# Access internal properties of templates in Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-internal-properties-of-templates-in-designer/8277>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 8, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-internal-properties-of-templates-in-designer/8277 "2014-04-08T19:27:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![stevetperry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@stevetperry](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stevetperry)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-internal-properties-of-templates-in-designer/8277/1 "2014-04-08T19:27:54Z")

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When using templates in windows, I sometimes have a need to access the “internal properties” of the template. I have been able to access those internal properties via scripting, which works fine.  
But, it sure would have been easier and “cleaner” if I could have seen those template internal properties in the Ignition Designer graphical tools…………picking them from the object hierarchy.

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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-internal-properties-of-templates-in-designer/8277/2 "2014-04-08T21:13:15Z")

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Sounds like these should be template parameters, not internal properties.

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**Author:** ![Serhii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Serhii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Serhii)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-internal-properties-of-templates-in-designer/8277/3 "2014-09-15T13:52:34Z")

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+1 it can be helpful.  
Sometimes i need to use internal properties and internal difference bindings. But in window i want to use result of internal properties bindings.

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**Author:** ![Serhii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Serhii](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Serhii)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/access-internal-properties-of-templates-in-designer/8277/4 "2014-09-15T13:53:29Z")

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> [@Kyle Chase](#):
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> Sounds like these should be template parameters, not internal properties.

Not helpfull. In your version i must to bind all of not-internal properties.