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Options on the General tab of the Alarm Status List Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the Alarm Status List Properties dialog box.

Options

Descriptions

Appearance

Specify the object's appearance in this area.

Border style

Select a border style for the object.

Border width

Type the number of pixels for the width of the object’s border.

Back style

Specifies the object background. Available options are:

  • Solid. The object’s background is filled with a solid color specified in the Back color option.
  • Gradient. The object's background is filled with a linear gradient color.

     

Border uses back color

Select this check box to use the object’s background color for the border of the object.

Clear this check box to use the selected Border Color.

Back color

This box shows the current background color for the object. Click it to select another color.

If the background style is gradient, click it to open the gradient fill dialog box to configure the gradient fill.

Border color

This box shows the border color for the object. Click it to select another color.

If Border uses back color is not selected, this color appears at run time.

Fore color

This box shows the color of the text shown on the object. Click it to select another color.

If Use alarm colors is selected, the application does not use this color. Instead, it shows messages using the Foreground and Background colors defined on the Messages tab of the Alarm Setup editor.

Header back color

This box shows the current color for the heading bar at the top of the object. Click it to select another color.

Header fore color

This box shows the current color for the text in the heading bar at the top of the object. Click it to select another color.

Selection back color

This box shows the color for the highlight bar. Click it to select another color.

The highlight bar indicates the selected alarm message at run time.

Selection fore color

This box shows the color for the caption on the highlighted alarm message. Click it to select another color.

Use alarm colors

Select this check box to show alarm messages using the Background and Foreground colors defined in the Alarm Setup editor instead of the Fore color and Back color selections on this tab.

Text

The text properties apply to the alarm messages in the alarm status list.

Font

Select the font to use for the message.

Size

Select the font size to use for the message.

Bold, Italic, Underline

Select a font style for the message, if required.

Other

 

Key navigation

Select this check box to allow the user to navigate to the object using the keyboard and give the object input focus.

Wrap around

Select this check box if you want the list to wrap from the end of the list to the beginning when scrolling down, and from the beginning of the list to the end when scrolling up.

Use Alarm Identifier

Select this check box to write the alarm identifier value assigned to the alarm message to the tag specified for the AlarmIdentifier connection.

See also

Set up general properties for an alarm status list

Set up connections for an alarm status list

Options on the Message tab of the Alarm Setup editor

Options in the Gradient Fill dialog box

AlarmIdentifier