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General Object Options
Features located in this category influence both the visibility of the object and the visual style of the object. The features covered in this section include : Visibility, Opacity, Blinking, Blink Interval, Fill Enabled, and Fill. These features are explained in further detail in the below table.
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Feature | Description |
Visibility | This feature controls the visibility of the object. The visibility can be toggled using the checkbox, or bound to a tag by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. Note that while an analog tag may be bound to this property, the software treats any value greater than one as a one. |
Opacity | This feature controls the opacity of the object. The opacity can be altered directly using the sliding bar, or bound to a tag by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. When binding a tag to this feature, a Float tag type should be used, as the feature reads values between 0 and 1.00 where 0 equals 0% and 1.00 equals 100%. |
Blinking | This feature controls whether or not the object blinks. The blinking can be toggled using the checkbox, or bound to a tag by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. Note that while an analog tag may be bound to this property, the software treats any value greater than one as a one. |
Blink Interval | This feature controls the interval at which a blinking object blinks. The desired interval can be entered by double-clicking the displayed interval, or bound to a tag by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. It should be noted that any data entry in this field is treated as a millisecond value. For a given interval input, the object will be visible on screen for the length of the interval before disappearing for the length of the interval. Example: For a 5000 ms interval, the object will be visible on screen for 5 s, then invisible for an additional 5 s. |
Fill Enabled | This feature controls whether or not the selected object will have a fill color. This option can be enabled and disabled via the checkbox, or bound to a tag by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. Note that while an analog tag may be bound to this property, the software treats any value greater than one as a one. |
Fill | This feature controls the color of object within the border. A general color can be chosen from the dropdown or a hexadecimal value can be manually entered. Alternatively, a tag value can be linked via the Bind icon to allow dynamic color change during runtime. |
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Text Box Options
When a text box is selected, the Property Editor's Appearance tab will display nine additional options. These features are explained in detail in the below table.
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Feature | Description |
Font Name | This feature allows the user to select from a wide range of fonts. |
Font Size | This feature allows the user to change the size of the selected font. Users can enter a value, or bind a tag to it by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. |
Italic | This feature controls whether or not the text is italicized. This option can be toggled using the checkbox, or bound to a tag by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. Note that while an analog tag may be bound to this property, the software treats any value greater than one as a one. |
Underline | This feature controls whether or not the text is underlined. This option can be toggled using the checkbox, or bound to a tag by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. Note that while an analog tag may be bound to this property, the software treats any value greater than one as a one. |
Bold | This feature controls whether or not the text is bold. This option can be enabled and disabled via the checkbox, or bound to a tag by clicking the Bind icon in the Property Editor. Note that while an analog tag may be bound to this property, the software treats any value greater than one as a one. |
Font Color | This feature controls the color of the font. A general color can be chosen from the dropdown or a hexadecimal value can be manually entered. Alternatively, a tag value can be linked via the Bind icon to allow dynamic color change during runtime. |
| This feature controls the vertical alignment within the textbox. This feature has three options the user can select from: Top, Middle, and Bottom Alternatively, users can bind this property to a String tag. Once the property is bound to a tag, if the bound tag’s string matches one of the three possible inputs the alignment of the text will be altered accordingly. |
| This feature controls the horizontal alignment within the textbox. This feature has three options the user can select from: Left, Center, and Right. Alternatively, users can bind this property to a String tag. Once the property is bound to a tag, if the bound tag’s string matches one of the three possible inputs the alignment of the text will be altered accordingly. |
Text | This feature allows the user to input a desired message in the text field. Alternatively, users can display a tag’s value by binding a tag to this property using the Bind icon in the Property Editor. |
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Binding Tags
The properties of an object can be linked to the value/state of a tag via binding. By binding a tag to a property, the property is now altered in real - time as the tag value updates. To bind a tag, press click the Bind icon shown in the below image.
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In the above image, the lighter icon indicates a tag that doesn’t have a properly currently bound, while the darker icon indicates that a tag has been bound to its respective property. Clicking the Bind icon opens a new the Binding Properties pop-up window where the user can define a tag to bind and how the selected tag will influence the linked property.
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