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Release Notes for Service Pack 2
This document describes the modifications and fixes made in VijeoCitect version 7.0 Service Pack 2 as well as providing installation information. Important: All projects must be upgraded and recompiled after installing this Service Pack. Failure to do so will result in conflicting database size messages. To force an upgrade, edit the Citect.ini file and set [CTEDIT] UPGRADE=1. Ensure that the Incremental Compile menu option (in Project Editor→Tools→Options) is not checked, or set [CTEDIT] INCREMENTALCOMPILE=0. Important: During installation, some citect.ini parameters will be changed to default values. Parameters which may have been customised and need to be checked are: [LAN]node=unknown [EVENT]Server=0 [CTEDIT]Data=<default based on install path> [CTEDIT]ANSIToOEM=0 [CTEDIT]DBFILES=80 [CTEDIT]PrintFont=Courier New [CTEDIT]PrintPoint=6 [SPC]AlarmBufferSize=39 If these have been changed since the original VijeoCitect install, backup citect.ini or take note of pre-service pack settings then restore after installing the service pack. Important: In v7.0 service pack 1, an attempt was made to translate all Project Editor Period field text strings for French and German installs into their localised form. These changes, with the exception of German day of the month, have been reversed in Service Pack 2. This caters to the majority of French and German customers who have not yet upgraded to Service Pack 1 and would prefer not to reconfigure their projects.
Users upgrading from Service Pack 1 may need to update their projects to match the new drop down options in Service Pack 2. For more information see issues 36365.1 and 36365.2 on the following page, and Table 1 below.
Table 1 - French and German Period field changes in Service Pack 2 Upgrading from v7.0 release Upgrading from v7.0 Service Pack 1 French No change. 1. Days of the week change from French to English. 2. Month names change from lower-case to title-case. 3. Day of the month format changes from “DDeme” to “DDe”. German Day of the month format changes from “DD.” to “DDter”. 1. Days of the week change from German to English. 2. Day of the month format changes from “DD” to “DDter”.
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Known Issues: This Service Pack contains the known issues described below. Table 2 - Known Issues Issue Number Issue Title and Description 36365.1 Protocols are missing from the IO Devices form after installation of a v7 service pack French and German machines may experience this issue if drivers have been installed after the original VijeoCitect install. To resolve and reinstate protocols in the drop down list, reinstall their corresponding Driver Pack(s). 36365.2 Invalid time format compile error after upgrading from v7.0 Service Pack 1 French and German machines that have been upgraded to v7.0 Service Pack 1 and use the Period field in any Project Editor form (e.g. trend tags, reports, events) may experience Invalid time format compile errors after upgrading to Service Pack 2. To resolve, use the new drop down option(s) available in Service Pack 2 and above. 43098 When TagSubscribe() handle is greater than 32768, a negative value representing the handle is incorrectly passed to the Cicode callback function This issue affects v7.0 Service Pack 2 display clients that use the TagSubscribe() function. The 32768 threshold is localised to each client where the count is incremented for each subscription. Cicode and page subscriptions to the same tag will result in two handles. A hotfix resolving this issue is available for customers running v7.0 Service Pack 2. Contact Citect Support for download details.
Note: If you already have hot fixes installed on version 7.0, you should review this document carefully to ensure that the hot fixes you have installed are included in this Service Pack. In the event of a discrepancy contact your regional support office for assistance. Note: For general information about service packs, see Knowledge Base article Q2181. This service pack applies to two of the products shipped with VijeoCitect version 7.0:
a) VijeoCitect
b) VijeoCitect Web Server
Separate service pack installers have been created for each of these products, allowing you to choose which products you wish to upgrade to Service Pack 2, depending on your requirements.
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Table of Contents
Service Pack Installation ................................................................................................................................. 4
Service Pack Uninstall .................................................................................................................................... 5
Updated Files – VijeoCitect – SCADA ............................................................................................................. 8
Added Files – VijeoCitect – SCADA .............................................................................................................. 11
Added Files – VijeoCitect – Web Server ........................................................................................................ 11
Issues Resolved in this Service Pack ............................................................................................................ 12
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Service Pack Installation
Upgrading VijeoCitect 7.0 to Service Pack 2
The procedure for installing Service Pack 2 for VijeoCitect depends on whether you are an existing user of VijeoCitect version 7.0 or a new user.
