-in-charts/7162)
**Author:** [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/value-quality-indication-in-charts/7162 "2013-08-28T15:05:29Z")
it would be nice to have in charts something (example: darker plot segment or using a different color) to make the user know if a segment of the line (or the bar) has a not expected quality. quality could be passed to ea… --- ## [Report Training Video](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-training-video/7159)
**Author:** [@ilikebeer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ilikebeer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/report-training-video/7159 "2013-08-28T13:57:19Z")
Been on this site off/on for hours searching and can't find the report training videos mentioned in several "topics" here. Looked at the home site also and can't find anything. Read the manual specifically starting at T… --- ## [Apache POI and XMLBeans](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apache-poi-and-xmlbeans/7127)
**Author:** [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apache-poi-and-xmlbeans/7127 "2013-08-28T06:53:00Z")
I am trying to use Apache POI and have successfully made a module. When I tried using some of the classes I received a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException error message. I then made a mod… --- ## [Ignition Community Conference](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-community-conference/6705)
**Author:** [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-community-conference/6705 "2013-08-28T06:50:59Z")
Hey everyone, We're very excited about our inaugural user's conference, dubbed the Ignition Community Conference. Since this forum represents a key part of the community, we hope to see many of you there! Who's plann… --- ## [Component Scripting Window always on top](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-scripting-window-always-on-top/7120)
**Author:** [@Jonathan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/component-scripting-window-always-on-top/7120 "2013-08-27T18:08:34Z")
I am using Ignition 7.6.3-rc3. I have noticed that the component scripting window appears to always be on top. I remember in previous versions it was always on top of Ignition windows (which I am fine with), but now it … [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1875) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1877)