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Using placeholders in commands – Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide User Manual

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Parameters

do

not have to be entered in the order they are listed.

Start each new command on a new line or separate commands on

the same line with a semicolon (;).

Separate multiple parameters with a space.

Enclose long file names containing spaces with double quotes

when the file names are used as parameters. For example

ActivityLogSendToODBC “c:\mydsn\activity db.dsn”
ActivityTbl /UDerek /Ppasswd

The exclamation mark (!) indicates the start of a comment.

Everything after the exclamation mark is ignored unless the
exclamation mark and what follows it are enclosed in double
quotes.

Many commands accept wildcards. The wildcards are:

* — matches any number of characters, including the backslash (\)
and period (.) characters

? — matches any single character

If a command accepts wildcards, this fact is noted in the
description of the command.

Using placeholders in commands

To replace a tag name with its current value when the command is
evaluated, enclose the tag name in dollar signs ($) to create a
placeholder in the command. If the placeholder is enclosed within
double quotes, or nested in the string value of another placeholder in
the command, RSView32 does not substitute the tag value.

The maximum number of characters for floating point tag values
is 17. If the value uses more than 17 characters, it will be represented
in scientific format. The maximum command length is 255. The