Panel, Function and Script Restructure
In order to reduce space requirements, limit resource utilization and shorten startup time, many unused/unnecessary functions have been removed from the product.
The changes have been made to the following parts of the product:
- Config files
- Internal data point types and data points
- Panels
- Scripts
- CTRL libraries
- Message catalogs
The structure of the scripts and CTRL libraries has been changed to reduce the number of libraries in the file system and the number of libraries loaded when starting a manager. In particular for a runtime UI, the number of loaded standard libraries has been significantly reduced in order to shorten the start time. This has a particularly positive effect on the mobile user interface if a network connection with a lower bandwidth is used.
In order to limit the impact on existing projects, an "obsolete" library remains as a file in the WinCC OA installation.
If an obsolete library is loaded, one of the following log messages is written. If another library now contains the functions that were previously defined in the obsolete library, the new library name is specified in the log message.
Example for loading the obsolete library stdlib.ctl if another library std.ctl must be used:
WCCOAui (1), 2023.10.04 12:32:25.478, SYS, WARNING, 253, Obsolete library, library 'C:\Siemens\Automation\WinCC_OA\3.20\libs\stdlib.ctl' is obsolete. Please use the library std.ctl.Example for loading a rejected library:
WCCOAui (1), 2023.10.04 12:32:25.478, SYS, WARNING, 253, Deprecated library, library 'C:\Siemens\Automation\WinCC_OA\3.20\libs\stdlib.ctl' is deprecated. The functions defined in this library are no longer required - remove the link to the library.Info about internal data points: The reduced number of internal data points is only applied when creating a new project.
If a project is updated from an older version to the current version, there is no functionality that deletes the obsolete data point types and data points.
Deprecated Libraries
The following libraries are declared as deprecated in WinCC OA Version 3.20:
- bandwidthMeasurement.ctl
- ChannelManager.ctl
- CtrlAudio.ctl
- dpDyn.ctl
- email.ctl
- ExcelReport.ctl
- hosts.ctl
- ini.ctl
- libCTRL.ctl
- ngedi.ctl
- notes.ctl
- pager.ctl
- pmonWatchdogAlarming.ctl
- pmonWatchdogTypes.ctl
- stdlib.ctl
- stdVar.ctl
- table.ctl
- tools.ctl
Changed Function Location
The list of the following functions was moved from their original library to a new library:
| Function Name | New Library | Original Library |
|---|---|---|
| readSMS() | communication | std |
| sendMail() | communication | std |
| sendSMS() | communication | std |
| sendSMSCB() | communication | std |
| _createdpName() | csg | libCTRL |
| _createfileName() | csg | libCTRL |
| _CSG* functions | csg | libCTRL |
| _checkValue() | ep | libCTRL |
| evaluateVariableTypeStringValue() | ep | libCTRL |
| getTrendDPE() | ep | std |
| catInsertKey() | mp | std |
| dynDynStringToString() | mpTemplate | libCTRL |
| dynStringToDynDynString() | mpTemplate | libCTRL |
| getPossibleVarTypes() | mpTemplate | libCTRL |
| parseSimpleVarTypeToString() | mpTemplate | libCTRL |
| parseStringToSimpleVarType() | mpTemplate | libCTRL |
| stringToDynDynString() | mpTemplate | libCTRL |
| dynContainsPattern() | pa | libCTRL |
| dynInsertPatternMatch() | pa | libCTRL |
| isValidProjectPath() | pa | std |
| ColorNames() | para | libCTRL |
| dpGetDefaultFormat() | para | libCTRL |
| byteSizeToString() | spaceCheck | std |
| dpValueFieldFormat() | std | libCTRL |
| dynDynStringToDynString() | std | libCTRL |
| dynLangString2dynString() | std | libCTRL |
| dynString2dynLangString() | std | libCTRL |
| dynStringToString() | std | libCTRL |
| isAckable() | std | libCTRL |
| lcDpGetFormat() | std | libCTRL |
| stringToDynString() | std | libCTRL |
| stringToVarType() | std | libCTRL |
| varTypeToString() | std | libCTRL |
| std_quittScript() | STD_Symbols | std |
| dpExistsDPE() | varTrend | libCTRL |
| lookupSorted() | WssCoreExtRequestHandler | std |
| isTableAckable() | aescustomizations | libCTRL |
Changed Panel Location
The following panels were moved from their original directory to a new directory:
| Panel | Original Directory | New Directory |
|---|---|---|
| alertHornProps.pnl | vision | DemoApplication |
Removed Functions
Following functions were removed from WinCC OA Version 3.20:
| Removed Function | Library |
|---|---|
| _checkDPType() | libCTRL.ctl |
| _checkValue2() | libCTRL.ctl |
| _DPSEL_showdp() | libCTRL.ctl |
| _tableHead() | libCTRL.ctl |
| aesinitAEItemListCB() | libCTRL.ctl |
| avgSmentTime() | libCTRL.ctl |
| counter() | libCTRL.ctl |
| diff() | libCTRL.ctl |
| dpSetDynErrorCheck() | libCTRL.ctl |
| dpSetErrorCheck() | libCTRL.ctl |
| evaluateDpElementTypeStringValue() | libCTRL.ctl |
