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[KB514] How to disable the vertical scroll bar when using Webvue and MS Internet Explorer
Applies to: WebVue versions supplied with PcVue version 11.2 and earlier.WebVue versions supplied with PcVue version 12 onwards use different technology to which this article is not applicable. Summary: When […]
[KB513] Error : Recursive property not allowed
Applies to: PcVue version 10.0.The basic content of this article may also be applicable to other versions of PcVue although the detail may vary. Symptom: Application Architect – ERROR : […]
[KB512] Security bulletin 2011-1
Summary: This security bulletin follows the ICS-CERT alert 11-271-01 released on September 28th 2011 and the ICS-CERT advisory ICSA-11-340-01 released on December 6th 2011, by the USA Department of Homeland […]
[KB510] AVI File Encoding Supported
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: AVI encoding supported by PcVue. Details: An AVI file must have the right encoding format in order to be inserted in a PcVue […]
[KB508] Multistation compatiblity issue
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: Describe the version with which the multistation is compatible Details: According to the messaging we chose, the version may vary, so be careful. Please […]
[KB507] ERROR Message 5002 : Variable unknown (x) from station y Manager User Interface Function Recipe
Applies to: PcVue version 8.00 onwards. Summary: This article give more details about error message 5002 Details: The error message “5002 : Variable unknown (x) from station y Manager User […]
[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 […]
[KB505] How to share a physical com port on the same computer
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: This article describes how duplicate a physical Com port, or share a virtual Com port, on the same computer. For example to make a […]
[KB502] PcVue 8.2 – Online Help
Applies to: PcVue version 8.2. Summary: This article contains the online help .chm files supplied with PcVue 8.2. If you wish to work with the online help in a language […]
[KB500] How to establish a connection to Webvue over Internet
Applies to: WebVue versions supplied with PcVue version 11.2 and earlier. The basic content of this article may also be applicable to later versions of WebVue although the detail may […]
[KB497] Single or multiple regions
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: This article applies to Windows environments when PcVue mimics are displayed on multiple screens. Details: Description of the problem: When PcVue starts in a […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[KB494] Load balancing on a multi-station network
Applies to: PcVue version 8.2 onwards. Summary: This article explains how to set up load balancing on a PcVue network. Details: What is Availability Rate The balancing of workload in […]
[KB493] Limit on the number of variables (tags)
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0 onwards. Summary: The number of variables allowed per project can be read in the VarConf.dat file at start-up or can be defined via a start-up […]
[KB492] How to display local time in an SQL Server view
Applies to: Pcvue all versions Summary: This article explains how to add a TIMESTAMP field dynamically to Read requests from an external tool (for example SQL Server Management Studio) […]
[KB491] Using a Free Archive Unit in a file named by a variable
Applies to: PcVue all versions Summary: This article is a supplement to the online help and explains how to force the data recording of a Free Archive Unit in a […]
[KB490] Database export limit
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 onwards. Summary: This article describes a limitation on the export of data from the HDS. Details: Any export via the HDS is limited to 1.4 […]
[KB488] Changing the HDS tables
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 onwards. Summary: This article explains how a manual modification of the tables created by the HDS can cause certain errors and in particular memory leaks. […]
[KB487] How to reduce the database LOG file (.ldf) size
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article will help you to reduce disk space used by your LOG file when using the HDS and SQL Server 2005 or later. […]
[KB485] Automatic logout with WebVue
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 onwards. WebVue versions supplied with PcVue version 12 onwards use different technology to which this article is not applicable. Summary: Here is how you can […]
[KB484] Troubleshooting HDS database creation or connection
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 onwards. Summary: You start PcVue with a data archiving configuration using the HDS and that doesn’t work! Here is a checklist for troubleshooting the problem. […]
[KB483] Opening mimics developed with a VBA version in an ENA version
Applies to: PcVue 7.20 onwards. Summary: If the project runs with the ENA (Enable Basic) version PcVue, but you have mistakenly modified it with a VBA version any modified mimis […]
[KB482] Uninstallation problem
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20 to version 9.0 Summary: You try to uninstall a version of PcVue but nothing happens. Details: Two copies of PcVue with the same version cannot […]
[KB481] HDS stopped
Applies to: PcVue version 8.2 onwards. Symptom: An historical configuration based on HDS is configured but the HDS never starts. Details: This issue may appear if you installed SQL server […]
[KB480] Generate report on event does not work
