InduSoft Web Studio v7.0 Technical Reference

• Introduction
• Conventions used in this documentation
• About This Application
  • Product Overview
  • Product Features
  • How the Software Works
    • Internal Structure and Data Flow
    • Executing/Switching Modules
    • Executing/Switching the Background Task
• Installation
  • System requirements
  • Installing the Software
  • Starting the Software
  • Uninstalling the Software
• Licensing
  • Protection Types
  • License Settings
  • Execution Modes
  • Product Versions
  • Installing a New Hardkey License
  • Upgrading the Current Hardkey License
  • Installing a Softkey License
  • Invalid Licenses
  • Installing or Upgrading a CEView License (Locally)
  • Installing or Upgrading a CEView License (Remotely)
• The Development Environment
  • Application button
    • Recent Projects
    • New
    • Open Project
    • Open
    • Save
    • Save As
    • Save All
    • Save All as HTML
    • Save as HTML
    • Save Screen Group as HMTL
    • Print
    • Print Preview
    • Print Setup
    • Close
    • Close All
    • Exit
  • Quick Access Toolbar
  • Ribbon
    • Home tab
    • View tab
    • Insert tab
    • Project tab
    • Graphics tab
    • Format tab
    • Help tab
  • Project Explorer
    • Global tab
    • Graphics tab
    • Tasks tab
    • Comm tab
  • Screen/Worksheet Editor
  • Database Spy
  • Output (LogWin)
  • Title Bar
  • Status Bar
• Creating a New Project
  • Creating a New Project
  • Configuring additional project settings
    • Information tab
    • Options tab
      • Alarm History and Events
      • Default Database
      • Database Configuration
    • Viewer tab
    • Communication tab
    • Web tab
    • Preferences tab
  • Enabling mobile access to your project
  • Configuring your project's default email settings
  • Configuring your project's default FTP settings
  • Starting Modules on the Target System
  • Service Configuration
• Tags and the Project Database
  • About Tags and the Project Database
    • Project Tags Folder
      • Extending the Project Tags datasheet
    • Classes Folder
    • Shared Database Folder
    • System Tags Folder
  • Designing a Tag
    • Naming the Tag
    • Choosing the Tag Type
    • Choosing the Tag Data Type
    • Choosing the Tag Scope
  • Creating Database Tags
    • Adding Tags to the Datasheet
    • Creating Tags "On-the-Fly"
    • Editing Tags
  • Creating Classes
  • Setting Tag Properties
    • Understanding Tag Properties and Parameters
    • Using Tag Properties: Alarms
    • Using Tag Properties: History
    • List of Tag Properties
  • Using Tags in Your Project
  • Deleting a tag from the project database
  • Using the Tags Toolbar
    • Global Replace
    • Replace
    • Remove unused tags
    • Reset tags database
    • Tag Name text box
    • Object Finder
    • Cross Reference
    • Properties
  • Importing an External Database
    • Using the Import Wizard
    • Importing from...
