Control: Text Display
  • Display Name: Text Display
  • Type Name: TextDisplay

Description

Use a Text Display to place dynamic text in a window.

Creation

Open the destination window to add the Control.

From the Toolbox, select the Control icon, move the pointer into the window and drag out the initial position and size for the control.

Access

If the Property Editor is not displayed, click on Ribbon > Home > Property Editor

Click on the Control. The Properties for the control will appear in the Property Editor panel and allow changes to be made.

Properties

Name Description
Name Name of the control
Alias Alias of the control
General
Read Only Default = True
Untick to enable the user to enter other values.
Permissions The available permissions are displayed. By default all are off but each can be individually enabled. The default available permissions are:
  • Can Exit Application
  • Can Acknowledge Alarms
  • Can Modify User Profiles
  • Can Disable/Enable Alarms
See Users panel to define new permissions or edit the current ones.
Template Select a template to use for this control
Mapping Allows the user to create a mapping between Text and a Value.
Layout
X X location in the window to place the control
Y Y location in the window to place the control
Width Default = 20
Width of the control.
Height Default = 120
Height of the control.
Anchor Which edge of the window the control is anchored to when the window is resized
Visual
Visible Default = Visible
Visibility of the control.
Background: Start Color Select the background start color
Background: End Color Select the background end color
Background: Gradient Mode Select from one of the displayed Gradient modes
Background: Image Select from a list of Project images. See Images.
Background: Image Layout Select from None, Tile or Stretch
Border: Corner Radius Default = 0
To produce rounded corners enter a Radius value.
Border: Thickness Default = 1
Enter the Border thickness.
Border: Color Select the color of the text from the list of available colors define in the project.
Border: Dash Style If the border needs to be dashed select from one of the available dash styles
Shadow: Color If the Panel needs a drop shadow, select the color of the text from the list of available colors defined in the project
Shadow: Distance distance for the drop shadow. Note that the shadow is produced behind the Panel, below and to the right by the specified distance
Font: Family Default = Arial
Select the Font family for the Label text from the System available fonts.
Font: Size Default = 10
Size for the Label text in points.
Font: Style Select from Regular, Bold, Italic, Underline or Strikeout
Font: Alignment Select from Left, Right or Center
Font: Color Select the color of the text from the list of available colors defined in the project

Binding

The following properties may be bound to a tag

  • Value
  • Background Color Start
  • Background Color End
  • Background Image
  • Border Color
  • Shadow Color
  • Font Color
  • Visible

Event Log

Configure an Event Log entry for this control. See “Event Logs”