Category: Elipse E3

Question: I have a MsgBox command in a script running in the data server. However, the message is not being displayed when the application is executed. How can I fix…

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

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 create a pulse button that asks whether the user wants to confirm the command? Solution: This can be done with Click event. When clicking the button,…

Question: In a script for sending e-mails, how can I insert new text lines in the body text? Solution: To do so, you must concatenate it to Chr(10) and Chr(13)…

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 HIMETRIC into PIXEL when I can’t access the corresponding function in E3? Solution: The formula is: HIMETRIC = (PIXEL * 2540) / 96 Then, all…

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…