      • ...Other Studio Databases
      • ...OPC Server Databases
      • ...CSV Databases
      • ...ODBC Databases
      • ...PanelBuilder32 Databases
      • ...RSLogix 5000 CSV Databases
      • ...OMRON CX Programmer Databases
      • ...TwinCAT PLC Databases
      • ...PanelMate Plus Databases
  • Integrating the project database with a TwinCAT PLC
• Screens and Graphics
  • Working with Screens
    • Screens folder
      • Screen Attributes dialog
      • Modifying a screen's background color or image
    • Screen Group Folder
    • Web Pages Folder
    • Mobile Access
    • Layout
  • Using Screen Objects and Animations
    • Editing
      • Selection
      • Disable Drag
      • Replace
      • Properties
      • Grid Settings
      • Undo
      • Arrange
    • Shapes
      • Line object
      • Open Polygon object
      • Closed Polygon object
      • Rectangle object
      • Rounded Rectangle object
      • Ellipse object
    • Active Objects
      • Text object
      • Button object
      • Pushbutton object
      • Check Box object
      • Radio Button object
      • Combo Box object
      • List Box object
      • Smart Message object
    • Libraries
      • Symbols
        • Saving your own project symbols
      • ActiveX Control object
      • .NET Control object
      • Linked Picture
    • Animations
      • Command animation
      • Hyperlink animation
      • Bargraph animation
      • Text Data Link animation
      • Color animation
      • Position animation
      • Resize animation
      • Rotation animation
  • Formatting Screen Objects
    • Move to Front and Move to Back
    • Move Backward and Move Forward
    • Group
    • Align
    • Rotate
      • Flip Vertical
      • Flip Horizontal
    • Size
    • Fill Color
    • Line Color
    • Fonts
• Data Logging and Display
  • Alarms
    • Alarm Worksheet Header
      • Email Settings for Alarm Worksheet
      • Advanced Settings for Alarm Worksheet
    • Alarm Worksheet Body
    • Setting the Alarm Database
  • Events
    • Setting the Event Database
  • Alarm/Event Control object
  • Trends
    • Converting Trend History Files from Binary to Text
    • Converting Trend History Files from Text to Binary
    • Creating Batch History
    • Setting the Trend Database
  • Trend Control object
    • Object Properties: Trend Control
      • Points
        • Pen Style
        • Options
      • Axes
      • Toolbar
      • Data Sources
      • Legend
      • Advanced
    • Runtime Interface
    • Using the Data Source Text File
    • Using the Data Source Database
  • Grid object
    • Columns dialog
    • Data dialog
    • Advanced dialog
• Background Tasks
  • Alarms
  • Trends
  • Recipes
  • Reports
  • ODBC
  • Math
  • Script
    • Startup Script worksheet
  • Scheduler
  • Database/ERP worksheet
• Communication with Other Devices
  • Drivers
    • Main Driver Sheet
    • Standard Driver Sheets
  • OPC
  • OPC UA
  • OPC .Net
  • TCP/IP
  • DDE
• Project Security
  • About security modes
  • About security access levels
  • Using the security system configuration wizard
  • Configuring server settings for security modes
    • Extending the LDAP schema to allow saving of security rights
  • Creating and configuring groups
  • Creating and configuring users
  • Managing an existing security system
  • Backing up the security system configuration
  • Logging on/off
  • Blocking or unblocking a user
  • Password Protection of Project Files
• Automatic Translation
  • Adding a language to the Translation Table
  • Setting the project's language at startup
  • Setting the project's language during runtime
  • Disabling translation of selected screen objects
• Testing and Debugging
  • Debugging from the Output Window
  • Debugging from the Database Spy
  • Using the LogWin Module
  • Using Remote Tools
    • Using Remote Database Spy
    • Using Remote LogWin
• Deploying as a Web Application
  • Introduction to Thin Clients
  • Building a Simple Application
  • The Underlying Technology