Existing VijeoCitect version 7.0 Users
1. Run patch file “VijeoCitect SCADA 7.0 Service Pack 2.msp”.
2. Open Citect Explorer, wait until upgrade has completed, and then close Explorer.
New VijeoCitect 7.0 Users
1. Install VijeoCitect 7.0.
2. Open Citect Explorer for the first time and then close.
3. Run patch file “VijeoCitect SCADA 7.0 Service Pack 2.msp”.
4. Open Citect Explorer, wait until the upgrade has completed, and then close Explorer.
Upgrading VijeoCitect 7.0 Web Server to Service Pack 2
Installing Service Pack 2 for VijeoCitect Web Server requires that you install Service Pack 2 for VijeoCitect as well otherwise the web client will not work correctly. You should perform this installation as per one of the above two VijeoCitect user categories, then:
1. On your web server(s) (machines running IIS), run patch file “VijeoCitect WebServer 7.0 Service Pack 2.msp”. This will install an updated CAB file: CitectSCADAWebClient_7_0_2_6.cab, which will become available to all your web clients.
2. On all your web client machines, take the following actions:
a. Open ARP (Add or Remove Programs) by choosing Start→Settings→Control Panel→Add or Remove Programs.
b. Locate the entry „CitectSCADA_Cab_Install‟ and click „Remove‟. If this item is not listed in ARP, you should delete the %windir%\system32\citect\webclient\700 directory. (NB: %windir% indicates the default windows installation directory.)
c. In the VijeoCitect Web Deployment Configuration (in Internet Explorer):
i. Select „CitectSCADAWebClient_7_0_2_6.cab‟ from the Client Control drop down menu.
ii. Save the deployment by selecting the action to save deployment.
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Service Pack Uninstall
The procedure for removing (rolling back) a 7.0 service pack depends on which Operating System you are running.
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003
The following steps apply to all Follow these steps for uninstallation of an
1. Open ARP (Add or Remove Programs) by choosing Start→Settings→Control Panel→Add or Remove Programs.
2. Make sure the „Show Updates‟ checkbox is ticked as follows:
Figure 1: Service Pack visible as an update
3. You should see the service pack listed as a sub-entry under the parent product.
4. Select this sub-item and click „Remove‟.
5. Once the removal is complete, highlight the parent product‟s entry (in this case „VijeoCitect 7.0‟) and click the underlined link „Click here for support information‟. The following popup will appear:
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Figure 2: Support Info dialog in Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003
6. Click „Repair‟.
7. After the repair process has finished, you should have a working version of the parent product without the service pack installed.
Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or earlier or Microsoft Windows 2000
The „Show Updates‟ feature of ARP (as shown in Figure 1) is not available under these operating systems, so an uninstall of the service pack must be performed manually as follows:
1. Open a command prompt e.g. Start→Run→”cmd”→[enter].
2. For each product you wish to uninstall:
a. Copy the uninstall command from Table 3 and paste into the command prompt, then press <enter>.
Table 3 - Service Pack 2 manual uninstall commands Product Uninstall Command VijeoCitect SCADA 7.0 Service Pack 2 msiexec /uninstall {FA866FE6-9722-4C98-BB47-409E2902A351} /package {5EEE5297-A932-49F2-AFA7-ED05C2ACB24F} /qb VijeoCitect WebServer 7.0 Service Pack 2 msiexec /uninstall {1371C71C-2573-4757-BAF4-F812542DD976} /package {B7A02776-729C-4594-AF91-EF18F349E3BE} /qb
b. Open ARP (Add/Remove Programs) by choosing Start→Settings→Control Panel→Add/Remove Programs (or press F5 to refresh if already open).
c. You should now see the product name has returned to the original pre-service pack name.
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d. Highlight the parent product‟s entry (in Figure 3, this is „VijeoCitect 7.0‟) and click the underlined link „Click here for support information‟. The following popup will appear:
Figure 3: Support Info dialog in Windows XP SP1 and Windows 2000
e. Click „Repair‟.
f. After the repair process has finished, you should have a working version of the parent product without the service pack installed.
