Web Studio Help > Multimedia functions

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  • Configuring your project's default email settings
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• Tags and the Project Database
  • About Tags and the Project Database
    • Project Tags Folder
      • Extending the Project Tags datasheet
    • Classes Folder
    • Shared Database Folder
    • System Tags Folder
  • Designing a Tag
    • Naming the Tag
    • Choosing the Tag Type
    • Choosing the Tag Data Type
    • Choosing the Tag Scope
  • Creating Database Tags
    • Adding Tags to the Datasheet
    • Creating Tags "On-the-Fly"
  • Tag Properties
    • Tag Properties: Parameters
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    • Tag Properties: History
    • List of tag properties
    • Change how out-of-range tag values are handled
  • Using Tags in Your Project
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  • Sort or filter the rows in a worksheet
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    • Properties
  • Using the Import Wizard
    • ...Other Studio Databases
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    • ...Studio XML Screen
  • Tag Integration
  • Edit the tags database during run time
    • Screens folder
      • Screen Attributes dialog
      • Modifying a screen's background color or image
    • Screen Group Folder
    • Layout
  • Using Screen Objects and Animations
    • Editing
      • Selection
      • Properties
      • Grid Settings
    • Shapes
      • Line object
      • Open Polygon object
      • Closed Polygon object
      • Rectangle object
      • Rounded Rectangle object
      • Ellipse object
      • Bitmap object
      • Change the properties of multiple screen objects
    • Active Objects
      • Text object
      • Text Box object
      • Button object
      • Pushbutton object
      • Check Box object
      • Radio Button object
      • Combo Box object
      • List Box object
    • Libraries
      • Symbols library
        • Save your own project symbols
      • ActiveX Control object
      • .NET Control object
      • Linked Picture object
    • Animations
      • Command animation
      • Hyperlink animation
      • Bargraph animation
      • Text Data Link animation
      • Color animation
      • Visibility/Position animation
    • Set the tab order of screen objects
    • Bring to front / Send to back
    • Group
    • Align
    • Rotate
      • Flip Vertical
      • Flip Horizontal
    • Size
    • Fill Color
    • Line Color
    • Fonts
  • Multi-Touch
    • Project and Screen Settings
      • Configure the default Multi-Touch settings for all screens
      • Configure the Multi-Touch settings for a specific screen
    • Gestures
      • …in Project Screens
      • …in Data Objects
      • …in Animations
    • Touch Events
      • Add a Touch Event to a screen object
      • Add a Touch Event to a project screen
      • OnTouch
      • OnTouchStart
      • OnTouchDelta
• Alarms, Events, and Trends
  • Alarms
    • Alarm Worksheet Header
      • Email Settings for Alarm Worksheet
    • Format of the alarm history
  • Events
    • Format of the event log
  • Alarm/Event Control object
    • Connect to a Wonderware Historian database
    • Converting Trend History Files from Binary to Text
    • Converting Trend History Files from Text to Binary
    • Creating Batch History
  • Trend Control object
    • About the trend control runtime interface
    • Object Properties: Trend Control
      • Points
        • Pen Style
        • Options
          • Modify the pen style of a point during run time
        • SPC
      • Axes
      • Toolbar
      • Data Sources
      • Legend
      • Advanced
    • Using the Data Source Text File
    • Using the Data Source Database
  • Grid object
    • Data dialog
    • Columns dialog
    • Advanced dialog
  • Trends
  • Recipes
  • Reports
  • ODBC
  • Math
  • Script
    • Startup Script worksheet
  • Scheduler
    • TwinCAT
