system.util.retarget

Description

This function allows you to programmatically 'retarget' the Client to a different project and/or different Gateway. You can have it switch to another project on the same Gateway, or another gateway entirely, even across a WAN. This feature makes the vision of a seamless, enterprise-wide SCADA application a reality.

The retarget feature will attempt to transfer the current user credentials over to the new project / Gateway. If the credentials fail on that project, the user will be prompted for a valid username and password, with an option to cancel the retargeting and return to the original project. One valid authentication has been achieved, the currently running project is shut down, and the new project is loaded.

You can pass any information to the other project through the parameters dictionary. All entries in this dictionary will be set in the global scripting namespace in the other project. Even if you don't specify any parameters, the system will set the variable _RETARGET_FROM_PROJECT to the name of the current project and _RETARGET_FROM_GATEWAY to the address of the current Gateway.

Syntax

system.util.retarget(projectName [, gatewayAddress] [, params] [, startupWindows])

Parameters

String projectName - The name of the project to retarget to.

String gatewayAddress - The address of the Gateway that the project resides on. If omitted, the current Gateway will be used. Format is: "host:httpPort:sslPort/main" [optional]

PyDictionary params - A dictionary of parameters that will be passed to the new project. They will be set as global variables in the new project's Python scripting environment. [optional]

String[] startupWindows - A list of window names to use as the startup windows. If omitted, the project's normal startup windows will be opened. If specified, the project's normal startup windows will be ignored, and this list will be used instead. [optional]

Returns

nothing

Scope

Client

Examples

Example 1:

# This code would switch to a project named 'TankControl' on the same Gateway

# as the currently running project

system.util.retarget("TankControl")

Example 2:

# This code would switch to a project named 'TankControl' on a

# Gateway located at a different IP address running on port 8080, and

# would open the window named "Graph", and set a global jython variable in the 

# new project named "retargetOccured" to the value 1 (one).

system.util.retarget("TankControl", "10.30.2.33:8088/main", 

{"retargetOccured":1}, ["Graph"])

Example 3:

# This code would be put in a button in the target that was retargetted to,

# and act as a 'back' button, that would retarget back to the original project.

global _RETARGET_FROM_PROJECT

global _RETARGET_FROM_GATEWAY

# _RETARGET_FROM_GATEWAY is formatted like 'http://10.1.10.1:8088/main', 

# so you have to remove the first 7 characters.

system.util.retarget(_RETARGET_FROM_PROJECT, _RETARGET_FROM_GATEWAY[7:])