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However, all commands will function at runtime.
(b) When using the Msg command to create modeless dialogs or the Sleep command for waiting, do
not stop ADAMView when the modeless dialog is still active or the Sleep command is still working.
(c) Be careful when programming the script to avoid an infinite loop.
Limitations
(a) Strings are limited in length to 32764 characters.
(b) The data area that holds public variables is limited to 16 KB.
(c) The size of source code script is limited to 65534 characters.
(d) Arrays can have up to 60 dimensions.
(e) Variable names are limited to 80 characters.
(f) Labels are limited to 80 characters.
(g) The number of open DDE channels is not fixed; rather, it is limited only by available memory and
system resources.
(h) The number of open files is limited to 512 or the operating system limit.
(i) The size of an array cannot exceed 32 KB.
(2) The Tags Created by ADAMView are the Following:
Block Tag name Data type Channel count
Analog Input TASK1/AI1 Floating point 32
Analog Output TASK1/AO1 Floating point 1
Digital Input TASK1/DI1 Integer 1
Digital Output TASK1/DO1 Long 1
Temperature TASK1/TMP1 Floating point 1
Hardware Counter TASK1/CTFQ1 Floating point 1
Hardware Alarm TASK1/ALM1 Long 1
RS-232 TASK1/SER1 String 8
Input File TASK1/INF1 Floating point 1
Alarm Log TASK1/ALOG1 Long 1
Ramp TASK1/RMP1 Floating point 1
Moving Average TASK1/AVG1 Floating point 1
Single Calculation TASK1/SOC1 Floating point 1
Timer TASK1/ET1 Long 1
Time Stamp TASK1/TS1 String 1
Counter TASK1/CNT1 Long 1
On/Off Control TASK1/ONF1 Integer 1
PID Control TASK1/PID1 Floating point 1
DDE Client TASK1/DDEC1 String 1
Conditional Sound TASK1/SOUND1 Long 1
Beep TASK1/SP1 Long 1
Button Control DISP1/BBTN1 Long 1
Knob Control DISP1/KNOB1 Floating point 1
Numeric Control DISP1/NCTL1 Floating point 1
Slider Control DISP1/SPIN1 Floating point 1
Ameter Display DISP1/METER1 Floating point 1
Bar Display DISP1/BAR1 Floating point 1
Indicator Display DISP1/INDI1 Long 1
Drawing Display DISP1/CELL1 Long 1
Conditional Button DISP1/CBTN11 Long 1
Conditional Bitmap DISP1/BMP1 Long 1
Conditional Text DISP1/CTXT String 1
Historical Trend DISP1/HIST1 Floating point 8
Virtual Tags VIRTASK/V1 Floating point 1