Designer

PROCON-WEB

Release 6.9

November 2024

This documentation contains all relevant information about PROCON-WEB

• General information
  • Notes on this software
  • Notes on the software package
    • Introduction
    • PROCON-WEB – widely scalable, platform-independent solution
      • Scalability
      • Platforms
      • Uniform project planning
      • Designer can be customised
    • Versions of the Designer
    • Demo and test packages
    • Guarantee information
• Projects and templates
  • General information
  • Creation of templates
    • Save the project as a template
  • Create projects from templates
    • Templates in the backstage area
• Work surface
  • Structure of the designer
    • Control bar with ribbons
      • Function and structure of the ribbon control bar
      • Quick Access Toolbar
      • Ribbon tab file
      • Ribbon tab project environment
      • Ribbon tab standardtools
      • Ribbon tab tag
      • Ribbon tab alarm tools
      • Ribbon tab Data tools
      • Ribbon-Tab image tools
      • Ribbon tab script tools
    • Options in the designer
      • General
      • Designer
      • Script
      • Image
    • Construction and handling
      • The project tree
      • The work area
      • The toolbox
      • The property window
      • Filter and sort functions
  • Repair function
    • How the repair function works
    • Use of the repair function
    • Contents of the log file
  • Project backup
    • How project backup works
    • Use project backup
  • Shortcuts
  • Overview of the editors
  • Operating instructions for the editors
    • Operating instructions images
    • Operating instructions for all grid-based editors
    • Operating instructions script
  • Special features of the project tree (Only SCADA)
    • Own folders in the project tree
      • Function description
      • Correct operation of the folders
• Localisation
  • General information on localisation
  • Runtime
    • System dialogs
  • Import and export via the designer menu
• Project protocol
  • General
  • Use of project logging
  • Surface
  • Version number
  • Description
  • Changes not recorded / logged
  • Delete entries
• File management
  • General
  • Surface
• Dictionary
  • General
  • Configuration global dictionary
  • Local dictionary
  • Text export and import
  • Use item
  • Synchronise
  • Editing entries
  • Configuration SQL-Server
• Plant structure
  • General
  • Filter
  • Structural elements
    • Deleting elements
    • Moving items
    • Show references
    • Parameter structural elements
• Configuration
  • Configuration project
    • Configuration of the user interface
      • Configuration Bootpage
    • Configuration runtime
      • Save container settings
  • Netzwork (only SCADA)
  • Areas (only SCADA)
    • Creating areas
    • Usage of areas
• User administration
  • Configuration user administration
    • Configuration of security/authorisation
    • Configuration of data management (only SCADA)
  • General user administration
    • User
    • Guidelines
      • Account policies
      • Password policies
    • Roles and rights
      • Roles / groups
      • Task / rights
    • Views
      • User list view
      • User group view
  • Rights and areas
  • Rights system during the runtime
    • User login dialog
    • Check of rights
      • Check in the client
      • Check in the server
  • Authentication (only SCADA)
    • Definition in the designer
    • Runtime with external authentication
  • PROCON-WEB Viewer
    • Description
    • Operation and functions
  • Ident reader
    • Configuration of the Identreader
    • Requirements
    • Use the Ident Reader for authentication
    • Using the Ident Reader for custom actions
  • Login with token
    • Login via URL Parameter „token”
    • Automatic login at system start
      • default user
      • Clientscript function „loginByJWT“
    • OAUth2 Provider
• Process coupling
  • Configuration
    • Process communication
  • Units
  • Enums
    • General information
    • Definition of the enums
  • Process variables
    • General
    • Variable counting for licensing
    • Working with process variables
      • Creation of process variables
      • Marking unused process variables
      • Context menu in the process variable editor
    • Tag value ranges
      • Possibilities of definition
      • Applications of the value ranges
      • Normalisation in the runtime
    • Tag-Properties
      • Reading of tag properties
    • Export and import of process variables
  • External coupling (driver)
    • Driver coupling (PLC)
    • SPS-Import
      • Update PLC import
    • Driver interface
      • Creation of connections
      • Driver-specific parameters
  • System variables
    • System variables in general
    • Local system variables
    • Globale Systemvariablen
  • Structures
    • Concept
    • Processing of structures
    • Structure in structure
    • Array of Struct
    • Deletion of structures
    • Instances
• Message processing
  • General
  • Configuration of message processing
    • Message configuration
    • Message box configuration
    • Notification configuration
  • Messages and groups
    • Message processing concept
  • Definition of messages
    • Message import / export
  • System messages
  • Logbucheinträge
  • Logbook extensions
  • Message views
    • Views
    • Filter
    • Colour definitions
    • Country-specific adjustments to views
  • OPC-UA AE data source
    • Configuration of a data source
    • Configuration in the message view
    • Activation
    • Runtime
  • Notification groups (only SCADA)
  • Forwarding faults (only SCADA)
  • Message statistics (only SCADA)
  • Message shower / collective alarm (only SCADA)
• Machine times (only SCADA)
  • General
  • General project planning
    • General parameteres
    • Machine times
  • Project planning for online calculation
    • General online calculation
      • Post-specification upper limit / Post-specification lower limit (in min.)
