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RE: Controller Tags, different tag types

Posted By Platten Dec 04, 2025 07:55:51 AM
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Thank you. ------------------------------ Kind regards, Simon Platten ------------------------------

Controller Tags, different tag types

Posted By Platten Dec 04, 2025 04:46:00 AM
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I'm using Optix version 1.6.5.1, looking at the CommDrivers folder it has sub-folders RAEtherNet_IPDriver then RAEtherNet_IPStation, then there is the Tags folder which contains the Controller Tags folder, there are various Local folders, for example: Local:1:C Local:1:I ... Local:7:C Local:7:I ...

RE: FT Optix SVG Horizontal Position

Posted By Platten Sep 10, 2025 05:44:00 AM
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[Edit] Sorry, ignore me, its been a long week! ------------------------------ Kind regards, Simon Platten ------------------------------

Why does calling ToString add " (String)" ?

Posted By Platten Sep 08, 2025 04:20:00 AM
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I have seen in the debugger that when calling .ToString() on a variable: string strTest = iuaOffOn.Value.ToString(); In the debugger I can see that the value returned is a string that contains not only the value but " (String)", why is this? It only serves to create an error making the content not ...

RE: How to get path of root to application

Posted By Platten Sep 05, 2025 03:42:14 AM
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Right or wrong, this is what I've done. miuaUI = Project.Current.Children.Get("UI"); ------------------------------ Kind regards, Simon Platten ------------------------------

How to get path of root to application

Posted By Platten Sep 05, 2025 03:07:00 AM
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I'm using RTOptix version 1.6.2.36 and C#. I am developing a class that at runtime adds controls to an application, I need to get the path to the application root, in my case the project name is NewHMIProject, I want to dynamically add aliases to the project. I know I can get the path by passing ...

RE: How to set-up model (DataGrid and SQLite)

Posted By Platten Sep 05, 2025 01:09:42 AM
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Thank you, will take a look. ------------------------------ Kind regards, Simon Platten ------------------------------

How to get path in code?

Posted By Platten Sep 04, 2025 09:40:00 AM
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I am using FTOptix version 1.6.2.36, I've added a C# `Design-time Net Logic` entry, is there a way in my class to get the path to the added module? I need this because I don't want to have to resort to hard coding the path in order to get an instance of a control, something like: //I know the names ...

RE: FT Optix SVG Horizontal Position

Posted By Platten Sep 04, 2025 07:32:01 AM
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The margins are defined for just that to give a margin, to position why wouldn't you use the positioning attributes which is what they are there for? ------------------------------ Kind regards, Simon Platten ------------------------------

RE: Where are the files on the Panel?

Posted By Platten Sep 04, 2025 06:54:00 AM
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Running with Emulator: 2025-09-04 12:02:21.282;;0;Info;0;clsDigitalIOModule.cs uriProject.Uri: "C:\Users\BLBeccles\AppData\Local\Rockwell Automation\FactoryTalk Optix\Emulator\Projects\NewHMIProject\ProjectFiles" 2025-09-04 12:25:17.486;;0;Info;0;clsDigitalIOModule.cs Found: "\UserDefinedModule.xml" ...

Where are the files on the Panel?

Posted By Platten Sep 04, 2025 04:51:00 AM
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I am working with FTOptix 1.6.2.36, I am developing a C# class to manage I/O, present digital I/O, locally in the emulator it works fine showing SVG to represent off and on states. I have put all the files referenced in the ProjectFiles folder in a sub-folder called SVG which contains all the files referenced ...

RE: FT Optix SVG Horizontal Position

Posted By Platten Sep 04, 2025 04:26:12 AM
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Whilst the id has to be unique there is nothing stopping you from creating an id based on another, something like id="yourIDmargins". ------------------------------ Kind regards, Simon Platten ------------------------------

RE: FT Optix SVG Horizontal Position

Posted By Platten Sep 04, 2025 12:46:53 AM
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It depends on the structure of your SVG, its basically a DOM, look at w3schools for details on individual elements, the way you move those is the same as HTML, the easy way is to wrap the part you want to move in a 'g' element then move that, everything inside the 'g' is moved relative to the parent ...

How to set-up model (DataGrid and SQLite)

Posted By Platten Sep 03, 2025 03:25:00 AM
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I'm using FT Optix Version 1.6.2.36, I've added an instance of `Data grid` to a panel, the set-up of `Data grid`: Name: dgStatus Columns: dgcTime Title: Date / Time Width: Auto Header alignment: Center aligned Content alignment: Right Order by: (NodeId:ns=98;g=0c964092-97ef-9fda-1 ...

RE: FTOpix API and SQLite

Posted By Platten Sep 03, 2025 12:57:00 AM
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Thank you, I came across that sample project yesterday and its great, and makes me think why so many of the videos on YouTube show other ways that aren't as straight forward of doing something which is quite clearly demonstrated in this project. There is a lot of .cs files to go through, can you give ...

RE: FTOpix API and SQLite

Posted By Platten Sep 02, 2025 09:27:19 AM
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Next issue, now I am able to insert new rows into the SQLite database, how do I get these rows to be added to an instance of DataGrid? ------------------------------ Kind regards, Simon Platten ------------------------------

RE: FTOpix API and SQLite

Posted By Platten Sep 02, 2025 08:45:42 AM
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Latest edit: public void AddStatus(string strMsg) ( try ( SQLiteStore dbSQL = (SQLiteStore)Project.Current.Get( "DataStores/dbSQL"); if (dbSQL == null || !dbSQL.IsValid) ( return; ) SQLiteStoreTable tblAuditLog = (SQLiteStoreTable)dbSQL.Tables .Get ("tblAuditLog"); if (tblAuditLog == null ...

FTOpix API and SQLite

Posted By Platten Sep 02, 2025 07:47:00 AM
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[Edit] Can someone with permissions correct the spelling mistake in the subject title? In my application I have create an database using SQLite, in \DataStores\ I have created a DataStore called dbSQL: In C# I have the function: public void AddStatus(string strMsg) ( try ( SQLiteStore dbSQL ...

RE: C# Built in object to show historic status messages?

Posted By Platten Aug 29, 2025 02:45:00 AM
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Is there a course on Optix that is available or possible because I whilst I've had an introduction to Optix it wasn't very detailed and there are big holes in my knowledge of Optix? [Edit] with regard to your post, is there anymore detail / instruction on what I need to do ? I've dragged in the ...

RE: Panel Device question

Posted By Platten Aug 29, 2025 12:54:00 AM
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Thank you, I will take a look. Having downloaded the zip and unpacked, I tried to open in Optix version 1.6.2.36 (several times) and get the same result everytime: Unable to retrieve connection configuration, check your internet connection I am running Optix in a VM which doesn't have internet ...