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CONFIGURING THE MONOCHROME VIRTUAL HMI
PRIMITIVE DESCRIPTIONS
Only the US English text can be edited directly. The international versions of the text must be
edited via the properties dialog box, which is accessed by selecting the primitive and pressing
Alt+Enter, or by selecting the Properties command from the Edit menu…
• The Text property is used to specify the text to be displayed. As mentioned
above, the US English version of the text can also be edited directly on the
display page when the primitive is created, or by clicking an existing primitive.
• The Font property is used to specify the font to be used. This property can also
be edited by using the font button on the toolbar, or by using the Format menu.
• The Foreground and Background properties are used to specify the colors to be
used to draw the text. Obviously, having the same color for both settings will
render the text unreadable. Selecting None for the background will create
transparent text, allowing underlying primitives to be seen through the letters.
• The Horizontal and Vertical justification properties are used to indicate where
the text should be placed within the bounding rectangle of the primitive. These
properties can also be edited via the associated toolbox, or via the Format menu.
THE AUTO TAG PRIMITIVE
The Auto Tag primitive allows you to select a tag, and then automatically place
the appropriate text primitive on the display. For example, selecting an integer tag
will allow insertion of an appropriately-configured integer text primitive.
This is the icon you will use most often for adding tags to a page. It first displays the dialog
box shown below to allow tag selection, and then creates one of the five tag text primitives
described in the next section. The new primitive will be configured so as to display the tag in
question using its label and its formatting properties, as defined when the tag was created.
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