Demo application: exporting reports.
The attached demo application illustrates how you can export Elipse E3‘s report to PDF, EXCEL, HTML, RTF, TEXT, or TIFF formats. To use the application, just fill the Directory where…
Category: Elipse E3
Unit used on Report Settings window.
The standard unit used by Elipse E3’s ActiveReports feature to specify paper size for printing is the Twip. Conversion: 1 Pixel = 15 Twips 1 cm = 567 Twips 1…
KB-30489: Generating an E3Chart’s report.
Question: How can I generate an E3Chart‘s report? Solution: In case of historic pens, you must insert an E3Chart in the report’s PageHeader section and use CopyConfig method in OnBeforePrint…
Demo application: distinguishing bad-quality data in a report.
This application illustrates how data with bad quality (which might have been generated due to communication problems, for example) can be distinguished in a report. To do so, a script…
Demo application: dynamic reports.
The attached demo application illustrates how to dynamically select the fields to be printed in the report. Since report fields can neither be added nor deleted at run time, the…
Demo application: simple and detailed reports.
The attached demo application illustrates two types of reports: a simple report, and a detailed report, with statistical functions available in its data fields. Alongside the ActiveReports‘ documentation, this feature…
KB-27407: I/O Blocks.
Question: What are I/O Blocks for? Solution: I/O Blocks optimize the communication. For example, when there is a sequence of addresses in the device, the I/O Block will read all…
KB-31574: Detecting communication failure via Elipse E3.
Question: How can I detect any communication failure via Elipse E3? Solution: Any communication failure can be handled via scripts the Driver’s OnCommError and OnCommErrorEx, which are always fired whenever…
Working with bits in an I/O Tag.
Question: How can I access (read/write) the bits in an I/O tag? Answer: To do so, you must enable the tag’s UseBitFields property. That way, these bits can be accessed…
KB-31534: Working with an I/O tag’s deadband.
Question: How does a tag’s deadband (PercentDeadband property) work? Does it depend on a configured scale, or is it calculated from each value updated in the tag? Solution: If you…