# Template container dynamic border

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-container-dynamic-border/25850>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 17, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-container-dynamic-border/25850 "2019-06-17T03:54:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![cwatson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@cwatson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cwatson)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-container-dynamic-border/25850/1 "2019-06-17T03:54:10Z")

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Previously in Ignition 7.9. I was dynamically creating the border for a container within a template. The main purpose of this was to use a string property from a UDT passed to the template to dynamically form the container title.

This does not seem to work in ignition 8.02 any more, with the following error appearing when using an expression of toBorder(concat(“etchedtitled;”,{ContainerTest.PhaseTag::Meta.Description})):

```auto
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.SerializationException: 
Error during serialization for property 'border' on object '[VisionTemplate]ContainerTest'
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:307)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.xmlserialization.DefaultComponentDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultComponentDelegate.java:112)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serialize(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:334)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.serialize(XMLSerializationContext.java:49)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializer.serialize(XMLSerializer.java:519)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializer.serializeBinary(XMLSerializer.java:501)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace.saveContainer(WindowWorkspace.java:1603)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace.commitDesignable(WindowWorkspace.java:1312)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace.commitAll(WindowWorkspace.java:881)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.model.VisionDesignerImpl.notifyProjectSaveStart(VisionDesignerImpl.java:557)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.commitAll(IgnitionDesigner.java:1477)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.handleSave(IgnitionDesigner.java:1246)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$Handler.handleSaveAction(IgnitionDesigner.java:2618)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$Handler$5.actionPerformed(IgnitionDesigner.java:2222)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at com.jidesoft.plaf.basic.BasicJideButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.SerializationException: Unable to create clean copy of class javax.swing.plaf.BorderUIResource
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializer.getCleanCopy(XMLSerializer.java:585)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.getCleanCopy(XMLSerializationContext.java:71)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:297)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serialize(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:334)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.serialize(XMLSerializationContext.java:49)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeConstructor(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:381)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeConstructor(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:372)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serialize(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:330)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.serialize(XMLSerializationContext.java:49)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:240)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:227)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.doProperty(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:284)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:305)
	... 50 more

```

Ignition v8.0.2 (b2019060511)  
Java: Azul Systems, Inc. 11.0.3