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Updated Files – VijeoCitect – SCADA
Listed below are the files that will be updated in the VijeoCitect SCADA product after installing 7.0 Service Pack 2. Install Path and File updated Notes _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CiMitsubishiTagBrowse.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CiOPCDrv.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CiTrendArchiveFileOffset.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CiTrendArchiveFileOffset8Byte.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CiTrendArchiveInterpolator.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CiTrendManager.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\Ct_ipc.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CtApi.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CtEng32.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CTODBC32.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CtRes32.DLL _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\CtUtil32.dll _CommonFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric Shared\Vijeo Citect\DatabaseExchange.ocx _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\AlarmServer.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Citect32.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Citect32.exe.config _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Client.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CSAPSI.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Ct_ipc.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtApi.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtBack32.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtCicode.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtCmp32.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Ctcomdlg.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtDraw32.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtEdit32.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtEng32.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtExplor.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Ctg32.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtIndex.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtKC.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtMenu32.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtProj.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtRender.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtSetup.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtUtil32.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtVersion.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtVersion.xml _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Diskdrv.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Dlg32.dll
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_ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\ERRSTR.DBF _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\ERRSTR.NDX _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\ExprWiz.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\FtpSvr.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\FUNC0.DBF _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\IOConnectors.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\IoServer.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\ReIndex.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\ReportServer.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Rscite32.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\RuntimeConfiguration.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\RuntimeManager.exe _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Techdo32.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Tools32.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\TrendServer.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Unity Fastlinx User Documentation.pdf _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\Data\CSV_Example.ctz _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\Data\CSV_InstantTrend.ctz _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_AlarmConfig.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_AlarmConfig.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_AlarmFilterAdv.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_AlarmFilterAdv.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_AlarmInfo.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_AlarmInfo.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_MenuConfig.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_MenuConfig.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_MenuEdit.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_MenuEdit.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_RefreshingDataMessage.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_RefreshingDataMessage.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_TrendConfig.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_TrendConfig.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_TrendPopup.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\!CSV_TrendPopup.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\activex.DBF
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_WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\activex.NDX _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\changes.DBF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_AdminTools.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_AdminTools.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Alarm.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Alarm.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_AlarmDisabled.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_AlarmDisabled.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_AlarmHardware.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_AlarmHardware.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Alarms.ci _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_AlarmSummary.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_AlarmSummary.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Analyst.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Analyst.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_File.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_File.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_MultiMonitors.ci _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Start.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Start.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Trend.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_Trend.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_TrendDouble.ctF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\CSV_TrendDouble.ctg _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\pages.DBF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\pgbutton.DBF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\pgkey.DBF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\PGLANG.NDX _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\CSV_Include\pgtouch.DBF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\Include\citect.ci _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\Include\zoom.ci _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\System\HARDALM.DBF _WindowsVolume_\Schneider Application\Vijeo Citect\User\System\HARDALM.txt Citect.Platform.DatasourceDevelopmentKit.BaseDatasource.dll Citect.Platform.Logging.TraceListeners.dll Citect.Platform.Net.Session.Tcpip.dll Citect.Platform.Net.SessionManager.dll Citect.Platform.PSI.Interfaces.dll
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Citect.Platform.PSI.PSIClient.dll _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Ctres32.dll German install only _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Citect.frm French install only _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\Ctres32.dll French install only _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\CtRes32.DLL English install only
