# Latest **URL:** https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1978 [Latest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1979 --- ## [Better way to deal with large numbers of getTagValue calls](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-way-to-deal-with-large-numbers-of-gettagvalue-calls/3550)
**Author:** [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-way-to-deal-with-large-numbers-of-gettagvalue-calls/3550 "2011-12-20T20:35:33Z")
I'm trying to refactor part of a system right now, but I thought this might be a good question to put on the forums. Doing large amounts of tag reads is slow, especially over a VPN connection, is there a better way of … --- ## [Ignition 7.3.1(on win7) SQLServer 2008](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-3-1-on-win7-sqlserver-2008/3771)
**Author:** [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-7-3-1-on-win7-sqlserver-2008/3771 "2011-12-20T20:03:07Z")
SQLServer logs shows a successful connection. Ignition shows datasource as unknown. There is a TCP connection with keep alive packets from Ignition to SQLServer machine. There are also UDP packets going between them with… --- ## [Useability](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/useability/3744)
**Author:** [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/useability/3744 "2011-12-20T11:15:36Z")
How do you exit from the property expression editor without using the mouse --- ## [Ignition Link does not work after upgrade](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-link-does-not-work-after-upgrade/3485)
**Author:** [@AlexW](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlexW)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-link-does-not-work-after-upgrade/3485 "2011-12-20T01:46:27Z")
I have gone through several upgrades lately. -7.2.4-7.3b4-7.3-7.3.1 I noticed that each time the link that is placed by ignition on your desktop when it runs for the first time stops working. I can forsee this becoming… --- ## [Indirect properties](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirect-properties/3610)
**Author:** [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/indirect-properties/3610 "2011-12-19T21:53:20Z")
Much like indirect tags, I would like to define an indirect property. I would also like an expression function that would allow me to know if the indirect property can resolve itself at run time and allow me to specify … --- ## [Change of User causes screen swap to close project](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-of-user-causes-screen-swap-to-close-project/3649)
**Author:** [@Brett\_Yeomans](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brett_Yeomans)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-of-user-causes-screen-swap-to-close-project/3649 "2011-12-19T19:54:45Z")
I have a project with tab strip for changing the main window. If I logout and change User then try to swap to a certain screen (with “file explorer” and “Adobe PDF Viewer”) the project shuts down completely. I only hav… --- ## [Determining if a font exists](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/determining-if-a-font-exists/3729)
**Author:** [@ekthomson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ekthomson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/determining-if-a-font-exists/3729 "2011-12-19T19:34:52Z")
I have a screen that only works with a fairly narrow font. Two of them exist but aren't always installed on every system. Either Liberation Sans Narrow or Arial Narrow will work at the larger sizes with my screen, one is… --- ## [SQL Tag Offset Value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-tag-offset-value/3577)
**Author:** [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-tag-offset-value/3577 "2011-12-19T19:23:46Z")
How hard would it be to include an Offset value for SQL tags? I've run into a situation where we've been collecting a lot of temperature data directly from a Opto remote I/O brain and now production wants to be able to o… --- ## [Canonical to remove Sun Java from Ubuntu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/canonical-to-remove-sun-java-from-ubuntu/3775)
**Author:** [@jsham](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jsham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/canonical-to-remove-sun-java-from-ubuntu/3775 "2011-12-19T18:43:02Z")
Seems to be an important notice on Ubuntu systems... automatic updates will remove the Sun-Java packages from Ubuntu versions 10.04+ soon... https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-December/0015… --- ## [A question about a function in opcua programming](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/a-question-about-a-function-in-opcua-programming/3777)
**Author:** [@wengzijue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wengzijue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/a-question-about-a-function-in-opcua-programming/3777 "2011-12-19T17:04:01Z")
the code " public void setAddressMap(String addressMap)" in the example of Ignition-ModuleSDK-7.2.8\\example\\ModbusDriver-v2. there is no explanation of this function in javadoc and no other fuctions to call it ,can you… --- ## [SLC OPC Timer Tags](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slc-opc-timer-tags/3758)
**Author:** [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/slc-opc-timer-tags/3758 "2011-12-19T16:59:05Z")
Ack! :open\_mouth: When did the OPC-UA server stop enumerating timers? Luckily I'm only using one, and it's not used that often, but I just came across this whilst working on something else, and had an "oh my" moment. … --- ## [Efficient Design help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/efficient-design-help/3662)
**Author:** [@scott\_stc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/scott_stc)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/efficient-design-help/3662 "2011-12-19T16:03:05Z")
We are about to start a program that tracks the inventory (and other particulars about the inventory) in multiple cells, in multiple locations. We have tried a few test approaches, but keep running into roadblocks. Her… --- ## [Difference between F9 and F10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/difference-between-f9-and-f10/3776)
**Author:** [@SamJaimes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SamJaimes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/difference-between-f9-and-f10/3776 "2011-12-19T14:26:23Z")
Hello! As I understand both keys are to launch ruintime, but there's a little difference. I have a project with some windows in different folders. When press F9 the project runs normally, but when I use F10 the runtime… --- ## [Gateway Service](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service/3773)
**Author:** [@epsmitas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/epsmitas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-service/3773 "2011-12-18T18:03:46Z")
Hi everyone !!! Installed the latest version of Java and my Ignition Gateway service now fails on error 1067. What registry fixes do I need to do to correct this ? I am using 7.3. ( Previous to this I was unable to lau… --- ## [Special Characters on window names](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/special-characters-on-window-names/3774)
**Author:** [@vahterto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vahterto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/special-characters-on-window-names/3774 "2011-12-18T15:24:45Z")
Hi Would it be possible to get special characters work in window names? Example Ä and Ö ? In Finnish language there is quote a lot of those chars and when making dynamic GUI would be really nice to give right names o… --- ## [Gateway went belly up](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-went-belly-up/3769)
