Citect SCADA 7​.40 Release Notes

New features and enhancements

• Referencing a variable tag using Equipment.Item

• New Cicode functions to maintain a list of unique Pages "opened"

• New Equipment Editor

• New SxW Templates

• OPC Factory Server (OFS) Security Updates

Citect.ini parameter updates

The following Citect.ini parameters have been introduced or modified in this release.

New Parameters

• CTEdit Parameters

  [CTEDIT]DisplayEquipmentItem

  Used to control the population of the variable tag list, or equipment item list in graphics builder.

• General Parameters

  [General]TagDBReloadOnChange

  Determines whether the Variable Tags database is checked for changes and reloaded when a new page is displayed.

• Page Parameters

  [Page]MaxList

  The maximum number of pages that can be placed on the page list stack.

• Server Parameters

  [Server]AllowAnonymousAccess

  Determines whether the EWS Server will allow the EWS Client anonymous data access.

Modified Parameters

• Code Parameters

  [Code]Stack

  The size of the Cicode stack. The default has been changed from 127 to 256.

• General Parameters

  [General]TagDB

  Determines whether the Variable Tags database is loaded at runtime. The Variable Tags database needs to be loaded to allow tags to be referenced with the Equipment.Item syntax.

Cicode function updates

The following Cicode functions have been introduced or modified in this release.

New Functions

• Page Functions

  PageListCount	Gets number of pages in the page list of the current window.
  PageListCurrent	Gets index of the current page in the page list of the current window.
  PageListInfo	Gets information of a page at the specific index in the page list of current window.
  PageListDisplay	Displays a page at the specific index in the page list of the current window, and moves the current index to the page. When a page is recalled, the original parameters (such as cluster context, super genie associations, PageTask arguments if applicable) used to display the page will be restored.
  PageListDelete	Deletes a page at the specific index from the page list of the current window.

• XML Functions

  XMLClose	Deletes an XML document in memory
  XMLCreate	Creates a new XML document in memory
  XMLGetAttribute	Retrieves the attribute value of the node from an XML document in memory
  XMLGetAttributeCount	Retrieves the number of attributes (properties of a node. Each attribute has a name and a value) within an XML document in memory
  XMLGetAttributeName	Retrieves the name of an attribute (property of a node. Each attribute has a name and a value) within an XML document in memory
  XMLGetAttributeValue	Retrieves the value of an attribute (property of a node. Each attribute has a name and a value) within an XML document in memory
  XMLGetChild	Retrieves the child node for the specified parent node in XML document in memory
  XMLGetChildCount	Retrieves the total number of child nodes for the specified parent node in an XML document in memory
  XMLGetParent	Retrieves the parent node within the contents of an XML document in memory
  XMLGetRoot	Retrieves the root node of an XML document in memory
  XMLNodeAddChild	Creates an element node with the specified Name and Namespace and appends the node to the end of the list of child nodes of specified parent node in the XML document.
  XMLNodeFind	Selects a single node from the contents of an XML document in memory
  XMLNodeGetName	Retrieves the name of the specified node
  XMLNodeGetValue	Retrieves the value of a node from the contents of an XML document in memory
  XMLNodeRemove	Removes specified XML node from its parent and XML document
  XMLNodeSetValue	Sets the value of the specified node.
  XMLOpen	Loads an XML file from disk
  XMLSave	Saves an XML file to disk
  XMLSetAttribute	Sets the value of specified attribute of the node in the XML document. If the attribute does not exist, it will be created.

Modified Functions

• Super Genie Functions

  Ass	Associates a variable tag with a Super Genie. Now supports Equipment.Item.

• Tag Functions

  TagGetProperty	Gets a property for a variable tag from the datasource. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagGetScale	Gets the value of a tag at a specified scale from the datasource. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagInfo	Gets information about a variable tag. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagInfoEx	Gets information about a variable tag. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagRead	Reads a variable from the I/O device. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagReadEx	Reads the value, quality or timestamp of a particular tag from the I/O device. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagResolve	Used to increment a reference count on a tag to keep it resolved, making it readily available to a client. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagScaleStr	Gets the value of a tag at a specified scale. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagSetOverrideBad	Sets a quality Override element for a specified tag to Bad Non Specific. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagSetOverrideGood	Sets a quality Override element for a specified tag to Good Non Specific. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagSetOverrideUncertain	Sets a quality Override element for a specified tag to Uncertain Non Specific. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagSetOverrideQuality	Sets a quality Override element for a specified tag. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagSubscribe	Subscribes a tag for periodic monitoring and event handling. Now supports Equipment.Item.
  TagWrite	Writes to an I/O Device variable. Now supports Equipment.Item.

Reinstated Functions

No functions have been reinstated for 7.40.

Deprecated Functions

No functions have been deprecated for 7.40.

Removed Functions

No functions have been removed for 7.40.