Added Files – VijeoCitect – SCADA
Listed below are the files that will be added to the VijeoCitect SCADA product after installing 7.0 Service Pack 2. Install Path and File added Notes _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\HELP.DBF German install only _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\HELP.NDX German install only _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\STREND.DBF German install only _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\HELP.DBF French install only _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\HELP.NDX French install only _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\Vijeo Citect 7.0\Bin\STREND.DBF French install only
Added Files – VijeoCitect – Web Server
Listed below are the files that will be added to the VijeoCitect WebServer product after installing 7.0 Service Pack 2. Install Path and File added _ProgramFilesFolder_\Schneider Electric\Vijeo Citect\WebServer\client\700\CitectSCADAWebClient_7_0_2_6.cab
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Issues Resolved in this Service Pack
This Service Pack resolves the issues described below. If you have any hotfixes installed on your current version, please check if they are included in this service pack. If the hotfix is not included in the list below, or you have any concerns regarding the issues covered, please contact Support before installing this Service Pack. Issue Number Issue Title and Description 30175 "Wrong Type For Text Display" Hardware Alarms When Calling CSV_Alarms_PopupMenu A user triggers a popup via right clicking on one of the alarms from the section displaying the last 3 alarms on a CSV page and selecting the tag name. The popup opens correctly but displays the hardware alarm "Wrong Type For Text Display". This has now been resolved. 32388 The project editor find and replace feature closes graphics pages unexpectedly When the project editor find and replace feature is used, any open graphic pages are closed even when nothing was replaced on the page. This issue has been resolved. 35410 Page Properties Dialogs have incorrect information on the Event Tab When there are multiple page properties dialogs open, the information on the Event tab shows the settings from the most recently opened dialog on all dialogs. 36328 Page Titles containing special characters are not displayed correctly in the toolbar Page-Back/Forward drop-down menus. DspPopupMenu() uses certain (special) characters as flags for various Menu adornments. Page Titles that have any commas (','), as well as any leading Tilde ('~') or Exclamation ('!') characters are now displayed without those characters in the toolbar drop-down menus. 37524 Display of Tag values with engineering units have an extra space. When Tag values are displayed with engineering units, and additional separating space was added. This has now been fixed. 37533 Database Exchange control cannot be used in stored procedure with arguments An error in the coding of the Database Exchange control meant that arguments were not being relayed to stored procedures. This has now been fixed. 37538 The PageGoto Cicode function does not display the page on the active window if called from a popup page. The PageGoto Cicode function does not display the page on the active window if called from a popup page. This problem should only occur on multimonitor CSV_Include projects with 1 monitor. This issue has been resolved. 37867 Trend file creation is slow
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description At startup the trend server was throttling the rate at which trend files are created according to [Trend]BytesWrittenBeforeSleep (intended to be a runtime only throttle), and this value was being capped at 32768 bytes. This has been fixed by introducing a new parameter [Trend]FileCreationWriteSize to control the rate at which trend files are initialised (whether created at startup or runtime). Its default value is 16384 bytes, with valid values being in the range 1 to 2147483647. Internal testing has shown optimal performance with values of 327680 bytes or lower. File writes larger than this appear to be batched in chunks of 65536 bytes, reducing the performance benefit. Environmental factors may alter this threshold. 37874 Cicode function StrToLines() with maxchars "1" does not return anything StrToLines("AA BB CC",1,nLines) would return no lines when it should return six lines 38020 New modes in WinNewAt() and INI parameters for scrollbar removal To provide support for scrollbar removal and to disable scrolling, new modes are available in WinNewAt(). Global settings can be applied through citect.ini parameters. New WinNewAt() Modes (argument 3): 16384 - Hide the horizontal scroll bar. 32768 - Hide the vertical scroll bar. 65536 - Disable horizontal scrolling. 131072 - Disable vertical scrolling. New citect.ini parameters: [Page] AllowHScrollBar=[0|1] (default 1) AllowVScrollBar=[0|1] (default 1) AllowHScroll=[0|1] (default 1) AllowVScroll=[0|1] (default 1) 38360 Some cicode alarm functions can modify alarm data when running the manager web client The following Cicode functions can modify alarm data when the manager web client is running. AlarmAckRec, AlarmDisableRec, AlarmEnableRec, AlarmClearRec, AlarmSetThresholdRec, AlarmSetDelayRec and AlarmSetPriorityRec. This issue has now been resolved. 38453 TrnPrint() cicode function doesn't display comment in v7.0 The function _FindCommentFromPen(), used by TrnPrint(), failed to account for the possibility of cluster-specific pen names e.g. cluster.pen. This has now been fixed. 38573 Tag Import is failing for OPC Tags In Citect Explorer, dynamically importing OPC tags from an OPC Server fails. This has now been fixed.
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description 38644 Crash while calling Cicode function "WinFree" in background Cicode. This problem can arise when calling WinFree in background Cicode such as during the page event "while page shown". The issue has been resolved. 38748 Alarm updates not sent to redundant server when [ALARM]SaveStyle=4 set The implementation of the v7 UpdateStyle in the RedundantServer did not support alarm updates when SaveStyle=4. Thus the active server was sending updates but the redundant server was silently dropping them. This has now been fixed. 38750 Forced type conversion for super genie parameters when the type is specified If a super genie parameter has specific type, a type conversion operation is added by the compiler to the code so that pre v7 projects that have string values associated would work without change. Also the default value would be an empty string, when there is no association. 38792 Display clients crash intermittently when using Colour thresholds in rectangle fill. If rectangle fill uses colour thresholds, a user intermittently would experience a crash in the display client. This has been corrected. 38831 Citect crash when displaying a page with a symbol, which library name is longer than 31 characters A larger maximum length for library names is permitted 38833 Values are not being updated on Standby Write I/O Device on a single I/O Server. Standby Writes on a single I/O Server were being redirected to the currently Active Unit rather than special casing for *local* Standby Writes. This has now been resolved. 38996 Cannot write to some REAL (type) disk PLC tags using MODNET protocol. Due to differing IOServer and DISKDRV blocking algorithms, some IOServer calls lead to multiple Disk Command calls. If the address of a REAL tag happens to span two Disk Command blocks, then the REAL tag would fail validations checks. The checks are now performed using the IOServer blocks, instead. 40006 Report server may crash when using a group of devices as an output device An unnecessary assumption in the code - that output devices were always single devices - would lead to a crash in the report server when a group was used as an output device. 40385 Shutdown crash when there are pending tag writes.
