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## [Level Indicator with custom shope](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/level-indicator-with-custom-shope/4273)

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**Author:** [@kuphaus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kuphaus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/level-indicator-with-custom-shope/4273 "2012-04-10T19:52:43Z")

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Is there any way to modify the level indicator component to be a custom shape or have a custom shape do a vertical fill?

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## [Default Pack Rate](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-pack-rate/4271)

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**Author:** [@Jmoller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jmoller)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/default-pack-rate/4271 "2012-04-10T16:26:13Z")

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The default pack rate multiplier does not work. We have tried 6 as in 6 packages per index and .1667 as in 1 index divided by .1667 = 6 packs. This math does not reflect on the shift counts. What is it used for then?

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## [Indirection and templates for valve animation and control](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirection-and-templates-for-valve-animation-and-control/4269)

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**Author:** [@hensoa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hensoa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirection-and-templates-for-valve-animation-and-control/4269 "2012-04-10T15:38:25Z")

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I am an ignition novice. I want to create a template that i can then place on a graphic page to represent a process valve. I would like the colour of the valve symbol on the template to represent the state of the valve e…

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## [Problems insert query](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-insert-query/4221)

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**Author:** [@SamJaimes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SamJaimes)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-insert-query/4221 "2012-04-10T11:13:51Z")

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Hello everybody! I’m trying to do an Insert query using: idTabla = event.source.parent.idTablaMax idTipoConsigna = event.source.parent.getComponent('cmbTipoConsigna').selectedValue inicioTramo = event.source.parent.get…

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## [Window Folders Disappear](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/window-folders-disappear/4135)

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**Author:** [@Jmoller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jmoller)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/window-folders-disappear/4135 "2012-04-09T22:56:24Z")

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Trying to group my windows into folders but the folders disappear and I lose the windows... Is that normal? Also cant import windows directly into a folder.

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## [Deploying Modules w/ 7.4.1 (b906)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deploying-modules-w-7-4-1-b906/4264)

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**Author:** [@bryan\_cook](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bryan_cook)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deploying-modules-w-7-4-1-b906/4264 "2012-04-09T18:30:23Z")

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We upgraded to 7.4.1 last night, (both the installs and the SDK). We're noticing that when we deploy our Designer/Client module, the State gets set to New instead of Loaded. We've got to restart the module to get it to…

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## [Transaction Group Execution](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-execution/4261)

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**Author:** [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transaction-group-execution/4261 "2012-04-09T16:01:28Z")

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How are transaction groups executed if they run at the same update rate. Do they run asynchronous or in sequence listed. Reason I am asking this , I thing an install we have is having timing issues and this group has th…

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## [Ignition allen bradley drives opc-ua](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-allen-bradley-drives-opc-ua/4246)

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**Author:** [@robin.abdul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robin.abdul)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-allen-bradley-drives-opc-ua/4246 "2012-04-09T14:48:59Z")

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dear gentlemen, I was able to connect to Control logix ethernet via ignition's OPC-UA, but i am unableto browse tags from the opc server quick client view, i can see the global (folder under the cpu) but not the tags, a…

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## [PostgreSQL 9.1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/postgresql-9-1/4262)

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**Author:** [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/postgresql-9-1/4262 "2012-04-07T21:31:43Z")

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Doing some testing with latest and greatest PostgreSQL.... Immediately ran into a data type issue with boolean columns. Appears Postgres no longer automatically casts integer zeros and ones into booleans when inserting…

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## [Transparent background bug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transparent-background-bug/4081)

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**Author:** [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/transparent-background-bug/4081 "2012-04-07T09:40:32Z")

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there’s an annoying bug in tranparent areas rendering. i attached an example image of how should the rendering to be (left) and how it is drawn when clicked in both runtime mode and design mode (right): instead of drawi…

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## [Double-click default behavior](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/double-click-default-behavior/1267)

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**Author:** [@timf](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/timf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/double-click-default-behavior/1267 "2012-04-06T20:20:17Z")

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It would be nice if the "Choose Property" dialog box would automatically close when you double-click an item from out of the list box. Currently, you have to click to select the property and then click the OK button. D…

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## [Template Properties magically changing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties-magically-changing/4260)

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**Author:** [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties-magically-changing/4260 "2012-04-06T15:53:18Z")

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i have a page with 18 instances of a template. i set in the master object an INT property, which i find below Template Properties objects in the window. i bind this instance INT param to a fixed value i write at design t…

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## [EasyChart pause via tag or property](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-pause-via-tag-or-property/4257)

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**Author:** [@Kakkerlak](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kakkerlak)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-pause-via-tag-or-property/4257 "2012-04-06T00:29:13Z")

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The EasyChart object has a convenient "Tape Recorder" style button to allow the user to Pause or Run the chart. Is there a way to bind that function to a Tag or Property ? I want the Chart to run until my PLC detect…

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## [Trouble with the 7.4.1 version about the string conversion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trouble-with-the-7-4-1-version-about-the-string-conversion/4252)

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**Author:** [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/trouble-with-the-7-4-1-version-about-the-string-conversion/4252 "2012-04-06T00:06:14Z")

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I have some trouble with the 7.4.1 version about the string conversion in many scripts afetr upgrading my server My scripts was ok in 7.3.3 b570 I have some error in 7.4.1 when : str() is executed on a string variabl…

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## [Saving your place when saving a script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-your-place-when-saving-a-script/4255)

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**Author:** [@julio.velasco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/julio.velasco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-your-place-when-saving-a-script/4255 "2012-04-05T21:49:57Z")

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I love the 7.4 scripting upgrades. Currently when I press the "Apply" button in the module script editor the editor automatically scrolls my module to the top and I lose my place where I am in the script module and I h…

