Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Appendix: Built-in Scripting Language
Graphic functions
These functions are used to manipulate and print project screens.
AutoFormat
Automatically formats a real number to a preset number of decimal places, according to the virtual table of
settings created by the SetDecimalPoints function. (This is similar to the Format function, except that you
do not need to specify the number of decimal places.)
Function Group Execution Windows Embedded Thin Client
AutoFormat Graphic Synchronous Supported Supported Supported
Syntax
AutoFormat(numValue)
numValue
The real number to be formatted.
Returned value
This function returns a formatted string.
Examples
In the following examples, the SetDecimalPoints function has already been used to set 3 decimal places for
values greater than equal to 1.5 and 1 decimal place for values less than or equal to −3.
Tag Name
Expression
Tag AutoFormat( 1.543210 ) // Returned value = "1.543"
Tag
GetScrInfo
AutoFormat( −3.123456 ) // Returned value = "−3.1"
Retrieves information from the project about an open screen.
Function Group Execution Windows Embedded Thin Client
GetScrInfo Graphic Synchronous Supported Supported Supported
Syntax
GetScrInfo( strScreenName, "tagResult", optNumResultType, optNumID )
strScreenName
tagResult
The name of the screen for which information is required.
The name of the tag that will receive the information retrieved by the function. This name must
be enclosed in quotes, or the project will try to get the contents of the tag.
optNumResultType
A numeric flag specifying the type of information to be retrieved by the function:
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