      • Export a symbol file from your TwinCAT project
    • CoDeSys
      • Configure your CoDeSys 3.x project for tag integration
    • RSLogix 5000 Family
      • Export symbol file for RSLogix 5000 Family
    • Allen-Bradley PLC5, SLC500
    • Schneider Unity Modbus
      • Export I/O configuration file for Schneider Unity Modbus
    • AutomationDirect Koyo
      • Export CSV file for AutomationDirect Koyo
    • AutomationDirect PAC 3000
      • Export CSV file for AutomationDirect PAC 3000
    • Use the Object Finder to select integrated tags
    • How integrated tags may be renamed in your project
  • Drivers
    • Main Driver Sheet
    • Standard Driver Sheets
    • Driver Error Codes
  • OPC DA 2.05
  • OPC UA Client
    • Connect to an OPC UA server using self-signed certificates
    • Connect to an OPC UA server using CA-signed certificates
    • List of read/write status codes and messages for OPC UA
  • OPC .NET Client
  • OPC XML/DA
  • TCP/IP
• Collaboration and Source Control
  • Connect to your collaboration server
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  • Branch a project in source control
  • Open a project from source control
  • Get the latest version of a project
  • Get a specific version of a project
    • Apply a label to a project
• Project Security
  • About security modes
  • About security access levels
  • Using the security system configuration wizard
  • Configuring server settings for security modes
    • Extending the LDAP schema to allow saving of security rights
  • Creating and configuring groups
  • Creating and configuring users
  • Managing an existing security system
  • Backing up the security system configuration
  • Logging on/off
  • Blocking or unblocking a user
  • Password Protection of Project Files
• Project Localization
  • Add a target language to the Translation Table
  • Configure fonts for a target language
    • Examples of font configuration
  • Set the project's language at startup
  • Set the project's language during run time
  • Using the LogWin Module
  • Using Remote Tools
    • Using Remote Database Spy
    • Using Remote LogWin
  • Enable security in Remote Agent and add users
  • Download your project to the target device
  • Run or stop your project on the target device
  • Configure Remote Agent to autorun a project
• Thin Clients and Mobile Access
  • Web
    • Building a Simple Application
    • The Underlying Technology
    • ISSymbol Control Layer
    • Examples of Client/Server Architecture
    • Configuring the Data Server
    • Configuring the web server
    • Installing the web tunneling gateway
    • Configuring the Thin Client
    • Implementing Security
    • Port Usage
    • Exercise: Viewing Your Project on the Web
  • Mobile Access
    • List of supported features
    • Tips for development and run time
    • Installation
      • Turn on Microsoft IIS
      • Enable SSL encryption
      • Install the Mobile Access Runtime software
      • Specify the address of the network router
    • Configuration
      • Insert a new area
      • Configure the area settings
      • Configure the global settings
    • Navigation
      • Log on to the web interface
      • Use the Alarm control
      • Use the Process Values control
      • Use the Trend control
      • Use the Screens control
      • Link directly to a project screen
    • Troubleshooting
      • Open the browser console
      • Use the activity log
  • Database Troubleshooting
  • Appendices
    • Using ODBC Databases
    • Using Microsoft SQL Server
    • Using ORACLE Databases
    • Using Microsoft Access Databases
    • Using SQL Server CE
      • Installing SQL Server on a Windows Embedded device
    • Using Sybase
    • Using Microsoft Excel
    • Using MySQL
• Troubleshooting
  • General Troubleshooting
    • Technical Reference
    • Communication Drivers
    • License Agreement
    • Home Page
    • Release Notes
    • System Information
    • Support Information
    • About
• Appendix: Built-in Scripting Language