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## [Expression Editor Copy/Paste on Right-Click](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-editor-copy-paste-on-right-click/4250)

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**Author:** [@pphillips](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pphillips)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/expression-editor-copy-paste-on-right-click/4250 "2012-04-05T21:21:29Z")

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It appears that on the Expression Editor the mouse right-click Copy and Paste functions both produce a Null Pointer Exception error. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V seem to work fine. v7.4 on Ubuntu 11.10

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## [Dynamic Linear Scale](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-linear-scale/4247)

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**Author:** [@Joseph\_Mendonca](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Joseph_Mendonca)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dynamic-linear-scale/4247 "2012-04-05T19:29:48Z")

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Depending on which facility is selected the Linear Scale component is dynamically altered by swapping the datasets. The problem is that when the dataset is swapped it does not refresh to the binding. Is there a way to …

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## [Deploying Module & NumberFormatException Error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deploying-module-numberformatexception-error/3971)

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**Author:** [@bryan\_cook](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bryan_cook)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/deploying-module-numberformatexception-error/3971 "2012-04-05T18:51:48Z")

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I'm working with the SDK for the first time, encountering the following problem ... I've got a simple module, just using Gateway. When I run my Ant file to deploy, I get the following ... I confirmed the server's acc…

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## [Get SRConnection for Project's Default Database](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-srconnection-for-projects-default-database/4254)

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**Author:** [@bryan\_cook](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bryan_cook)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-srconnection-for-projects-default-database/4254 "2012-04-05T18:43:48Z")

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How can I go about getting an SRConnection object for the project's default database? We've got a Gateway module and we're able to get them through GatewayContext.getDatasourceManager().getConnection(); however, ClientC…

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## [Scripts Sent to Gateway to Execute](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripts-sent-to-gateway-to-execute/4184)

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**Author:** [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/scripts-sent-to-gateway-to-execute/4184 "2012-04-05T18:08:53Z")

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One problem I have is when I need to run several or many database queries that depend on each other in the client. This takes a long time because of the network traffic. Each query has to wait for the one before to reach…

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## [Rolling banner / stock exchange type](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rolling-banner-stock-exchange-type/4256)

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**Author:** [@kevinmarchand](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevinmarchand)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/rolling-banner-stock-exchange-type/4256 "2012-04-05T17:45:14Z")

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Hi, I would like to display message that roll from left to rigth like the stock exchange banner. Is there a component to achieve this? thnaks

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## [SSL Fully Enabled](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssl-fully-enabled/4248)

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**Author:** [@bryan\_cook](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bryan_cook)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ssl-fully-enabled/4248 "2012-04-05T16:17:31Z")

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I went ahead and setup SSL and I’m able to access the web interface via HTTPS just fine; however, when I launch Designer, I noticed the following in the Java console, (see attached). Why isn’t this HTTPS?

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## [Gateway Script](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-script/2799)

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**Author:** [@Jon.Trusik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jon.Trusik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-script/2799 "2012-04-05T16:07:59Z")

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I have a script that runs fine as a client script, however when I try it as a Gateway script, it fails. I need to create a file and write data to it at a specific time. The data I am using are expression tags from \[Cl…

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## [Insert Null value into index column error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-null-value-into-index-column-error/4251)

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**Author:** [@MiddleC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MiddleC)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insert-null-value-into-index-column-error/4251 "2012-04-05T15:53:55Z")

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Copied table using sql import/export wizard. Then modified column names as well as index column name. I then started a new transaction group hoping to insert records beginning at last record of imported table. B…

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## [Best practices to Integrate software](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-to-integrate-software/3230)

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**Author:** [@moralesm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/moralesm)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-to-integrate-software/3230 "2012-04-05T15:32:39Z")

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I am researching the best options to integrate custom software that is currently interfacing to the OPC UA server via PROSYS client. Is it possible to define custom tags in the OPC UA server that can be intercepted by…

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## [Search and replace within scripts](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-within-scripts/2708)

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**Author:** [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/search-and-replace-within-scripts/2708 "2012-04-05T15:20:50Z")

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It would be very useful to have a local search and replace within scripts, in addition to the project-wide search and replace tool currently being developed.

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## [Historical Trending Suddenly Stops, Requires Server Reboot](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historical-trending-suddenly-stops-requires-server-reboot/4245)

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**Author:** [@bpirtle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bpirtle)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/historical-trending-suddenly-stops-requires-server-reboot/4245 "2012-04-04T18:07:35Z")

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Every week or so all of the trending of historical tags will stop, but there don't appear to be an errors associated with the database. The other strange part is that this always happens at 12pm or 12am on the dot, as …

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## [Alert storage profile error](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alert-storage-profile-error/4197)

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**Author:** [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alert-storage-profile-error/4197 "2012-04-04T15:15:36Z")

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It looks like I am getting some deadlocks in my alert storage profile table. I have alot of devices going in and out of alarm every few seconds. Have any suggestions to correct this issue? I am using sql server 2008 and …

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## [Alarms history table comments to DB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-history-table-comments-to-db/4177)

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**Author:** [@quper](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/quper)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms-history-table-comments-to-db/4177 "2012-04-04T15:13:46Z")

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Hi I have an alarms history table populated by queryAlertHistory, where I have Notes column enabled and editable. I would like to store entered text for corresponding alarm in the database. How is it possible?

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## [Auto Incrementing Serialization of barcodes?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-incrementing-serialization-of-barcodes/4235)

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**Author:** [@cswett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cswett)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-incrementing-serialization-of-barcodes/4235 "2012-04-04T15:09:14Z")

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Does anyone have an suggestions of how I could implement serialization of barcodes being printed in a manufacturing process. The serial number within the barcode is specific to the particular product being produced at …

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