Types of functions

The following types of functions can be distinguished:

Type of function	Use
ActiveX functions	These functions enable manipulation of ActiveX controls
Administration of managers, modules and panels	These functions are used for the administration of managers, modules and panels.
Alert handling	These functions are associated with data points and respond to messages and changes to messages.
Communication functions	These functions are needed for establishing a connection for different applications.
Database functions (ADO)	Functions for data manipulations of databases via ADO interfaces.
Data point functions	Using these functions you can read, change or manipulate data point values and attributes.
Dynamic arrays	These functions calculate, sort and manipulate the contents of arrays.
Error functions	Using these functions you can read and handle errors that arise in functions with error handling capability.
File functions	You can use these files to import and export files, open, close and print files as well as perform other file manipulations.
Functions for bit32 variables	These functions support bit operations on bit32 variables
Functions for blob variables	These functions support the operations with blob variables.
Graphics functions	These functions are needed for editing or manipulating graphics or their attributes.
Mathematical functions	These functions are used for mathematical processing of values. The generally valid definitions apply to these functions.
Miscellaneous functions	Functions that do not fit any of the other categories are grouped here.
Multilingual functionality	These functions are used for handling languages, texts and lexicons in multilingual projects.
Project administration functions	These functions are used for project administration.
Query functions	These functions are used for different types of queries.
Selection and configuration dialogs	These functions are used for setting the parameters of dialog boxes used for simple configuration of graphics elements
Strings	These functions read and edit strings or parts of strings.
Threads	These functions start or stop threads, or return the thread number.
Time functions	Time functions can be used to output times to millisecond accuracy.
User administration	These functions check the user, his identity and associated permissions.
Video functions	These functions allow the configuration and editing of video settings of WinCC OA Video.
Waiting Control functions	These Control functions block the execution of a script until a response is received from the Event Manager.
Window functions	These functions must only be used in the User Interface. They open and close panels, modules or levels.
XML Control Extension	These functions are user for modifications of XML data from a XML file or string.

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