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SetVendorAttribute

The SetVendorAttribute method sets the value of the given vendor attribute on the current alarm object.

Syntax

AlarmObj.SetVendorAttribute Vendor_Attribute, Value

Example Code

The following example sets values for the vendor attributes Cause_Comment and Status_Code, then updates the alarm in the Historian archive.

AlarmObj.SetVendorAttribute "Cause_Comment", "This alarm was caused by..." 
AlarmObj.SetVendorAttribute "Status_Code", 5032
AlarmObj.UpdateAlarm "Now"

Important: The SetVendorAttribute method will not save changes to the alarm database. A call to UpdateAlarm must be made after the SetVendorAttribute method is set.