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: Using Dream Report 3.43 SP2 and the PcVue Web Services driver, a report has been configured to be generated on event if a PcVue […]
[KB479] How to generate TS column if it is absent from the database
Applies to: PcVue all versions. Summary: This article explains how, when using the HDS, to generate a TS column by using an SQL query. Details: TS is an optional column. […]
[KB478] When replication doesn’t work anymore
Applies to: PcVue versions 8.10 to 10.0. Summary: If an error occurs when using the Replication Manager it may prevent success of the replication. For example, if you lose the […]
[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 […]
[KB474] Integrity error DBCC CHECKDB
Applies to: SQL Server 2005 onwards. Summary: This article explains how to manage an consistency / integrity / DBCC CHECKDB error. Details: A data base may become corrupt. In this […]
[KB473] PcVue 8.10 – Developments in PcVue version 8.10 SP2
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 SP2 onwards. Summary: This article describes important developments in PcVue’s internal mechanisms in version 8.10 SP2. Details: Logs Management of logs for proprietary archive units […]
[KB472] PcVue 9.0 – Libraries and Demonstration projects
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0 Summary: This article contains the pre-defined libraries and demonstration projects supplied with PcVue 9.0. If you wish to use any of them, download and use […]
[KB471] PcVue 8.00 – Online Help
Applies to: PcVue version 8.00 Summary: This article contains the online help .chm files supplied with PcVue 8.00. If you wish to work with the online help in another language […]
[KB470] PcVue 8.10 – Online Help
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 Summary: This article contains the online help .chm files supplied with PcVue 8.10. If you wish to work with the online help in another language […]
[KB469] PcVue 8.00 – Release Information
Applies to: PcVue version 8.00 Summary: This article contains the so-called “readme first” information for PcVue 8.00. Files attached are the 2 readme files as shipped with the version: Attached […]
[KB468] Converting an SvMgr task for use with PcVue version 10.0
Applies to: PcVue version 10.0. Summary: The aim of this document is to explain the steps needed to make the migration of an existing SvMgr project made with VC6 to […]
[KB467] PcVue 8.10 & 8.10 Service Packs – Release Information
Applies to: PcVue versions 8.10, 8.10 SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP5, SP6 & SP7 Summary: This article contains the so-called “readme first” information for PcVue 8.10 SP7. Files attached are the 3 readme files […]
[KB466] PcVue 9.0 – Online Help
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0. Summary: This article contains the online help .chm files supplied with PcVue 9.0. If you wish to work with the online help in another language […]
[KB465] PcVue 8.2 & 8.2 Service Packs – Release Information
Applies to: PcVue versions 8.2, 8.2 SP1 & 8.2 SP2 Summary: This article contains the so-called “readme first” information and the Release Notes for PcVue 8.2 SP2. Files attached are […]
[KB482] Uninstallation problem
Applies to: PcVue version 7.20 to version 9.0 Summary: You try to uninstall a version of PcVue but nothing happens. Details: Two copies of PcVue with the same version cannot […]
[KB463] Error when reading the protection key
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 only. Summary: If PcVue version 8.10 is installed on a station where there was a previous version (8.00, 7.20x), the Sentinel protection key cannot be […]
[KB462] How to change SQL server password
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 onwards. Summary: What to do if you forget the password needed for SQL to connect its SQL Server process? Details: All is not lost, you […]
[KB461] Identifying a version of PcVue
Applies to: PcVue all versions While the basic content of this article remains valid, details may have changed since it was written. Summary: How can you easily identify the version […]
[KB460] Maintenance plan – Purge
Applies to: PcVue version 8.10 onwards. Summary: This article helps you to understand why the Purge task is useful and how best to control it. Details: What’s the difference between […]
[KB459] OPC 3.0 Installation Error
Applies to: PcVue version 8.2 onwards. Summary: On some PCs, installation of the pre-requisite software for ‘OPC Core Components 3.00 Redistributables’ gives an error. With that installation blocked, it is […]
[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 […]
[KB457] Compatibility between PcVue and FrontVue
Applies to: PcVue version 8.00 onwards. Summary: This article shows a workaround for compatibility between PcVue and FrontVue or PlantVue Solution: Elements involved: This affects symbols, mimics and mimic templates […]
[KB456] Lonworks increase limits of Network Variables (Nvs)
Applies to: PcVue version 6.10 onwards. Summary: How to increase the Lonworks limits in the Windows Registry for projects with more than 20000 tags. Details: Run (Windows + R) Windows […]
[KB455] Strikethrough font in Alarm Viewer
Applies to: PcVue version 9.0 SP1 onwards. Summary: This article explains why you sometimes see a strikethrough font in the the Alarm Viewer. Details: The Alarm Viewer’s font properties on […]
[KB454] Desktop access right
Applies to: PcVue version 10.0 and earlier. Summary: This article describes how to lock or unlock the desktop access from PcVue User Rights. Details: From PcVue 6 to PcVue 7.2 […]