Introduction
Our platform's Scripts feature a variety of functionalities, allowing users to create scripts in different programming languages like C#, Python, VB.NET, and JavaScript. With this tool, users can define and manage scripts based on various parameters such as data sources, triggers, and actions.
These script tools come equipped with pre-built functions and libraries for tasks like data acquisition, processing, and system control. Additionally, they support various APIs, enabling integration with external software and systems for automation and control purposes.
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Key Functionalities
Built-in Code Editor
Our platform features an integrated script editor designed for developers to craft custom functionality for the application. This editor offers a robust set of tools to aid in testing and evaluating scripts. Debugging capabilities include setting breakpoints, stepping into and over code, executing line by line, and monitoring object values as they change with each step. Our code editor supports multiple languages such as C#, VB.NET, JavaScript, and Python, as well as XML and JSON documents.
Server and Client Domains
With our platform’s script editor, you have the flexibility to create scripts that execute either on the server for global accessibility or on the client side for local execution.
Tasks, Classes and Expressions
You have the option to create tasks, .NET classes, and function libraries. Sometimes, it's more efficient or preferable to create one-line expressions instead of full methods. For this purpose, our platform offers an expression editor that grants access to all .NET operands and classes.
C#, VB.NET, Python and Javascript
Our platform supports industry-standard languages like C#, Python, JavaScript, and VB.NET, so engineers no longer have to struggle with old proprietary, single-threaded, or interpreted scripting editors. You can also translate your code between C# and VB.NET anytime.
Events and Scheduling
You can trigger tasks and expressions to execute based on various factors like date, time, conditions, calendar events, tag changes, or intervals. The execution is distributed among processes, with each running in its own application domain, isolated from the real-time database. This ensures maximum system security and performance.
Object Orientation, Project Elements
You can access all project elements such as Tags, Datasets, Alarms, and devices instantly through IntelliSense, as they are native .NET objects. There's no need for temporary tags or function calls. With just one command, you can seamlessly transfer data from Tags to .NET objects and external Data-tables.
Configure your Python Interpreter
The Script module seamlessly integrates Python language and applications, providing exceptional scripting capabilities across various programming languages. You also have the flexibility to configure any version of the Python interpreter for each project.
Learn more at Scripts, Tasks and Classes.
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