Ignition Release Notes
Fixes, changes and features In Ignition
Version 7.8.0
Released October 14, 2015Area
Change Type
Description
Alarm Notification
Alarm Email
Feature
Alarm Notification emails that have html formatted content and include <html> tags will now email as html.
Alarm Misc
Feature
Alarm notification now allows scripting access for creating and listing rosters
Alarm Misc
Feature
Rosters in alarm pipelines are now expressions
Ignition Platform
Alarming
Feature
Added new scripting functions to retrieve, add, edit, and remove schedules and holidays.
Designer
Feature
Gateway browser title now includes the system name first to help distinguish browser tabs on multi-gateway systems.
Designer
Feature
Added ability to publish only selected resources
Gateway
Fixed
Enabling SSL/TLS in SMTP server settings now controls STARTTLS command
Installers
Fixed
When upgrading, all modules that have been added to the installer in a version later than the one being upgraded from will be selected by default.
Misc
Feature
New role restrictions for controlling which users may create new projects
SQLTags
Feature
New 'Bit Inversion' scaling mode option for tags. Simply inverts the bits of the tag.
SQLTags
Feature
Added OPC connection system status tags.
Scripting
Feature
runScript expression can now invoke a function by mapping expression arguments, avoiding expensive recompilation. Thanks to Phil Turmel for the idea.
OPC-UA
Server
Feature
Auditing for exposed tags now includes the actor_host.
Server
Feature
Add option to make the inactive node in a redundant configuration read-only.
Reporting
Components
Fixed
Report viewer component was incorrectly using some resources from the Designer scope, causing it to not load in some circumstances in the Client
Components
Fixed
Fixed issue with the report viewer's warning popup not functioning in the client
Components
Fixed
Saving JPEG and PNG images of Reports will now save all pages
Components
Feature
Row selector component now supports reverse sort
Components
Feature
File Path property will now also attempt to load PDFs when given a URL.
Misc
Fixed
Fixed issue that made the reporting designer not load if Vision wasn't installed
Report Engine
Fixed
Static CSV data sources now use numbers instead of strings when possible
Serial Support
Scripting
Feature
Added optional timeout parameter for system.serial.readUntil()
SFC
Designer
Fixed
Designer should now launch without error if SFC Module is installed but Vision is not.
Siemens Drivers
Siemens S7 Driver
Feature
Added S7-1500 driver entry.
Tag Historian
Misc
Fixed
Provisional values from tag historian are not correctly marked as such, and result in incorrect chart displays when the client tag history cache is enabled.
Vision
Client
Feature
runScript expressions on property bindings may now call custom methods on the component using "self", for example: "self.myMethod()"
Client
Fixed
Fallback clients now attempt use original credentials on fallback.
Client
Feature
Touchscreen Mode-Enabled Projects can now set the width of scrollbars for better touchscreen usability.
Client
Feature
Can now copy and paste between custom property customizers
Client
Feature
Added option to allow popup windows to overlap docked windows.
Components
Feature
User Management Component has a new Font property to control the font/size on its fields and tables.
Components
Feature
New "Best Fit" layout mode for the template repeater fits the template instances within the repeater without scrolling, maintaining aspect ratios
Components
Feature
Improved custom functions to support default values, varargs, and keyword args
Components
Feature
Added automatic copy-selection-to-clipboard functionality to the Power Table
Components
Feature
New property for the Power Table to represent the table's data as it appears on-screen: after any column hiding/sorting/re-ordering and filtering.
Components
Feature
The maximized state of a plot in Easy Chart is now saved and can be toggled with a check box in the Property Editor.
Components
Feature
Added "Table Font" to Alarm Status Table and Alarm Journal to allow customized row font.
Components
Feature
New extension function on bar chart to customize color based on value
Components
Feature
The Barcode Component has added encoders for QR Codes, PDF417, Data Matrix, Aztec and UPC-A
Designer
Feature
Added copy/paste for property bindings via right-click menu