      • Refresh cycle for online calculation (in seconds)
      • Reset variable for online calculation
      • Scrap / adjustment output / output / nominal output
      • Online calculation only using machine working time
      • Re-specifying necessary
      • Autom. reset of the online calculation when the day changes
  • Configuration for calculation via script function
    • Script function in general
    • Description of the CalculateDIN8743 () script function
    • Required parameters from the unit definition
    • DINTimes result table
    • DINData result table
  • Statistics calculation via script function
    • Scriptfunktion
    • Description of the CalculateStatistic()
    • Results table statistik
  • Re-specify
    • Function description
      • Calling up the dialog via button function
    • Operation of the features
      • Configuration of the message reason table
      • Delay and fade out by time
      • Type pre-filter
      • Simultaneous operation on several terminals
• Data
  • General
  • Configuration
  • Configuration of the data management
  • Configuration of the data recorder
  • Data source (only SCADA)
  • Data management
    • Concept of data management
    • Functions of data management
    • Definition of data types
      • Data type parameters
      • Parameters of the data element
    • Storage format of data structures
      • DataServer
      • ODBC
    • Data management headers
    • Integration of data management in the application
  • Data management views
    • Type Standard
    • Typ Auftrag
    • Recipe
    • No Header
    • Create views
    • Configure views
      • Naming
      • View type and data management
      • Comment
      • Filter
      • Selection filter:
      • Selection filter
      • Colour definition
    • Configuration of the view elements
      • Activate / deactivate view element
      • Column name
      • Index
      • Header
      • Editable
      • Column width mode
      • Display type
      • Display type Standard
      • Percentage bar display type
      • Combobox display type (dynamic)
      • Application example
      • Combobox display type (static)
      • Display Type Process Variable Value Numeric
      • Display Type Process variable value bool
      • Display Type Process Variable Value string
      • Column invisible
      • Presort column
      • Column type
      • Selection value
    • Selection filter data
      • Creation of filters
      • Attributes of the criteria
      • SQL-Server-Statements
  • Data recorder
    • General information about data recorders
    • Functional principle of the data recorder
    • Definition of the data recorder
      • General parameters
    • Use of structural elements
    • Special features when scanning in the millisecond range
      • Cycle time
      • Use buffer
  • Create data recorder views
    • Create data recorder views
    • Configure data recorder views
  • XY curves
    • Unit switchover of the axes
  • XY text overlay
  • XY curve views (only SCADA)
    • Create XY curve views
    • Configure XY curve views
• Report (only SCADA)
  • OLEDB connection
  • Report configuration
  • Profile configuration
• System-Controls (only SCADA)
  • Wizard configuration
    • Level properties
    • Step properties
  • Help configuration
• Surface
  • Concept
  • Configuration
    • Client (User interface)
    • Image
  • Style guide
    • Project colours
    • Colour gradients
    • Simple controls
    • Complex controls
    • System dialogues
    • Using the style guide
• Pictures
  • Configuration picture
  • Overview of the picture types in PROCON-WEB
  • Class-instance concept for pictures
    • Create picture classes
    • Creating picture instances
    • The work area
    • The toolbox
    • The property window
    • The context menu in the picture editor
    • The class-instance dialog
    • The colour selection dialog
    • The gradient dialog
    • The process variable dialog
    • Status display in the picture editor
  • Functions in the picture editor
    • Alignment functions
    • Features for resizing
    • Grid
    • Test mode
    • Simulation mode
  • Picture types
    • Process picture
    • Child picture
    • Navigation element
  • Picture elements and element hierarchy
  • Bitmap management
  • Create static symbols
    • Features in drawing mode
    • Drawing static symbols
  • Dynamic object classes
    • Types of dynamization
      • Presentation
      • Class dialog input
      • Position
      • Scaling
      • Size
      • Visibility
      • Rotation
      • Flash
      • Threshold
      • Colour change
      • Functions
    • Dynamic symbol
      • Symbol change
    • Number fields
      • Format
      • Input
    • Bar graph
    • Dynamic text
      • Dynamise static texts
      • Dynamic text
      • Constant text
      • Label text
    • Definition of the instance values of dynamic object classes
  • Dynamic Expressions
    • Free Conditions
      • Free Values
  • Simple controls
    • SlideIn
