Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Tags and the Project Database
Using the Tags Toolbar
The Tags toolbar provides a text box and several tools (shortcuts) that enable you to create, locate, and access
different tags, functions, and tag properties.
Global Replace Tool
Tags tools
When clicking on the Global Replace tool from the Tag Properties Toolbar, the following window displays:
Global Replace dialog
From the Global Replace dialog, you can replace any tag(s) from all documents (screens and worksheets) of the
whole project. You can edit both the From and the To column.
When replacing composed tags (array size > 0 and/or Type = Class), you can configure a specific array
position (for example, TagA[1] ) or class member (for example, TagB.MemberX ) or both (for example,
TagC[3].MemberY ). If you configure only the Main Tag Name (for example, TagC ) in the From column, all tags
from this main tag will be modified for the tag configured in the To column.
If an invalid replacement is configured (for example, replace the Main Tag tag from a class type tag for a simple
tag (not a class tag), the OK button will be disabled. When the OK button is pressed, the tags configured on the
Global Replace dialog will be replaced in the order that they were configured on the dialog interface.
Note: You must close all documents (screens and worksheets) before executing this command.
When changing the tag name on the Project Tags database worksheet, IWS will ask you if you intend to
replace this tag through the whole project.
The Replace option will be created in the Edit menu. By using this option, the Global Replace dialog is prompted,
however, the changes are applied only the current screen or worksheet in focus.
Replacing project tags in a document or screen object
To replace all occurences of a tag in the current document, do one of the following:
• On the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Tags group, click Replace; or
• On the Graphics tab of the ribbon, in the Editing group, click Replace.
To replace all occurences of a tag in a screen object, double-click the object to open its Object Properties dialog
and then click Replace.
All of these methods will open the Replace dialog, which is descibed below.
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