  • Logic and arithmetic operators
  • How to read function descriptions
  • Log Message functions
    • Trace
  • Arithmetic functions
    • Abs
    • Div
    • Format
    • GetBit
    • Mod
    • Pow
    • ResetBit
    • Round
    • SetBit
    • Sqrt
    • Swap16
    • Swap32
    • Trunc
  • Statistical functions
    • Avg
    • Max
    • Min
    • Rand
  • Logarithmic functions
    • Exp
    • Log
    • Log10
  • Logical functions
    • False
    • If
    • Toggle
    • True
  • String functions
    • Asc2Str
    • CharToValue
    • CharToValueW
    • ClassMembersToStrVector
    • NCopy
    • Num
    • Str
    • Str2Asc
    • StrCompare
    • StrCompareNoCase
    • StrFromInt
    • StrFromReal
    • StrFromTime
    • StrGetElement
    • StrLeft
    • StrLen
    • StrLower
    • StrRChr
    • StrRight
    • StrSetElement
    • StrStr
    • StrStrPos
    • StrTrim
    • StrTrimAll
    • StrUpper
    • ValueToChar
    • ValueWToChar
  • Date & Time functions
    • ClockGetDate
    • ClockGetDayOfWeek
    • ClockGetTime
    • DateTime2Clock
    • DateTime2UTC
    • GetClock
    • GetTimeZone
    • GetTimeZoneCount
    • GetUTC
    • Hour2Clock
    • SetSystemDate
    • SetSystemTime
    • SetTimeZone
    • UTC2DateTime
  • Trigonometric functions
    • ACos
    • ASin
    • ATan
    • Cos
    • Cot
    • Pi
    • Sin
    • Tan
  • Screen functions
    • Close
    • Open
    • OpenPrevious
    • ShowInplaceInput
    • ShowMessageBox
  • Security functions
    • BlockUser
    • CheckESign
    • CheckSecurityLevel
    • CreateUser
    • ExportSecuritySystem
    • GetSecuritySystemStatus
    • GetUserFullName
    • GetUserNames
    • GetUserPwdAging
    • GetUserState
    • ImportSecuritySystem
    • RemoveUser
    • SetPassword
    • UnblockUser
  • Module Activity functions
    • AppActivate
    • AppIsRunning
    • AppPostMessage
    • AppSendKeys
    • CleanReadQueue
    • CloseSplashWindow
    • DisableMath
    • EnableMath
    • EndTask
    • ExitWindows
    • IsScreenOpen
    • IsTaskRunning
    • IsViewerInFocus
    • KeyPad
    • LogOff
    • LogOn
    • Math
    • PostKey
    • Recipe
    • Report
    • RunGlobalProcedureAsync
    • RunGlobalProcedureAsyncGetStatus
    • RunGlobalProcedureOnFalse
    • RunGlobalProcedureOnServer
    • RunGlobalProcedureOnTrigger
    • RunGlobalProcedureOnTrue
    • RunVBScript
    • SecureViewerReload
    • SendKeyObject
    • SetAppPath
    • SetViewerInFocus
    • SetViewerPos
    • ShutDown
    • StartTask
    • ViewerPostMessage
    • WinExec
    • WinExecIsRunning
  • File functions
    • DeleteOlderFiles
    • DirCreate
    • DirDelete
    • DirLength
    • DirRename
    • FileCopy
    • FileDelete
    • FileLength
    • FileReadFields
    • FileReadMessage
    • FileRename
    • FileWrite
    • FileWriteFields
    • FileWriteMessage
    • FindFile
    • FindPath
    • GetFileAttributes
    • GetFileTime
    • GetHstInfo
    • GetLine
    • Hst2Txt
    • HST2TXTIsRunning
    • ImportXML
    • LookupContains
    • LookupGet
    • LookupLoad
    • PDFCreate
    • Print
    • RDFileN
    • WebGetFile
  • Graphic functions
    • AutoFormat
    • ExecuteCustomCall
    • GetScrInfo
    • PrintSetup
    • PrintWindow
    • ResetDecimalPointsTable
    • RGBColor
    • RGBComponent
    • SaveScreenShot
    • SetDecimalPoints
    • SetDisplayUnit
    • SetTagDisplayUnit
  • Translation functions
    • Ext
    • SetLanguage
    • SetTranslationFile
    • TranslationLoad
    • TranslationLookupClose
    • TranslationLookupGet
    • TranslationLookupLoad
  • Multimedia functions
    • Play
  • System Info functions
    • DBVersion
    • GetAppHorizontalResolution
    • GetAppPath
    • GetAppVerticalResolution
    • GetComputerIP
    • GetComputerName
    • GetCursorX
    • GetCursorY
    • GetDisplayHorizontalResolution
    • GetDisplayVerticalResolution
    • GetFreeMemoryCE
    • GetHardKeyModel
    • GetHardKeySN
    • GetIPAll
    • GetLicenseGracePeriod
    • GetMemoryCE
    • GetNetMACID