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description In some cases when the system is shut down while there is a pending write or in in rare cases asynchronous reads, then there will be a crash. This has been fixed. 40423 AlarmACK function does not support alarm categories larger than 255 A logic error was introduced when refactoring the functions that handle alarm messages based on category. This problem has now been resolved. 40585 Multiple tag subscription callbacks result in "Out of Cicode threads" error. Each subscription callback event requires a new Cicode thread. Thus if multiple callbacks were triggered simultaneously, this would exhaust the pool of available threads, leading to an "Out of Cicode threads" error. This has been fixed by introducing a queueing mechanism to handle subscription callbacks in order to throttle the maximum number of callback threads that will execute simultaneously. This maximum is controllable by a Citect.ini parameter [Code]CallbackThreads with a range of 1 to 512 and a default of 5. 41134 IO Redundancy doesn't fail over until the primary server is completely shutdown Some systems will notice an extended delay (often 10 to 15 or more seconds) when switching from an active I/O server to a secondary I/O server when the SCADA system is shutdown cleanly. This was caused by the networking layer not being shutdown at an appropriate point in the shutdown sequence. This issue has now been fixed. 41604 'Startup Page' and 'Project List' dropdown lists in the Computer Setup Wizard are not sorted. The CBS_SORT style was added to the 'Startup Page' and 'Project Lists' dropdowns. This enhancement has been made. 42570 Writes for a StandbyWrite IO Device may be sent to the wrong IO Device Writes to a tag on a StandbyWrite IO Device may have been issued to the wrong IO Device. The last IO Device entry, for the same channel, in the IODevice form would receive the write request. This issue has now been rectified. 36365 Compile errors are produced with some Period field options in Project Editor forms For French and German Citect installations, compile errors are produced when certain Period field options are selected from the drop down list in Project Editor forms. Such forms include Trend Tags and Events. This problem has now been resolved. 37854 Alarm server CPU usage goes to 100% when starting a standby server Alarm synchronization between redundant alarm servers was being done in an inefficient manner, leading to high CPU usage when starting a second server. This has now been corrected. Difficulties in reproducing this issue have meant internal testing has not been able to verify this fix.
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description 38611 Crash at shutdown when using Cicode page handles User cicode functions that use window handles were not correctly handling shutdown situations, resulting in a crash at shutdown. This has now been fixed. Difficulties in reproducing this issue have meant internal testing has not been able to verify this fix. 39763 Active Alarms displaying at random on graphics in place of objects during runtime When switching between pages that include active alarms, the alarm text can sent to a page that is not the page that requested the alarm text. This results in the text being displayed on other graphical objects. This issue is now resolved. Difficulties in reproducing this issue have meant internal testing has not been able to verify this fix. 41708 Standby Alarm Server crash A number of crashes have been fixed by correctly handling the communication of state changes to the redundant alarm server Difficulties in reproducing this issue have meant internal testing has not been able to verify this fix.
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These fixes are included in Service Pack 2. Issue Number Issue Title and Description 23933 The DumpKernel() CiCode function is missing some lines from the page general kernel window When the DumpKernel() CiCode function is invoked and general statistics is specified, the outputted general statistics have lines missing at the bottom when compared with the page general statistics in the kernel. This problem is now resolved. 34414 Large CiCode programs could compile without an error, but when the CiCode was executed, a crash would occur. This issue is resolved. When large CiCode fragments are detected, an error is reported by the compiler: “Compound statement too large; refactor code” The CiCode will need to be modified so that large fragments of CiCode are avoided. 34831 Trend server crash when servicing interpolated event trend sample requests from the Process Analyst When using the Process Analyst to display interpolated event trend samples, the trend server may crash. This problem has now been resolved. 35008 ActiveX objects in templates don't work when Fast Runtime Display is disabled. Disabling Fast Runtime Display using INI setting [ANIMATOR]FastDisplay=0 causes ActiveX objects (including Process Analyst and menubar) embedded in templates to stop working. This issue has been resolved. 35302 Disabled alarms do not persist after a restart. After restarting an alarm server, disabled alarms become re-enabled. This was because the alarm server was not retaining a list of disabled alarms, nor was it retrieving them from the redundant server. Citect has confirmed this to be a problem in CitectSCADA versions 5.41 to 6.10. A CiCode workaround was available for versions 5.42 and 5.42A (KB Q4041) but this did not work in subsequent versions. This problem has been fixed. 35744 Logging device delayed/buffered when writing to a DBF file. When logging using a DBF file, data is not flushed to the file correctly. This issue has been resolved. 36294 Also resolves 36580 Protocol specific licence fails under v7.0 Protocol specific licence check fails incorrectly, with a message "This licence will only support the 'x' protocol". This issue has been resolved. 36409 PageInfo() with a type of 14 shows incorrectly in a web client
