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PRIMITIVE DESCRIPTIONS
CRIMSON USER MANUAL - MODULAR CONTROLLER
been selected, you will be given the option of using the tag’s default formatting,
or entering modified information on the Format tab of the dialog box. If
something else has been selected, you will only have the second option.
• The Flash on Alarm property is used to indicate whether or not you want the text
on the Master’s display to flash if the tag entered in the value property is
currently in an alarm state. This property is not available for string text
primitives, or for those primitives that have a non-tag value defined for the value
property.
• The balance of the properties control the font, colors and justification to be used
when drawing the primitive. These properties require no further explanation.
The second page varies according to the primitive in question, and displays the same
information as the Format tab of the associated tag type. Different sections of the page will be
enabled according to the settings provided for the Get Label and Get Format properties. The
example below shows the Format tab for an integer text primitive…
As can be seen, the properties shown are indeed identical to those shown on the Format tab of
an integer tag. As mentioned above, the properties for the other types of primitive are
similarly identical to those of the corresponding tag. You are thus referred to the earlier
section of the manual regarding Data Tags for more information on each property.
EDITING THE UNDERLYING TAG
If you want to edit a tag text primitive’s properties, either double-click on the primitive, or
right-click and select the Properties command from the resulting menu. If, however, you want
to edit the properties of the tag that is being used to control the primitive, right-click and
select the Tag Details command instead. The resulting dialog box will show the Data and
Format tab from the Data Tags window, and allow you to change the various properties. Note
that a change made via this mechanism will change all the primitives controlled by that tag if
those primitives have the Get Label or Get Format properties set to From Tag Properties.
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