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Descriptions of the parameters are as follows.
 The Margin parameter sets the distance from the edge of the Event Log printed page to the top, bottom, left and
right. All margin settings are entered in inches.
 The Fonts parameter selects a font to be used as the header and footer text, as well as for the actual Event Log
records. Only fixed space fonts will appear in the Fonts dialog. To change a font, simply click on the change
button. When invoked, the standard font selection dialog will be displayed. The default settings are shown in the
image above.
 The Print Options parameter selects which fields will be included in the print output. If all options are
deselected, the resulting output will only contain a list of event descriptions.
 The Print separator lines option forces a single line to be drawn between each group of five event records on
the resulting event log printout.
Project Startup for iFIX Applications
The server's iFIX interface has been enhanced to provide better startup performance for iFIX users. This enhancement
applies to iFIX applications that use Analog Output (AO), Digital Output (DO) and/or Alarm Values that were
previously initialized improperly on startup. The server maintains a special iFIX configuration file, per server project,
that contains all items that will be accessed by the iFIX client. The server uses this configuration file to automatically
start scanning items prior to iFIX starting up and requesting item data. Thus, data updates that are requested only once
(such as AO/DO) will have an initial value when requested by iFIX.
To use this feature for existing iFIX projects, follow the instructions below.
1. Export the PDB database from the iFIX Database Manager.
2. Reimport this exported file so that each item in the database is re-validated with the server. Select Yes to all when
the Confirm tag replacement message box appears (because the same database that was previously exported is