Autor: Elipse Software

Question: How can I check, at runtime, whether an object’s Value property is already linked? Solution: To do so, use a script that is similar to the one in the…

Question: How can I synchronize the PLC’s date/time with the computer’s date/time (BIOS)? Solution: To do so, use this script: dim oShellSet oShell = CreateObject(“WSCript.shell”)oShell.run “cmd /K DATE “& Application.GetObject(“Dados.Data”).Value,0…

Question: How can I open a pop-up window from another pop-up window, closing the first window in the process? Solution: To close the first pop-up window, follow these procedures: Create…

Question: How can I retrieve the number of characters in a string? Solution: To do so, use VBScript’s Len function. Sample script to be executed at a button’s Click event:…

Question: How can I convert an integer into a string? Solution: To do so, use VBSscript’s CStr command. For example: CStr(15).

Question: Can objects from two different screens be linked to one another? Solution: No, they can’t. If it is really necessary to link these objects, you can add internal tags…

Question: Is there a function similar to SCADA’s StrZero in VBScript? Solution: No, there is no such function in VBScript. However, this could be worked around with this script: Dim…

Question: How can I set Windows’ clock via E3 scripts? Solution: To do so, use DATE and TIME commands via DOS command line. It can be inserted in a script…