Exporting a report as a password-protected file.
Question: How can I generate and export a PDF report protected by password, which will later be required for opening it? Solution: Reports are Elipse E3‘s ActiveX components called ActiveReport.…
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Setting up a command and an interlock with PlantModel library.
This article illustrates how to set up a command and an interlock with PlantModel library. Setting up a command In order to set up a command with PlantModel library in…
Command at Scheduling library is not executed.
Sometimes, a command in an Elipse E3 library is not executed. Here are a few hypothesis of why this happens: Failure at sending command; Communication failure with the controller; or…
How to alternate Viewer between Control and Only modes, according to logged user.
There are two modes you can use to open the Viewer in Elipse E3: Viewer Control or Viewer Only. So, you can alternate between both Viewer modes (Control and Only)…
Setting up an encryption option at REC protocol.
This article shows how to use AES-128 encryption option at REC protocol for the communication between E3 Server and its clients. Starting with Elipse E3‘s version 5.6, you can now…
How to use Elipse E3’s RunEvent and RunProcedure methods.
Two new methods were added to Elipse E3 version 5.6: RunEvent and RunProcedure. The goal of these new methods is to run an object’s scripts, procedures, or functions at random, that…
Generating a hardkey/softkey file in C2V format.
This article shows how you can generate a hardkey/softkey file for the Elipse platform (Elipse E3) with C2V file extension. Sometimes, while activating the softkey or formatting the hardkey, a…
Sum total filtered by date with OVER(Transact-sql) clause.
This article shows how to retrieve the sum total of an estimated time period by using OVER clause alongside WHERE clause in Elipse E3. According to Microsoft’s documentation, the OVER…
KB-113757: Sending E3 messages to a Telegram group via BOT.
This article illustrates how to send Elipse E3/Elipse Power messages via a BOT to a group in Telegram app. First of all, you must create a BOT. For the purposes…
KB-112446: Automatic Pen with sources from multiple historians.
Question: When using an Automatic Pen, what is the procedure if the attributed Tag’s data spreads across multiple Historians, that is, if the pen comes from multiple sources? From which…