  • ISSymbol Control Layer
  • Examples of Client/Server Architecture
  • Configuring the Data Server
  • Configuring the Web server
  • Configuring the Web Tunneling Gateway
  • Configuring the Thin Client
  • Implementing Security
  • Port Usage
  • Exercise: Viewing Your Project on the Web
• Downloading to a Remote Device
  • Configuring the Target System
  • Configuring the Development Station
  • Automatically Running a Project
• Database Interface
  • SQL Relational Databases
  • Linking the Database Through a Remote DB Provider
  • Studio Database Gateway
  • Database Configuration
  • Configuring a Default Database for All Task History
  • Database Troubleshooting
  • Appendices
    • Using ODBC Databases
    • Using Microsoft SQL Server
    • Using ORACLE Databases
    • Using Microsoft Access Databases
    • Using SQL Server CE
      • Installing SQL Server on a Windows Embedded device
    • Using Sybase
    • Using Microsoft Excel
    • Using MySQL
• Troubleshooting
  • General Troubleshooting
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Help Menu
    • Technical Reference
    • License Agreement
    • Release Notes
    • Home Page
    • Communication Drivers
    • Support Information
    • About
• Appendix: Built-in Scripting Language
  • Logic and arithmetic operators
  • How to read function descriptions
  • Log Message functions
    • Trace
  • Arithmetic functions
    • Abs
    • Div
    • Format
    • GetBit
    • Mod
    • Pow
    • ResetBit
    • Round
    • SetBit
    • Sqrt
    • Swap16
    • Swap32
    • Trunc
  • Statistical functions
    • Avg
    • Max
    • Min
    • Rand
  • Logarithmic functions
    • Exp
    • Log
    • Log10
  • Logical functions
    • False
    • If
    • Toggle
    • True
  • String functions
    • Asc2Str
    • CharToValue
    • CharToValueW
    • ClassMembersToStrVector
    • NCopy
    • Num
    • Str
    • Str2Asc
    • StrCompare
    • StrCompareNoCase
    • StrFromInt
    • StrFromReal
    • StrFromTime
    • StrGetElement
    • StrLeft
    • StrLen
    • StrLower
    • StrRChr
    • StrRight
    • StrSetElement
    • StrStr
    • StrStrPos
    • StrTrim
    • StrTrimAll
    • StrUpper
    • ValueToChar
    • ValueWToChar
  • Date & Time functions
    • ClockGetDate
    • ClockGetDayOfWeek
    • ClockGetTime
    • DateTime2Clock
    • GetClock
    • Hour2Clock
    • SetSystemDate
    • SetSystemTime
  • Trigonometric functions
    • ACos
    • ASin
    • ATan
    • Cos
    • Cot
    • Pi
    • Sin
    • Tan
  • Screen functions
    • Close
    • Open
    • OpenPrevious
    • ShowInplaceInput
    • ShowMessageBox
  • Security functions
    • BlockUser
    • CheckESign
    • CreateUser
    • ExportSecuritySystem
    • GetUserFullName
    • GetUserNames
    • GetUserPwdAging
    • GetUserState
    • ImportSecuritySystem
    • RemoveUser
    • SetPassword
    • UnblockUser
  • Module Activity functions
    • AppActivate
    • AppIsRunning
    • AppPostMessage
    • AppSendKeys
    • CleanReadQueue
    • CloseSplashWindow
    • DisableMath
    • EnableMath
    • EndTask
    • ExitWindows
    • IsScreenOpen
    • IsTaskRunning
    • IsViewerInFocus
    • KeyPad
    • LogOff
    • LogOn
    • Math
    • PostKey
    • Recipe
    • Report
    • RunGlobalProcedureOnServer
    • RunVBScript
    • SecureViewerReload
    • SendKeyObject
    • SetAppPath
    • SetViewerInFocus
    • SetViewerPos
    • ShutDown
    • StartTask
    • ViewerPostMessage
    • WinExec
    • WinExecIsRunning
  • File functions
    • DeleteOlderFiles
    • DirCreate
    • DirDelete
    • DirLength
    • DirRename
    • FileCopy
    • FileDelete
    • FileLength
    • FileRename
    • FileWrite
    • FindFile
    • FindPath
    • GetFileAttributes
    • GetFileTime
    • GetHstInfo
    • GetLine
    • HST2TXT
    • HST2TXTIsRunning
    • LookupContains
    • LookupGet
    • LookupLoad
    • PDFCreate
    • Print
    • RDFileN
    • WebGetFile
  • Graphic functions
    • AutoFormat
    • GetScrInfo
    • PrintSetup
    • PrintWindow
