KB-56808: Creating a new Storage table at run time.
Question: Can a new Storage table be created at run time? Solution: Yes; to do so, there are two possibilities. The first one is to use Activate and Deactivate methods,…
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KB-56685: When executing a .WAV file for each active alarm, wmplayer.exe is displayed in the task manager.
Question: I have a script that executes a .WAV file via ExecuteExternalApp method. For each active alarm, the executable command wmplayer.exe is displayed in the task manager, consuming more memory…
KB-56699: Running an Elipse SCADA application from Windows initialization.
Question: How can I run an Elipse SCADA application automatically as soon as Windows initializes? Solution: To run the application automatically from Windows initialization, just create a shortcut for the…
KB-56064: Storage exceeds the number of licenses even with a smaller number of fields in Fields table.
Question: When creating an access parallelism to an Oracle database, several DBServer objects were added with the same connection and the same table. However, E3’s log says that the maximum…
Monitoring connection quality via Driver Elipse Ping.
Question: How can connection quality be monitored via Driver Elipse Ping? Solution: To do so, use the Value property of the tag referring to a device/PC via an IP address.…
KB-56518: When generating a report, Error212 is displayed.
Question: When generating a report, the following error is displayed: Error212: Couldn’t export PDF using font “Arial” because characters referencing this font could not be represented with the character encoding…
KB-56032: Changing an image file to be updated automatically in E3.
Question: How can I update an image in E3 just by replacing this image in the original folder with another one with the same name? Solution: To do so, you…
KB-55769: Opening, closing, and saving Excel spreadsheets via scripts.
Question: When using Elipse SCADA, can Excel files be opened, saved, and closed via scripts? Solution: Yes; this is possible via ShellExecute function, which is found in the Global Manager…
KB-55037: ICMP protocol (PING) and E3 Viewer.
Question: The Viewer cannot find the E3Server in a network protected by a firewall. E3’s port (6515) has already been released, but when trying to reconnect, the following message is…
Communicating with Siemens’ LOGO PLC.
Question: Is there any Elipse I/O driver that can communicate with Siemens’ LOGO PLC? Solution: No; Siemens’ LOGO PLCs use a proprietary (closed/restricted) protocol, of which Elipse has no implemented…