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[KB591] How to read/write an INI file using SCADA BASIC
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: Two functions to read/write an INI file using SCADA BASIC Details: Two functions to read an INI style configuration file from PcVue. Supports any […]
[KB140] How to open windows in a particular region using SCADA Basic
Applies to: PcVue version 6.04 onwards. Summary: This article describes how to use SCADA Basic to control the opening of windows in selected regions. Details: There are 2 SCADA Basic […]
[KB838] Populating the Grid with an SQL Request in VBA
Applies to: Versions of PcVue supporting VBA and the Grid control. Summary: How to display SQL Server trend table values in a grid control. With minor modifications this example could […]
[KB362] SCADA Basic Editor does not start
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: SCADA Basic Editor does not start Details: When clicking the ellipsis (3 points) button, the editor window does not open. Two solutions can be […]
[KB158] Incompatibility between VBA 6.2 and VBA 6.4
Applies to: PcVue version 8.00 SP3 onwards. Summary: This article identifies and gives a work-around for an incompatibility between versions 6.2 and 6.4 of Microsoft VBA. Solution: Until version 8.00 […]
[KB1059] ActiveX Microsoft Web Browser in PcVue
Applies to: PcVue 7 onwards Summary: It is possible to use an ActiveX in order to navigate on a website inside a PcVue mimic. This way it is possible for […]
[KB716] Accessing SQL Server Database through VBA
Applies to: All VBA versions Summary: This VBA module allows to send read and write requests to a SQL Server database, using the ADO VBA Reference. The script is embbeded […]
[KB157] How to lock the Internet Explorer context menu for the Web Browser ActiveX
Applies to: PcVue version 7.00 onwards. While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article describes how to lock […]
[KB155] Defining an OLE DB Connection String for ADO Access via VBA
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20c onwards. While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article shows how to define […]
[KB150] Using a Buffer with SCADA BASIC
Applies to: PcVue all versions. While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article gives advice on using buffers […]
[KB149] How to Start an Excel Macro with a SCADA BASIC Instruction
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article shows how you can start a macro with a SCADA BASIC instruction in PcVue. Details: For the example below, Excel must already […]
[KB141] How to retrieve mouse coordinates in SCADA BASIC
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This articles describes how you can retrieve mouse coordinates in a PcVue project. Details: This uses the function GetCursorPos from a Windows DLL, USER32.DLL, […]
[KB135] Launching an Excel workbook using an Enable Basic script
Applies to: PcVue version 7.00 onwards. This article contains obsolete references. Summary: This article describes how to launch a Microsoft Excel workbook using an Enable Basic script. Details: The sample […]
[KB861] CHANGING AN IMAGE USING VBA
Applies to: PcVue 11.1 update and PcVue 11.2 update onwards Summary: A new VBA method, SetImage, allows the image file used in the Image drawing element to be changed programmatically.Originator: […]
[KB1161] PcVue workspace adaptation on Windows resolution change
Applies to: PcVue version 12.0 onwards Summary: The decrease of Windows resolution makes PcVue reduce its workpace. How to readapt PcVue worspace if Windows resolution increases ? Details: A Typical […]
[KB136] Printing a Window with Enable Basic VBscript
Applies to: PcVue version 7.00c onwards.This article contains obsolete references. Summary: This article outlines methods for printing a Window (or Mimic) with VBscript. Details: There are three ways to print […]
[KB137] Retrieving memory information with Enable Basic
Applies to: PcVue version 7.00 onwards.While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article describes how to retrieve information […]
[KB138] Changing a threshold value by a SCADA BASIC Program
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article describes how to modify a threshold value of a register, using SCADA BASIC. Details: When a threshold value of a register variable […]
[KB142] How to Send Messages to the Event Viewer
Applies to: PcVue all versions.While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article describes how to run a trace […]
[KB143] How to start a SCADA Basic Program when a mimic opens
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article describes how to make a SCADA Basic Program run when a particular mimic opens.From version 11.0 onwards it is not necessary to […]
[KB144] How to Increase the Number of Symbols in SCADA BASIC Programs and SCADA BASIC limitations
Applies to: PcVue all versions.While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article explains how to modify the limit […]
[KB145] Limitations of the ‘IF’ instruction
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article describes some limitations of the ‘IF’ instruction Details: In SCADA Basic you cannot combine a test of an register variable and bit […]
[KB146] Logging of Alarm Acknowledgements
Applies to: PcVue version 6.04d onwards. Summary: This article describes how to attribute alarm acknowledgement from SCADA Basic to the current user. Details: It is possible to acknowledge alarms from […]
[KB148] SQL Syntax for SVSQL SCADA Basic Instruction
Applies to: PcVue all versions.While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article outlines the SQL syntax to use […]
[KB139] Date and time formats from SCADA Basic and VBA
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article discusses discrepancies in the ways date-time formatting works in PcVue, SCADA Basic, VBA and animations. Details: Calculations of date and time do […]
[KB153] Adding a plug-in to VBA
