# Calling a popup with a tag value?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-popup-with-a-tag-value/108434>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-popup-with-a-tag-value/108434 "2025-07-14T15:35:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tp\_gates\_mypapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@tp\_gates\_mypapa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tp_gates_mypapa)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-popup-with-a-tag-value/108434/1 "2025-07-14T15:35:51Z")

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How do I make a Vision popup window "popup" when a boolean tag equals "1" ?  
When manual mode is selected, popup a window.

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**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-popup-with-a-tag-value/108434/2 "2025-07-14T15:41:38Z")

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Create a custom property like "pathstr" on the window. On your event that opens the window, pass the tag path to the tag you want to display. Usually, you pass the tagpath up to the root of a UDT, then use indirects for various parts of that UDT. So that in the popup, a binding would be {1}/startpb, where {1} = tagpath you passed to window.

For Vision

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-popup-with-a-tag-value/108434/3 "2025-07-14T15:51:58Z")

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Please edit your question title and add the `vision` or `perspective` tag from the dropdown on the right. The answers will be different.

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-popup-with-a-tag-value/108434/4 "2025-07-14T19:30:03Z")

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I think you would do this with a property change script on a docked view.

Use a docked view because it will always be open on every client. Bind a custom property on the docked view to the tag and use a property change script on the docked window to check for your property value == 1 to open the window you want to open.

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**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-popup-with-a-tag-value/108434/5 "2025-07-15T01:33:12Z")

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Holy 1st post subject change, batman. Not at all what was originally asked, so ignore my answer #2.

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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/calling-a-popup-with-a-tag-value/108434/6 "2025-07-19T00:02:51Z")

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Sounds like this question here:  
[Open Window in script tag changed](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-open-window-in-script-tag-changed/63653/20)