# Template Properties magically changing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties-magically-changing/4260>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 6, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties-magically-changing/4260 "2012-04-06T13:35:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![marioquark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties-magically-changing/4260/1 "2012-04-06T13:35:01Z")

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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 time.  
of course i set for each instance a different fixed INT value.

when i go runtime all values are magically set to the same number… 😮

how is it possible?!  
thanks

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties-magically-changing/4260/2 "2012-04-06T15:31:07Z")

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The property must be bound to something. Is the property bold?

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**Author:** ![marioquark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties-magically-changing/4260/3 "2012-04-06T15:41:28Z")

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uhm… no it is not.  
i think templates are useful even when they’re note bound: they’re usable as quickly updatable graphic library. as i can see they’re not designed to be something like that. am i wrong?

anyway, i’m thinking a workaround: i can bind them to a fixed field.  
any engineering-more-acceptable suggestion?

thanks

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/template-properties-magically-changing/4260/4 "2012-04-06T15:53:18Z")

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This was a bug that was fixed in 7.4.1