Applies to: FrontVue all versions. PcVue version 7.20 onwards. Summary: This article describes how to add a powerful plug-in to VBA. Details: The VBA Editor enables you to add third […]
[KB154] Bindable properties of external ActiveX
Applies to: PcVue version 7.00 onwards. Summary: This article indicates how to identify which properties of an external ActiveX can be linked to variables from the variables tree. Details: When […]
[KB156] How to check whether a project is from a VBA version of PcVue
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20 to version 9.00. From version 10 onwards VBA was standard. Summary: This article describes how to tell from its mimic files whether a project came […]
[KB159] Mimic templates with VBA/Enable scripts
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20 onwards. Summary: This article describes how to overcome a limitation concerning mimic templates with VBA/Enable scripts. Details: You can associate a script with a mimic […]
[KB160] Restart PcVue with SvRestart.exe and VB script
Applies to: From PcVue version 7.00 to version 8.00 (incl.) Summary: This article describes how to restart a project with a VBscript procedure to call Restart_PcVue. Details: Open the attach […]
[KB161] Restriction on Symbols that Include VBA Code
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20a onwards. Summary: This article advises on a limitation on symbols that include VBA code. Details: If you create an instance of a symbol containing a […]
[KB151] Using the “?VarName” syntax in SCADA Basic
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article defines when you can use the syntax ‘?VarableName’ in SCADA Basic. Details: When you can use ‘?’ The syntax ‘?VariableName’ can only […]
[KB162] Restrictions on executing VBA scripts
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20d onwards.While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article describes how to configure PcVue […]
[KB152] Accessing extended attributes using VBA/Enable scripts
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20c onwards.While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: This article shows how to use VBA […]
[KB163] UserForm cannot migrate between PcVue versions 7 and 8.
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20 VBA. Summary: This article indicates how to work around an incompatibility that affects VBA projects that contain UserForms. Solution: When you migrate a project from […]
[KB164] VBA UserForms are not saved with mimics in ASCII format
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20 onwards. Summary: This article provides a work-around for the fact that when a mimic is saved in ASCII format, any VBA UserForm in it is […]
[KB306] SCADA Basic function execution from VBA
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: By forcing a variable in VBA code you can trigger a SCADA Basic function. By forcing a variable in SCADA Basic you can trigger […]
[KB320] When not to use SCADA Basic SYSTEM mode SYSTEM
Applies to: PcVue version 8.00 onwards. Summary: Do not use SYSTEM mode SYSTEM to launch a batch file which takes a long time to execute. For example a batch launching […]
[KB321] VBA function DoEvent
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article describes how to use the VBA function DoEvents and warns about the possible problems that can occur when using it. Details: The […]
[KB458] SCADA Basic Editor is invisible
Applies to: PcVue version 8.2 onwards. Summary: The SCADA Basic editor stores the most recent position of the editor window at the time it was last opened. If the window […]
[KB476] SCADA Basic Limitations
Applies to: PcVue vesion 10.0.The basic content of this article may also be applicable to other versions of PcVue although the detail may vary. Summary: This article shows the SCADA […]
[KB495] Memory leak when using the MULTIMEDIA instruction
Applies to: PcVue all VBA versions. Related articles: KB721 Summary: This article explains the handle (and memory) leakage due to the MULTIMEDIA instruction in SCADA BASIC. Note that there is another […]
[KB496] Running SCADA Basic functions
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: This article describes the sequence in which SCADA Basic functions are run when called simultaneously from different sources (via a button, action or cyclic […]
[KB506] How to access a VBA graphic object
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 onwards Summary: Syntax to access a graphic object using a string variable Details: Please note that the graphic object does not have to be ticked […]
[KB516] How to resize the AIGrid
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 SP7 onwards. Summary: A sample VBA function to resize the AIGrid component after zoom or screen adaptation. Details: An example mimic after ZOOM OUT: The […]
[KB530] SELECTOR instruction, new modes
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0 and 10.0. Summary: This article presents new SELECTOR modes. The new modes appeared in PcVue 9.0 but are not described in online help of some […]
[KB550] How to temporarily disable database archiving
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 onwards Summary: This article describes how to pause and resume HDS database archiving using VBA. (For proprietary archive units you must use the SCADA Basic […]
[KB552] Chrono, UTC, Local hour in VBA
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article contains a set of useful VBA functions for the conversion of datetime values from UTCtime to local time or Chrono values to datetime values and […]
[KB589] How to obtain the GMT offset using SCADA Basic
Applies to: PcVue version 10.0In general if a project is used with a later version of PcVue it will be automatically converted to that version. Occasionally it may be necessary […]
[KB590] How to convert a time into the FILETIME format used by the HDS
Applies to: PcVue version 11 onwards. Summary: How to convert, using SCADA Basic, a Unix time (also known as Epoch time, Posix time…) to the FILETIME format as used by […]
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