    • ResetDecimalPointsTable
    • RGBColor
    • RGBComponent
    • SaveScreenShot
    • SetDecimalPoints
    • SetDisplayUnit
    • SetTagDisplayUnit
  • Translation functions
    • Ext
    • SetLanguage
    • SetTranslationFile
  • Multimedia functions
    • Play
  • System Info functions
    • DbVersion
    • GetAppHorizontalResolution
    • GetAppPath
    • GetAppVerticalResolution
    • GetComputerIP
    • GetComputerName
    • GetCursorX
    • GetCursorY
    • GetDisplayHorizontalResolution
    • GetDisplayVerticalResolution
    • GetFreeMemoryCE
    • GetHardKeyModel
    • GetHardKeySN
    • GetIPAll
    • GetMemoryCE
    • GetNetMACID
    • GetOS
    • GetPrivateProfileString
    • GetProductPath
    • GetRegValue
    • GetRegValueType
    • GetServerHostName
    • GetTickCount
    • InfoAppAlrDir
    • InfoAppHSTDir
    • InfoDiskFree
    • InfoResources
    • IsActiveXReg
    • IsAppChangedOnServer
    • NoInputTime
    • ProductVersion
    • RegSaveCE
    • ReloadAppFromServer
    • SaveAlarmFile
    • SetAppAlarmPath
    • SetAppHSTPath
    • SetDateFormat
    • SetKeyboardLanguage
    • SetRegValue
    • SetWebConfig
    • SNMPGet
    • SNMPSet
    • WritePrivateProfileString
  • Tags Database functions
    • ExecuteAlarmAck
    • ForceTagChange
    • GetTagValue
    • RunGlobalProcedureOnFalse
    • RunGlobalProcedureOnTrigger
    • RunGlobalProcedureOnTrue
    • SetTagValue
  • Loop functions
    • For … Next
  • ODBC functions
    • ODBCBeginTrans
    • ODBCBindCol
    • ODBCCanAppend
    • ODBCCanTransact
    • ODBCCanUpdate
    • ODBCClose
    • ODBCCommitTrans
    • ODBCDelete
    • ODBCExecuteSQL
    • ODBCInsert
    • ODBCIsBOF
    • ODBCIsDeleted
    • ODBCIsEOF
    • ODBCIsFieldNULL
    • ODBCIsFieldNullable
    • ODBCMove
    • ODBCMoveFirst
    • ODBCMoveLast
    • ODBCMoveNext
    • ODBCMovePrev
    • ODBCOpen
    • ODBCQuery
    • ODBCRollBack
    • ODBCSetFieldNULL
    • ODBCSetFilter
    • ODBCSetSort
    • ODBCUnbindCol
    • ODBCUpdate
  • Email functions
    • CnfEmail
    • GetStatusSendEmailExt
    • SendEmail
    • SendEmailExt
  • Dial-up functions
    • DialError
    • DialGetClientIP
    • DialGetServerIP
    • DialStatus
    • DialUp
    • DialUpToCE
    • FindAllDevices
    • FindModem
    • HangUp
    • PhoneDialUp
    • PhoneDisableListen
    • PhoneEnableListen
    • PhoneHangUp
    • PhoneStatus
  • ActiveX and .NET Control functions
    • XGet
    • XRun
    • XSet
  • Event Logger functions
    • SendEvent
  • FTP functions
    • CnfFTP
    • FTPGet
    • FTPPut
    • FTPStatus
  • Database/ERP functions
    • DBCursorClose
    • DBCursorColumnCount
    • DBCursorColumnInfo
    • DBCursorCurrentRow
    • DBCursorGetValue
    • DBCursorMoveTo
    • DBCursorNext
    • DBCursorOpen
    • DBCursorOpenSQL
    • DBCursorPrevious
    • DBCursorRowCount
    • DBDelete
    • DBExecute
    • DBInsert
    • DBSelect
    • DBUpdate
    • SyncAlarm
    • SyncAlarmStatus
    • SyncEvent
    • SyncEventStatus
    • SyncTrend
    • SyncTrendStatus
• Appendix: VBScript
  • Overview
  • VBScript Interfaces in the Software
    • Global Procedures
    • Graphic Module
      • Graphics Script
      • Screen Script
      • Command Animation
      • ActiveX Events
    • Background Task
      • Startup Script worksheet
      • Script worksheet
  • Language Reference
    • Operators
    • Constants
    • Objects and Collections
    • Properties
    • Statements
    • Methods
    • Functions
    • Keywords
    • Errors
  • Tips & Tricks
    • VBScript Editor IntelliSense
    • VBScript Compared to VBA
    • Screen Events
    • MsgBox and InputBox Functions
    • VBScript Procedures
    • Creating Constants
    • Declaring Variables
    • Scope and Lifetime of Variables
    • Boolean Tags and Boolean Variables
    • Writing Real Values to Integer Tags
    • Precedence of VBScript Operators
    • Logical Operator NOT
    • Using Conditional Statements
    • Looping Through Code
    • Support for ActiveX Controls
    • Windows Embedded Support