    • PictureView
    • Navigation element
    • Checkbox
    • Combo box
    • Buttons
      • Concept of buttons
      • Presentation
      • Pressed
      • Class dialog input
      • Engaged
      • LED status display
      • Dynamic function icons
    • Slide switch
    • Slider
    • Pie chart
    • Picture area
    • Container
  • Complex controls
    • Grid control
      • Data grid
      • Message grid
      • Notification grid
      • MDA grid
      • User management grid
    • Chart control
      • Definition of a chart control
      • Functions of the chart control at runtime
      • Working with the chart control
    • Report viewer
      • Report viewer concept
      • Configuration
      • Assignment of report profile to report control
      • Operation at runtime
    • Web browser control
      • Create and edit web browser controls
    • Wizard control
      • Definition of a wizard control
      • Functions in the runtime
    • Help control
      • Definition of a help control
      • Functions in the runtime
    • QR code control
  • Custom control
    • Definition in the designer
    • Implementation in the “External.js”
  • Accordion control
    • Configuration
    • Functions in the runtime
  • Automation objects
    • Definition of automation object
    • Creation of an automation object
    • Dynamization of automation objects
    • Assignment for automation objects
    • Assignment of structure instance objects for automation objects
    • Dynamic assignment of structures for automation objects
      • Selection of structure classes in AO class
      • Selection of structure instance in AO instance
      • Dynamic structure
    • Assignment of tag properties
    • Alarms in AOs and AO instances
      • Create alarm
      • Structural element in AO
      • Alarms in AO-Instances
      • Placeholder in the alarm text
      • Import and export of alarms in AOs
  • Tooltips
• Layouts, views, configuration, and navigation
  • General information
  • Layouts and containers
  • Configuration & navigation
  • Layout - example of a project planning
    • Creation of containers
    • Creation of a new layout
    • Creation of images
    • Creating a navigation
    • Create a new device class
  • Navigation with structures
  • Partial navigation
• Script
  • Configuration Scripting
  • Tasks of the plug-in script
  • Clientscripting
    • General
    • Creating a Clientscript
    • Runtime
  • Serverscripting
    • Structure of the scripts in the project
    • Processing of the events
    • Creating and compiling the scripts
    • Create tasks
    • Syntax serverscripts
    • Syntax description
  • General rules and instructions
    • Division by 0
  • Function description
    • Alphabetische Übersicht
    • Function groups
    • Fault processing functions
    • File processing / directory functions
    • Data management functions
    • Chart function
    • Functions for recipe management
    • Functions for the ODBC interface
    • String processing functions
    • Math functions
    • Trigonometric functions
    • Time & date functions
    • User management functions
    • Image processing functions
    • Process variable functions
    • Special functions
    • External function call / program start
    • Other functions
    • DIN 8743 functions
    • Printer handling functions
    • Fault processing functions (only SCADA)
      • Alert / AlertAsync
      • SpecAlert
    • File processing / directory functions (only SCADA)
      • Append
      • Assign
      • AssignUnsafe
      • BackCopyFiles
      • Close
      • CopyFiles
      • CompareFiles
      • CreateDir
      • DeleteFiles
      • DeleteTree
      • ExistFile
      • GetIniString
      • MoveFiles
      • Read
      • ReadLine
      • Reset
      • Rewrite
      • SetIniString
      • ValidPath
      • Write
    • Datamanagement functions
      • DBAccessValue
      • DBCopy
      • DBCopyIndex
      • DBDelete
      • DBDeleteIndex
      • DBFieldCount
      • DBFieldType
      • DBFindRecord
      • DBReceive / DBSyncReceive / DBReceiveIndex
      • DBRecordName
      • DBSend / DBSyncSend / DBSendIndex
      • DBNotifyDataChanged
    • Chart-/datalogger funtions (only SCADA)
      • DVExportView
    • Functions recipe management
      • DBRecipeChangeState
      • DBRecipeChangeStateIndex
      • DBRecipeChangeVersion
      • DBRecipeChangeVersionIndex
      • DBRecipeChangeName
      • DBRecipeChangeNameIndex
    • functions of the ODBC interface
      • DBOpenODBC
      • DBOpenODBCConnection
      • DBCloseODBC
      • DBSendSQLODBC
      • DBProcedureODBC
      • DBFetchTabODBC
      • DBGetDataODBC
      • DBPutDataODBC
      • DBGetStampODBC
      • DBPutStampODBC
      • DBGetInfoTabODBC
      • DBGetInfoDataODBC
      • DBGetErrorODBC
    • String handling functions
      • AppendString
      • DateToStr
      • GetSubString
      • Length
      • Pos
      • Str
      • Val
      • StringToUpper
      • StringToLower
      • StringTrim
      • StringTemplate