    • GetOS
    • GetPerformanceMetric
    • GetPrivateProfileString
    • GetProductPath
    • GetRegValue
    • GetRegValueType
    • GetServerHostName
    • GetTickCount
    • InfoAppAlrDir
    • InfoAppHstDir
    • InfoDiskFree
    • InfoResources
    • IsActiveXReg
    • IsAppChangedOnServer
    • NoInputTime
    • ProductVersion
    • RegSaveCE
    • ReloadAppFromServer
    • SaveAlarmFile
    • SetAppAlarmPath
    • SetAppHstPath
    • SetDateFormat
    • SetKeyboardLanguage
    • SetRegValue
    • SetWebConfig
    • SNMPGet
    • SNMPSet
    • WritePrivateProfileString
  • Tags Database functions
    • ExecuteAlarmAck
    • ForceTagChange
    • GetAlarmCount
    • GetAlarmInfo
    • GetTagValue
    • SetTagValue
    • TagsDBAddClass
    • TagsDBAddClassMember
    • TagsDBAddTag
    • TagsDBBeginEdit
    • TagsDBEndEdit
    • TagsDBGetAlarm
    • TagsDBGetClassMember
    • TagsDBGetClassMemberCount
    • TagsDBGetFirstClass
    • TagsDBGetFirstClassMember
    • TagsDBGetFirstTag
    • TagsDBGetNextClass
    • TagsDBGetNextClassMember
    • TagsDBGetNextTag
    • TagsDBGetTagCount
    • TagsDBGetTagProperty
    • TagsDBGetTrend
    • TagsDBRemoveAlarm
    • TagsDBRemoveClass
    • TagsDBRemoveClassMember
    • TagsDBRemoveTag
    • TagsDBRemoveTrend
    • TagsDBSetAlarm
    • TagsDBSetTagProperty
    • TagsDBSetTrend
  • Loop functions
    • For…Next
  • ODBC functions
    • ODBCBeginTrans
    • ODBCBindCol
    • ODBCCanAppend
    • ODBCCanTransact
    • ODBCCanUpdate
    • ODBCClose
    • ODBCCommitTrans
    • ODBCDelete
    • ODBCExecuteSQL
    • ODBCInsert
    • ODBCIsBOF
    • ODBCIsDeleted
    • ODBCIsEOF
    • ODBCIsFieldNULL
    • ODBCIsFieldNullable
    • ODBCMove
    • ODBCMoveFirst
    • ODBCMoveLast
    • ODBCMoveNext
    • ODBCMovePrev
    • ODBCOpen
    • ODBCQuery
    • ODBCRollBack
    • ODBCSetFieldNULL
    • ODBCSetFilter
    • ODBCSetSort
    • ODBCUnbindCol
    • ODBCUpdate
  • Email functions
    • CnfEmail
    • GetStatusSendEmailExt
    • SendEmail
    • SendEmailExt
  • Dial-up functions
    • DialError
    • DialGetClientIP
    • DialGetServerIP
    • DialStatus
    • DialUp
    • DialUpToCE
    • FindAllDevices
    • FindModem
    • HangUp
    • PhoneDialUp
    • PhoneDisableListen
    • PhoneEnableListen
    • PhoneHangUp
    • PhoneStatus
  • ActiveX and .NET Control functions
    • XGet
    • XRun
    • XSet
  • Event Logger functions
    • SendEvent
  • FTP functions
    • CnfFTP
    • FTPGet
    • FTPPut
    • FTPStatus
  • Database/ERP functions
    • DBCursorClose
    • DBCursorColumnCount
    • DBCursorColumnInfo
    • DBCursorCurrentRow
    • DBCursorGetValue
    • DBCursorMoveTo
    • DBCursorNext
    • DBCursorOpen
    • DBCursorOpenSQL
    • DBCursorPrevious
    • DBCursorRowCount
    • DBDelete
    • DBExecute
    • DBInsert
    • DBSelect
    • DBUpdate
    • SyncAlarm
    • SyncAlarmStatus
    • SyncEvent
    • SyncEventStatus
    • SyncTrend
    • SyncTrendStatus
• Appendix: VBScript
  • VBScript Interfaces in the Software
    • Global Procedures
    • Graphic Module
  • Language Reference
    • Operators
    • Constants
    • Objects and Collections
    • Properties
    • Statements
    • Methods
    • Functions
    • Keywords
    • Errors
  • Tips & Tricks
    • VBScript Editor IntelliSense
    • VBScript Compared to VBA
    • Screen Events
    • MsgBox and InputBox Functions
    • VBScript Procedures
    • Creating Constants
    • Declaring Variables
    • Scope and Lifetime of Variables
    • Boolean tags and Boolean variables
    • Writing Real Values to Integer Tags
    • Precedence of VBScript Operators
    • Logical Operator NOT
    • Using Conditional Statements
    • Looping Through Code
    • Support for ActiveX Controls
    • Support for VBScript on Windows Embedded
  • Debugging VBScript
    • About the Debug tab
    • Set break points in your VBScript code
    • Run your project in Debug mode
    • Observe the current state in the Database Spy window
    • Step through your VBScript code