**Author:** [@Joseph\_Mendonca](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Joseph_Mendonca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-went-belly-up/3769 "2011-12-17T15:36:47Z")
I installed an app that was running on a MS platform and installed it in a Linux machine. As a result, when running the app it crashed. I went back and extracted and restored a backup from the previous app that was r… --- ## [User manual for reporting module / Report Designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-manual-for-reporting-module-report-designer/3772)
**Author:** [@miketob](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/miketob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/user-manual-for-reporting-module-report-designer/3772 "2011-12-17T01:16:16Z")
Is there a user manual for the reporting module or the report designer, In particular I'm interesed in the expression functions and syntax (like the "?" operator) Thank you. --- ## [Access Rockwell Historian Data](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-rockwell-historian-data/3148)
**Author:** [@jconnor34](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jconnor34)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-rockwell-historian-data/3148 "2011-12-17T00:13:27Z")
Can anyone give me some direction on using Ignition to access trend data from a compressed Rockwell Historian database? I have a customer that uses Rockwell Historian with compression. I have some information on how t… --- ## [Tag configuration glyph for scaling](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-configuration-glyph-for-scaling/3767)
**Author:** [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-configuration-glyph-for-scaling/3767 "2011-12-16T22:06:13Z")
Currently we have glyphs to indicate tag configurations such as alarming. It would be nice to have a glyph to indicate that a tag is configured with scaling. --- ## [Modbus driver reading incorrect floating point values](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-driver-reading-incorrect-floating-point-values/3768)
**Author:** [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modbus-driver-reading-incorrect-floating-point-values/3768 "2011-12-16T18:57:19Z")
I’m having issues reading a floating point value. It seems I’m getting incorrect values. --- ## [INSql](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insql/3763)
**Author:** [@rfbuehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rfbuehler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/insql/3763 "2011-12-16T18:28:48Z")
Is there anyway to push data from Ignition into INSql (Wonderware)? Thanks in advance. --- ## [Global script help](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-script-help/3759)
**Author:** [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/global-script-help/3759 "2011-12-16T18:11:35Z")
What am I doing wrong here? I have this global script that gets called by a gateway tag change script. what I am trying to add is the tag quality to the script, to verify that I have good quality before inserting a recor… --- ## [A question about fuction "getRequestKey" in opcua program](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/a-question-about-fuction-getrequestkey-in-opcua-program/3754)
**Author:** [@wengzijue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wengzijue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/a-question-about-fuction-getrequestkey-in-opcua-program/3754 "2011-12-16T16:37:52Z")
Can you give me more detailed information about fuction "getRequestKey(byte\[\] message)" ,It seems only get the key of received message ,not sended message. please tell me more about the "key",thanks. --- ## [Accessing tag data quality using python](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-tag-data-quality-using-python/3756)
**Author:** [@cgz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cgz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/accessing-tag-data-quality-using-python/3756 "2011-12-16T07:06:51Z")
Is this possible? Looking at the documentation, only tag value seems available. I could use such a feature in case where there's a group of components, because expressions and indirect tags don't support relative ref… --- ## [DB Tags - Static value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/db-tags-static-value/3764)
**Author:** [@TimE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TimE)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/db-tags-static-value/3764 "2011-12-15T23:12:36Z")
I understand from the manual that with a static db tag the value only changes when it is written to. If I create a DB Tag and set an initial value and then later write a new value to it, what value does it have if the … --- ## [Calendar Month View](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calendar-month-view/3738)
**Author:** [@weertske](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/weertske)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calendar-month-view/3738 "2011-12-15T22:17:33Z")
I could use a little guidance. I am using calendar month view to display daily data from a SQL query. When the user presses the forward or backward arrows I created, the query populates the calendar with data for that … --- ## [Validate data is selected from dropdown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validate-data-is-selected-from-dropdown/3762)
**Author:** [@ryanbeno](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanbeno)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validate-data-is-selected-from-dropdown/3762 "2011-12-15T20:31:05Z")
To All: I have a form that once a facility is selected from a drop down which is fed off an SQL query the equipment size is next to be selected. When you switch facilities is automatically generated in the label of th… --- ## [Ignition not showing correct opc quality code](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-not-showing-correct-opc-quality-code/3651)
**Author:** [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-not-showing-correct-opc-quality-code/3651 "2011-12-15T18:35:13Z")
For some reason Ignition seems to be changing the quality code that it receives from kepware. If I connect using kepware client, the kepware client shows my device tags with a bad quality code as code 20. that same tag i… --- ## [USB License HASP](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/usb-license-hasp/3760)
**Author:** [@rfbuehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rfbuehler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/usb-license-hasp/3760 "2011-12-15T18:25:39Z")
What do I need to do to use theHASP on linux? Basically how do I install it on linux? --- ## [FPMI going into demo mode and expires](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fpmi-going-into-demo-mode-and-expires/3749)
**Author:** [@Jcam](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jcam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fpmi-going-into-demo-mode-and-expires/3749 "2011-12-15T17:05:18Z")
Is there anything we can do to keep FPMI from going into demo mode. It happens quite often now and we have to restart the service to get it back running in licensed mode. [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1977) [Next page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/latest.md?page=1979)