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description The CiCode function PageInfo(int) with argument 14 used in the web client can return incorrect values when either of the following two scenarios are satisfied: 1. When launching the web client window and not yet having manually resized it. 2. Manually resizing the base window so that scroll bars appear. This has been resolved. 36415 Alarms server hanging on start-up. During start-up of a project with a space in its name, the alarm server stops responding, with the Runtime manager displaying the message "Initializing Alarm System". This has now been fixed. 36446 AlarmComment() function does not work in v7. The AlarmComment CiCode function was broken in v7, resulting in comments not being saved. This has now been fixed. 36641 CitectSCADA Display Client will not run if the path specified in the [CtEdit]Copy parameter is unavailable. If the [CtEdit]Copy directory or any other needed Copy project directories are not available at start-up CitectSCADA will halt. This problem is now resolved. 36645 Hotkeys such as "Ctrl + G" do not operate correctly for German installations Hotkeys such as "Ctrl + G" (Goto object in Graphics Builder) do not operate correctly for German installations. This problem has now been resolved. 36647 Heavy network traffic on display client IO devices being offline results in heavy network traffic between display client and IOServer. This issue has now been resolved. 36658 Tracelog.dat may grow as large as 8GB, eventually leading to a crash The default behaviour for logging in v7.0 allowed the tracelog.dat file to grow without bound, eventually leading to a crash. This was fixed by changing the default behaviour to cap file size at 2MB. This can be overridden using the citect32.exe config file. 36716 IDC downloads 2 copies of RDB files Version 7 of the Internet Display Client would download 2 copies of many of the RDB files at start-up. This issue has now been resolved. 36725 Color picker missing from the "Edit Favorite Colors" window in Graphics Builder
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description For a German Citect installation, when editing "Favorite Colors" in Graphics Builder, the color picker is missing. This problem has now been resolved. 36802 No protection for invalid arguments to SleepMS() and inaccurate sleep times CiCode function SleepMS() provided no protection for invalid, or negative, sleep periods. It was also possible, given precisely the right sleep time relative to the system clock, to cause a finite lock in the internal sleep mechanism. This could result in CiCode threads waking after their intended time. These problems have now been resolved. 36820 ctListRead not working for tag arrays The array support for ctListRead tags was accidentally removed in v7 when the interface was re-written to fit the new IO model. This issue has now been resolved. 36822 Memory leak on #COM of an incorrect tag of a connected and correctly behaving PLC When attempting to communicate with a PLC using an incorrectly configured tag a memory leak could result. This issue has been resolved. 36846 SubscriptionGetAttribute always returns engineering values, regardless of ScaleMode set. The function SubscriptionGetAttribute with the sAttribute parameter set to "Value" always retrieves the engineering value, regardless of what was specified in the sScaleMode parameter passed to TagSubscribe. This issue has been resolved. 36857 Log message functionality doesn't work properly when used in v7 objects CitectSCADA was incorrectly truncating the log message for genies associated with an item in an array tag (e.g. tagA[2]) at the closing ']' character. This issue has been resolved. 36917 Alarm acknowledgements are lost on restart Restarting the alarm and IO servers results in analog and advanced alarms being retriggered. This issue has been resolved. 36958 Using the same tag with and without a cluster causes incorrect point count The same tag defined with and without a cluster name will be counted twice in the point count. Now, when running in a single-cluster system, CitectSCADA ignores the cluster name when resolving tags, so that tags that are resolved with and without the cluster prefix will not be treated as two different tags, and thus will not be point counted twice. 36987 CSV_AlarmSummary Page does not display the full History of Alarms processed. When a user views the CSV_AlarmSummary page only a maximum of 17 pages of alarm history is viewable when there should be more. This problem is now resolved. 37134 Hundreds of calls to DspFont() can result in a Citect crash
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description A large number of calls to CiCode function DspFont(), typically in the hundreds, can result in a Citect crash. This problem has now been resolved. 37146 MailSend() with attachments failing Using MailSend() with attachments in v7 generates an MAPI error 12. This issue has been resolved. 37205 Alarm server does not detect duplicate ids or tags in ALMINDEXSAVE.DAT Alarm index file corruption was not detected at start-up, potentially leading to lost alarm save information. Now, CitectSCADA checks the index file at start-up, and will report the following error message if corruption is detected: "Failed to load the Alarm Save file. The file 'ALMINDEXSAVE.DAT' was corrupt or invalid. Citect could not be started." 37287 Using string tags on pages or in CiCode leads to a memory leak A change in the way string tags are handled in v7 caused a substantial memory leak when they are used in CiCode expressions (including page display). This issue has now been resolved. 37305 Using the AlarmSetInfo() CiCode function to sort two pages of alarms by state then by priority causes incorrect results When the user sorts a list of alarms that spans across two pages via the AlarmSetInfo CiCode function, using the sort keys state and priority the sorting of the alarms is incorrect. This problem is now resolved. 37314 The 'Unity Fastlinx User Documentation.pdf' file is not readable The 'Unity Fastlinx User Documentation.pdf' file supplied with the product is not readable. This file is located in the product BIN directory. The PDF file has been rebuilt and is now readable. 37391 Tag Subscription initially returns stale cache value with Quality set to Good On a Tag Subcribe a new subscription is created with a Tag Value Quality corresponding to the cached value from a previous subscription of the tag. Thus any client is initially given the stale cache value with Quality set to Good. This has now been fixed. 37484 "Cannot write to read only variable" compile error with Bailey driver on v7 Compiler support for the remapping functionality that the Bailey driver relies on was inadvertently removed from the CitectSCADA compiler. This functionality has now been restored. 37715 Forced type conversion for super genie parameters when the type is specified If a super genie parameter has specific type, a type conversion operation is added by the compiler to the code so that pre v7 projects that have string values associated would work without change. Also the default value would be an empty string, when there is no association.