| eventCounter() | libCTRL.ctl |
| findDuplicateUser() | std.ctl |
| getChildCentralPosition() | panel.ctl |
| getStartDayOfWeek () | libCTRL.ctl |
| getStartTimeOfWorkDay() | libCTRL.ctl |
| initAEItemList() | libCTRL.ctl |
| initAEItemList1() | libCTRL.ctl |
| isJavaUI() | panel.ctl |
| noFlickerRedraw() | panel.ctl |
| Panel_OnZoomed() | panel.ctl |
| PasswordDialog() | panel.ctl |
| pvssRangeCheck() | libCTRL.ctl |
| resetAEItemListsCB() | libCTRL.ctl |
| smOpenSysMgmVisu | std.ctl |
| std_catgets | std.ctl |
| std_errorDialog | std.ctl |
| std_miniHelp | std.ctl |
| strcmp | std.ctl |
| getCurrentOSUser | std.ctl |
| getDomainOSUser | std.ctl |
| getUserDomain | std.ctl |
| getUserWithoutDomain | std.ctl |
| valueEditor() | libCTRL.ctl |
| ve_calculateValue() | libCTRL.ctl |
| ve_setValue() | libCTRL.ctl |
| ve_startFunction() | libCTRL.ctl |
| ve_work () | libCTRL.ctl |
| weekNumber | std.ctl |
Removed Panels
The following panels were removed from WinCC OA Version 3.20:
- gedi/dpsel
- gedi/dpsel2
- gedi/dpsel3
- gedi/dpsel4
- gedi/dpsel5
- para/address_skeleton.pnl
- vision/aes/AEScreenRegGeneral.pnl
- vision/aes/AS_propSort.pnl
- vision/aes/ES_propSort.pnl
- vision/alertHornProps.pnl
- vision/backupComplete_2.pnl
- vision/backupConfig_2.pnl
- vision/backupImplementation_2.pnl
- vision/backupMedium_2.pnl
- vision/DataManager_par
- vision/hupe.pnl
- vision/messages/MessageComboInput.pnl
- vision/miniHelp.pnl
- vision/notes_ref.pnl
- vision/PagerConfig.pnl
- vision/PagerMain.pnl
- vision/PagerMsgList
- vision/PagerPhonebook
- vision/PagerSelectUser.pnl
- vision/PagerSendMsg.pnl
- vision/SC/AlertRowvision/SC/AlertScreen
- vision/SC/AS_ackOldest
- vision/SC/AS_choice
- vision/SC/AS_comments.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_detail_ranges.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_detail.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_matching.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_properties.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_propFilter.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_propFilterSystems.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_propFilterTypes.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_propSort.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_propTime.pnl
- vision/SC/AS_status.pnl
- vision/SC/ES_detail.pnl
- vision/SC/ES_dpeList.pnl
- vision/SC/ES_properties.pnl
- vision/SC/ES_propFilter
- vision/SC/ES_propFilterSystems.pnl
- vision/SC/ES_propFilterTypes.pnl
- vision/SC/ES_propSort.pnl
- vision/SC/ES_propTime.pnl
- vision/SC/EventScreen
- vision/SC/timeRange.pnl
- vision/SC/trend.pnl
- vision/SC/trendButton.pnl
- vision/SC/XS_propFilterDpMatch.pnl
- vision/SC/XS_propGeneral.pnl
- vision/SC folder including all panels
- vision/valueEditor.pnl
- vision/valueEditorPoint.pnl
- vision/valueEditorValue.pnl
Removed Data Points
The following data points were removed from WinCC OA Version 3.20:
- _ConfirmAll.
- _ConfirmMode.
- _Dbg
- _Dbg_2
- _Device2
- _Device2_2
- _Device3
- _Device3_2
- _LayerOff.
- _LayerOn.
- _LT_1
- _ModuleOff.
- _ModuleOn.
- _Pager_1_2.
- _Pager_1.
- _PanelOff.
- _Printer.
- _PrintPanel.
- _RootPanelOn.
- _RootPanelOrigOn.
- _SilentPrint.
- _SMS_1
- _SMS_1_2
- _SPS_1
- _SPS_2
- _SystemPrinter.
- AlertHorn
Removed Data Point Types
The following data point types were removed from WinCC OA Version 3.20:
- _Abb
- _AbbUdpArcConn
- _AlertFilter
- _AlertHorn
- _AlertRow
- _AlertStatusText
- _ChildPanel
- _DbgFlags
- _DpListTable
- _Layer
- _Module
- _ModuleOn
- _MP
- _Pager
- _Panel
- _Printer
- _PrintPanel
- _PrintTable
- _RootPanel
- _UltralightClient
Removed Libraries
The following libraries were removed from WinCC OA Version 3.20:
- as.ctl
- cnsExtensions.ctl
- deviceManager.ctl
- es.ctl
- impexp.ctl
- proj_http.ctl
- sysOverview.ctl
Removed Scripts
The following scripts were removed from WinCC OA Version 3.20:
- AsyncImpExp.ctl
- userDrivers.ctl
- userPara.ctl
- vision/_archiveMonitor
- vision/_archiveMonitorClient
- vision/alamscr
- vision/allModuleOff
- vision/confirmHorn
- vision/eventscr
- vision/home
- vision/leer
- vision/logout.ctl
- vision/openSysMgm
- vision/password.ctl
Removed Message Catalogs
The following message catalogs were removed from WinCC OA Version 3.20:
- aesExtension.cat
- applicom.cat
- BACnetGeneral.cat
- cnsToolTips.cat
- ngedi.cat
- nis.cat
- pager.cat
- sim.cat
Replaced Functions
Following functions were deemed as obsolete and should be replaced with a different function:
| Obsolete Function | Replaced by |
|---|---|
| _const2str() | varTypeToString() |
| _emSendExtMail() | sendMail() |
| _str2const() | stringToVarType() |
| dpExistsDPE() | dpExists() |
| emSendMail() | sendMail() |
| errorHandling() | throwError() |
| fileEditor() | textEditor() |
| std_getDpName | dpGetDescription() |
| stringEditor() | textEditor() |
