CONTROL
- Introduction to CTRL
- Control Classes
- Types of Control Functions
- Control graphics
- CONTROL Functions
  - Funtions A
    - abortFileTransfer()
      The function abortFileTransfer() aborts all file transfers of the stated manager.
    - abs()
      Returns the absolute value of a value.
    - access()
      Queries the access mode of the file or directory with the specified path name.
    - acGetRefACType()
      Returns a AC type name, if the leaf dpeName is referenced to an AC type, otherwise an empty string.
    - acos()
      Returns the arc cosine in the radian measure.
    - activateMode()
      Switches the module to normal operating mode.
    - addGlobal()
      Creates a variable and makes it into a control-wide variable.
    - addGroup()
      Adds a group of shapes or a layout to a panel.
    - addGroupPVSS()
      Adds a user group of an external authentication system to the WinCC OA user administration.
    - addShape()
      Adds a new shape into a panel.
    - addSymbol()
      Adds a panel reference in a panel or layout at a later time during run time. To suppress the Initialize scripts of the reference the function createSymbol() can be used instead.
    - addUserPVSS()
      Adds a user of an external authentication system to the WinCC OA user administration.
    - addUserToGroupPVSS()
      Adds a WinCC OA user to a user group in the WinCC OA user administration.
    - aes256Decrypt()
      The function allows to decrypt an encrypted information with the AES-256 algorithm.
    - aes256Encrypt()
      The function allows to encrypt the passed information with the AES-256 algorithm.
    - afterLogin()
      After successful login displays the required panel.
    - alertConnect()
      Registers the function work() for call with resulting alerts.
    - alertDisconnect()
      Unregisters the function work() from call when changes are made to the values.
    - alertGet()
      Queries only the last alert attributes of a data point.
    - alertGetPeriod()
      Reads the values of the specified alert attributes of the data point elements for which alerts were triggered.
    - alertSet()
      Allows data point attributes to be set in a similar way to dpSet().
    - alertSetTimed()
      Allows data point attributes to be set in a similar way to dpSet(). Additionally the timestamp can be set manually.
    - alertSetTimedWait()
      Allows data point attributes to be set in a similar way to dpSet(). Additionally the timestamp can be set manually.
    - alertSetWait()
      Allows data point attributes to be set in a similar way to alertSet()/dpSetWait().
    - animate()
      With the function animate() you can create animations.
    - animateWait()
      With the function animateWait() you can create animations and wait for them to finish.
    - asin()
      Returns the arc sine in the radian measure.
    - assignPtr()
      The function allows to assign a shared_ptr to a different shared_ptr..
    - atan()
      Returns the arc tangent in the radian measure.
    - atan2()
      Returns the arc tangent of the Cartesian coordinates y and x.
    - "availableCameras"
      This function shows the cameras available on the system.
  - Funtions B
  - Funtions C
  - Funtions D
  - Functions E
  - Functions F
  - Functions G
  - Functions H
  - Functions I
  - Functions J
  - Functions K
  - Functions L
  - Functions M
  - Functions N
  - Functions O
  - Functions P
  - Functions Q
  - Functions R
  - Functions S
  - Functions T
  - Functions U
  - Functions V
  - Functions W
  - Functions X
  - Functions Y
  - Functions Z
- CtrlExtension, basics
- CTRL Debugger
  You can use the CTRL debugger to debug the Control programming language. The debugger can be used via its own panel, which also enables the monitoring and setting of variable values during the execution of a script.

addGroupPVSS()

Adds a user group of an external authentication system to the WinCC OA user administration.

Synopsis

int addGroupPVSS(string osID, string groupName, langString fullName = "", langString comment="");

Parameter


Parameter	Description
osID	The OS ID of the group in the external authentication system.
groupName	The group name.
fullName	Optional parameter to set the fullName of the group.
comment	Optional parameter to set the comment of the group.

Return Value

ID of the new group and -1 if the group was not created.

Description

Adds a user group to the user administration. This function can be used to add groups referencing external authentication systems such as AD, to WinCC OA by setting the osID parameter.

Example

Adds a group called "OperatorWinCCOA" to the WinCC OA user administration.

main(mapping event)
{
  int i = addGroupPVSS("S-1-5-21-1934636824-790261252-315576832-1001",
  "OperatorWinCCOA","WinCC OA Operator","Operator group of the WinCC OA System");
  /* here the addGroupPVSS is split and shown on two rows. To exceute the function, delete the line break! */
  DebugN("Group added", i);
}

Assignment

User administration

Availability

CTRL