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description 37759 Unreliable or high-latency networks may result in high CPU for Tran.Task.Delay Networks where there is high packet-loss or high latency may experience an issue where server processes suffer unusually high CPU in the Tran.Task.Delay task. This is because connection attempts are timing out and not being correctly cleaned up. This issue has now been fixed. 37835 MsgBrdcst() CiCode function does not support clustering The MsgBrdcst function was not updated to support clustering in v7. This function has now been modified to accept an optional 4th parameter for cluster name. If no cluster is specified, MsgBrdcst will lookup the currently active cluster as per the logic for MsgOpen. 37915 Using the AlarmSetInfo() CiCode function alarms by state causes incorrect results When the user sorts a list of alarms using the AlarmSetInfo CiCode function, using the sort key state the sorting of the alarms are incorrect. This problem is now resolved. 37953 Using the AlarmSetInfo CiCode function to filter by Category does not filter correctly When the user configures the AlarmSetInfo CiCode function to filter by category the incorrect alarms are displayed. This problem is now resolved. 37968 Write to an array tag that is failed by a driver displays the wrong value on the page If you attempt to write a value to an array tag that is failed by a driver, the value you attempted to write is display as the tag value on the page until you navigate off and back to that page. The expected behaviour is that the value on the page should revert to the correct value after the I/O server is notified of that the write failed. This issue has been resolved. 37969 AlarmSumDelete CiCode does not delete an alarm from summary page as expected. When the user invokes the AlarmSumDelete CiCode function to delete an alarm from an alarm summary page it is not removed as expected. This problem is now resolved. 38041 TimeToStr(...,3) returns the date in English instead of German Using TimeToStr() to retrieve the date returned incorrect English values due to missing localisation elements for German locale. This issue has been resolved. 38060 Also resolves 37875 Calling WinNewAt() with no cluster specified results in incorrect behaviour with mode 128 Calling CiCode function WinNewAt() with no cluster specified and mode 128 "Open a unique window. This mode prevents this window from being opened more then once”, incorrectly allows further windows of that type to be opened. This problem has now been resolved. 38169 Local variable Tag Quality is never set to Good
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description Local variable Tag Quality is never set to Good. This affects the display of all tag on a page with a local variable Tag. This has now been fixed. 38255 Security vulnerability when on port 20222 (ODBC) An intentionally malformed packet can cause a buffer overrun when directed at Citect’s port 20222 (used by ODBC). This vulnerability has been secured. Users are reminded to run Citect as intended on a secure isolated network. 38274 Start-up errors running the Alarm Server on a remote machine using [CtEdit]Copy/Run The Alarm Server in the past required access to master.dbf, a file residing only on the compile-time machine and not copied with [CtEdit]Copy/Run. This dependency has now been removed and the problem resolved. 38314 Pop-up page not being recognized as a Child of the Parent Window When a pop-up page is opened for the first time, it fails to set whether it should be a Child of the Parent Window or not. For example using either the WinNewAt() or AssWin() CiCode functions with their Mode Parameters set to 1 (Page Child Window), a second call was not closing the first Window. This has now been corrected. 38358 CiCode AssChainWin function operates incorrectly after maximum number of windows first reached A number of CiCode functions, including AssChainWin(), create and use a pending Genie association with the next Window opened. If the window limit is reached this association is never completed and is erroneously used with the next successful window open. This issue has been resolved. 38361 The Quality of tags on IODevices which are running in Memory mode are never set to Good. The Quality of tags on IODevices which are running in Memory mode are never set to Good. This affects the display of all tags on any page with a tag from a memory IODevice. This has now been fixed. 38430 INT variable is evaluated in a CiCode expression as having a value of 0 when device is offline Variables read by CiCode functions start as zero. Once read they retain the last value. If the IO device goes off line, they see the last value. A change of behaviour introduced in v7 meant that when Tag quality changed from Good to Bad it's value was cleared. This has been corrected to behave as earlier versions do. 38510 IOServer reclaims DCB's that may still be held by drivers, resulting in crash Under certain circumstances, usually involving a unit or units being offline, the IOServer reclaims a DCB that is being held by a driver. At some later point in time, the driver goes to process this DCB, which is no longer valid, and results in a crash. This has been fixed. 38559 Start-up error "Cannot locate include project" Correctly configured projects, typically employing the Add Project Link feature or [CtEdit]Copy/Run, could receive this error at start-up due to a fault in path reconstruction logic. This problem has now been resolved.
