Ignition Release Notes
Fixes, changes and features In Ignition
Version 7.9.9
Released August 16, 2018Area
Change Type
Description
Allen-Bradley Driver
Logix v21 Driver
Fixed
Fixed log spam when ReadIdentityObjectRequest fails.
Misc
Fixed
Fixed an issue with legacy AB drivers with symbols in the device name
Ignition Platform
Client
Fixed
Fixed an issue with property bindings not correctly evaluating when windows were reopened
Code Review
Fixed
Fixed: Quality codes now retained when casting from BasicStreamingDataset to BasicDataset.
Designer
Fixed
Fixed translations of 'Reset to Default' for Power Table
Designer
Fixed
Fixed SQL binding UPDATE query behavior.
Designer
Fixed
Fixed: Action buttons are no longer cut-off on component scripting screen.
Designer
Fixed
Fixed: Incorrect SQL Binding behavior on dataset types after upgrade.
Designer
Fixed
Fixed an issue where Designers would visually revert resources after a manual publish, then save.
Expressions
Fixed
Made the error message for incorrect argument types in expressions easier to understand.
Expressions
Fixed
Aggregate expression functions can now handle null inputs in value lists as well as datasets.
Gateway
Fixed
Remote Tag Providers that reference a tag provider that is proxied over a Gateway Network and whose redundancy role is not Independent will remain connected if that gateway's role is changed.
Gateway
Fixed
Added compatibility with MySQL 8.0 to new installs
Gateway
Changed
Updated language in the IASLA
Misc
Fixed
Improvements to the data flow in the Store and Forward engine, particularly in regards to tag history data. The result is fewer transactions encompassing data counts and time spacing that more accurately respect the pipeline settings.
Named Queries
Fixed
system.db.runNamedQuery now handles string values in the returned dataset that has a CRLF (\r\n) in it now returns the whole CRLF instead of just new line (\n) similar to runQuery and runPrepQuery.
Named Queries
Fixed
Named Query Parameter table now automatically selects the next row (if it exists) based on the rows visual index regardless of sorting.
Named Queries
Feature
Named Queries now support byte array types for writing and reading files to/from a Blob column in a database.
Named Queries
Feature
Named Query result caching is now disallowed for update queries
Named Queries
Fixed
Fixed issue of deleted named queries not being removed from cache.
Named Queries
Changed
Made system.db.clearAllNamedQueryCaches() more efficient
SQLTags
Fixed
Writing to an unavailable Remote Tag Provider tag will no longer disable tag writes for the Designer or Client session.
SQLTags
Fixed
Deadlock caused by modifications to complex types in programmatically controlled tag providers (SimpleTagProvider system from SDK)
Scripting
Feature
Added keyword arguments for system.util.getSessionInfo()
Scripting
Fixed
Fixed incorrect handling of cancel button when adding a new UDT member folder
Scripting
Fixed
sendRequest now honors the default security zone for remote machines if no other security zone match is found.
Scripting
Fixed
Message Handlers can now return a streaming dataset object without Timing Out. Additionally Jython errors are correctly displayed when using Message Handlers, instead of Timing Out.
Mobile
Backend
Feature
Add Session Invalidation Retry Count to mobile - allows the client to reconnect if the session invalidates.
Misc
Fixed
Mobile server address field now reflects 'Use SSL' system property.
UI
Fixed
Mobile username/password fields now correctly clear after a successful login.
OPC-UA
Server
Fixed
Fixed an issue with external UA clients browsing datetime tags in the OPC-UA server
OpcCom
HDA
Fixed
Resolved memory leak related to querying of OPC-HDA data.
Reporting
Report Designer
Feature
Changed order of default values in Static CSV datasource.
Vision
Components
Fixed
Unchecking auto row height now makes power table repaint
Components
Fixed
User Management component can now successfully change passwords when password history is turned on.
Components
Changed
Deprecated the document viewer - existing components will continue to function.
Components
Fixed
Fixed issue with the sound player component not restarting after swapping windows.
Components
Fixed
Fixed the Easy Chart Component's "Save Data for Excel" export. The file will no longer be empty if the Easy Chart contained data.
Web Browser
Client
Fixed
Swapping windows in the Client no longer causes the Web Browser component to reset, forgetting the webpage it had navigated to.