      • StringReplace
      • StringToInt
      • StringToReal
      • IsNumeric
      • StringFormat
      • StringRegExIsMatch
      • StringIndexOf
      • StringStartsWith
      • StringEndsWith
      • StringInsert
      • StringRemove
    • Math and calculation functions
      • Sqrt
      • Ln
      • Exp
      • Log
      • Pow
      • Abs
    • Trigonometrical function
      • Sin
      • Cos
      • Tan
      • Arcsin
      • Arccos
      • Arctan
      • Arctan2
      • Sinh
      • Cosh
      • Tanh
    • Time & date functions
      • AbsToTime
      • TimeToAbs
      • Time
      • TimeUtcToLocal
      • TimeLocalToUtc
      • DateAdd
      • DateStringAdd
      • DateToString
      • DateToAbs
      • TimespanToString (onlySCADA)
    • User management functions (only SCADA)
      • Login
      • Logout
      • CreateUser
      • DeleteUser
      • SetUserPassword
      • GetUserGroup
      • SetUserGroup
      • GetUserInfo
      • SetUserInfo
    • Image processing function
      • AddPicture
      • ChangePicture
      • NewPicture
      • OpenPicture
      • ClosePicture
      • PrintPicture
      • ChangeAllPictures
      • FillPictureArea
      • FillImageView
    • Process variable functions
      • ReadFromProcess
      • WriteToProcess
      • GetTagProperty
      • SetTagProperty
      • GetValue
      • SetValue
    • Other functions (only SCADA)
      • Special
    • External function call / programme start (only SCADA)
      • WinExec
    • Other functions (only SCADA)
      • Delay
      • LogEventString
      • SetLanguage
      • Random
      • Randomize
      • ChangeProject
      • GetLanguage
      • OpenBrowser
    • DIN 8743 funktions (only SCADA)
      • CalculateDIN8743
      • CalculateStatistic
      • StatisticClose
    • Printer handling
      • GetPrinterCount
      • GetPrinterName
      • GetDefaultPrinterByIndex
      • GetDefaultPrinterByName
      • SetDefaultPrinterByIndex
      • SetDefaultPrinterByName
    • Structure functions
      • Copy structures
      • CopyStruct
      • GetStructValue
      • SetStructValue
      • GetStructInstances
      • Dynamic structures
  • Script-Debugger
    • General
    • Breakpoints
    • Watchlist
    • Background informationen
  • Use .Net DLL in scripts (only SCADA)
    • General
    • Project tree
    • Views
    • Method
• Multilingualism
  • Language definition in the project
    • Language definition in the designer
      • Meaning of the columns
    • Set the default language
    • Project conversion from old projects
  • Multilingual project planning
    • Pictures
    • Alarms and system alarms
  • Text import and export
    • Textexport
    • General
    • Choose text
    • Column meaning of the export file “TextImportExport.xml
    • Text-Import
    • Edit and delete text file
    • Im-/Export further language files
  • Available languages
• Special functions
  • Special functions in a summary
    • Available special functions
  • Special functions - selection
• Help system in PROCON-WEB (only SCADA)
  • equirements in the project
  • Configure help topics
  • Calling the help in the runtime
• Library
  • Library concept
  • Options for libraries
  • Working with Libraries
    • Open a library project
    • Import and export of process variables
    • Import and export of faults
    • Import and export of data management and data recorders
    • Import and export of images
    • Import and export of symbol classes
    • Merge dialogue for import and export
      • General information on dialogue
      • Reasons of conflicts
• Client / server Applications (only SCADA)
  • General note
  • Adjustments to the project
    • Network configuration
    • Process variables
    • Alarms and messages
  • Structure of the PROCON-WEB server (SCADA)
    • SystemServer
      • SystemServer-Console
    • TagServer
      • TagServer-Console
    • WebServer
    • SystemServer general informations
    • TagServer general informations
    • AlertServer
    • DataServer
    • SkriptServer
    • UserServer
    • HelpServer
    • ReportServer
    • OPC UA-Server
    • Configuration OPC UA Server during the runtime
    • Authorisation of the client
    • Secure data transfer
      • Authorisation of the client
      • Install a Trusted User Certificate
    • WCF port numbers of the servers
  • Runtime database
  • VisuClient
  • Several clients on one computer
  • Encryption for communication with the client
    • Create certificate
      • Powershell Script
    • Link the certificate with PROCON-WEB
      • Link the certificate to the website
      • Link the certificate to the PROCON-WEB web server
      • Link the certificate with the GTI.CertApp
    • Call from the browser
• Systemstate Overview
  • Overview
  • Process connection
  • Cloud communication (MQTT)
  • Data preprocessing
  • APIs
  • Installation
    • Installation environments
    • Supported CPU architectures
    • Installation under Windows
    • Installation under u-OS
    • Installation under Linux