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description 38970 Alarm server memory leak on primary alarm server when standby alarm server is restarted When the alarm sever defined as standby is shutdown and restarted the alarm process on the primary increases its memory usage considerably. This has now been resolved. 39315 Memory leak when executing certain CiCode in a pop-up window Certain (mostly arithmetic) operations will leak memory when called with incompatible types - this will trigger a corresponding type mismatch error. This has now been resolved. 39643 TagInfo does not support online changes A new CiCode function has been added, TagRDBReload, which reloads the information presented by TagInfo. Also the compiler message indicating that TagInfo is deprecated has been removed. 39647 Reading a tag which is of bad quality may halt CiCode With the following conditions satisfied reading a tag which is of bad quality may halt the CiCode. The tag is not read via TagRead. Error checking is enabled with ErrSet(0). [Code]HaltOnError is set. The CiCode is not foreground. This issue has been resolved. 39648 Some kernel windows and DumpKernel() generate repeated rows when verbose mode is in use Rows may be repeated in kernel windows or DumpKernel() output when verbose mode is in use. Verbose mode support has been removed from DumpKernel() and 'page queue' to avoid this issue. 39649 Fixed incorrect labels in kernal tasks and DCB for IODrivers Some names generated for IODrivers do not have the expected portname part because the lack of explicit data type conversion. They are fixed now. 39650 Alarms that have long tag name may not show up as expected in the alarm list An alarm with a long tag name can be truncated and does not show up in the alarm list as expected. This issue has been resolved. 40338 Some displayed values do not go to #COM when an IO device goes offline When an IO Device becomes offline due to a communication failure between the IOServer and the device, only some of the tags on the display clients graphics page are going to #COM. This issue has been resolved 40339 Displayed values fail to go to #COM when an IO device with background polling enabled is disabled
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Issue Number Issue Title and Description Tags on IO devices with background polling enabled are not going to #COM on the display clients graphics page when the device is disabled using the IODeviceControl CiCode function. This issue has been resolved 40413 Citect FTP Server is protected against malicious input and does not show IDC credentials. The socket data read from the Citect FTP server is better validated to protect against intentional misuse, such as sending malformed data in format string or buffer overflow attacks. In addition, the credentials used by the IDC are no longer stored in the module or loaded image. The credentials have not changed but are constructed and freed as needed to decrease their visibility. 41154 Default [kernel]ErrorBuffers value increased from 200 to 1000 The default value of the [Kernel]ErrorBuffers parameter has been increased from 200 to 1000. Traces are sent to the syslog.dat file by a background task and when the pending messages to print exceed the buffer count, the messages are lost. 41195 ctTagWrite() always returns immediately with a result of TRUE. ctTagWrite() does not wait for the write to complete but always returns immediately with TRUE. This has now been fixed. Large numbers of consecutive writes will incur a performance degradation. To work-around this, users may use the asynchronous version of this function (ctTagWriteEx with a valid CTOVERLAPPED structure). 41654 Using standby devices results in slow I/O updates An error in the initialisation of standby devices at IOServer start-up results in slow page updates when retrieving data from standby devices. This issue has now been fixed. 42098 [Code]WriteLocal=0 does not work for page or user subscriptions Subscriptions automatically created for pages, as well as manually created by calling the TagSubscribe cicode function, were not honouring the [Code]WriteLocal parameter. Instead they were being forced to update the local cache on any write.