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SCADA: Starting a Windows Application from InTouch
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When using InTouch to interact with other Windows applications, it is usually required to open the application from InTouch. This can be achieved with an InTouch script function.
StartApp WinAppName;
WinAppName: The windows application name. This can be a literal string value, message tag, or locally declared script message variable.
Examples:
{Start Microsoft Excel} StartApp “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.exe”
{Start Microsoft Excel, and open a spre...
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Published
27 December 2009
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Author
scadadev.com
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Views
2102
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SCADA: InTouch – Converting Windows to a Different Resolution without Resizing the Text, Symbols, etc
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When using an InTouch application on different PC screen resolutions, by default InTouch (on start-up) will resize the application windows in order to fit the screen resolution. During this process all the internal window controls (Text, Symbols, etc) will also be resized. This isn’t always preferable as the controls may become distorted from the automatic resizing process. This control resizing can be disabled through modification to the InTouch settings.
Follow the steps below to disabl...
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Published
15 July 2009
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Author
scadadev.com
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Views
1810
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Changing the MAC address of a network adaptor (NIC)
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By default the majority of PC and server network adaptors (NIC's) have a built in hardware address (MAC address). This also applies for Virtual PC's and Server's. If the defaultMAC address needs to be changed for any reason, then this can be changed within theNetwork Connection Properties within Windows. This is especially useful whennetworking virtual PC's and servers, where hardware address conflicts can occur.
To specify a custom MAC address, perform the following actions:
1. Go to St...
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Published
23 April 2010
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Author
scadadev.com
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Views
594
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SCADA: Checking if a Windows Application is open using InTouch
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To find out if a specific Windows application is running, use the following InTouch function. This may be useful when interacting with other third-party applications to check if they are active or not.
DiscreteValue = InfoAppActive(WinAppName);
WinAppName: The windows application name. This can be a literal string value, message tag, or locally declared script message variable.
DiscreteValue: If the application is running the returned result will be 1, if not the result will be ...
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Published
03 January 2010
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Author
scadasys.com
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Views
1969
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