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CONFIGURING THE COLOR VIRTUAL HMI
DEFINING FILL PATTERNS
You will note that the color property is presented by means of a drop-down menu button, a
drop-down list and the Pick button. The drop-down menu is used to select the color mode,
which can be any one of the following…
• In Fixed mode, the color does not change, and is selected from the drop-down
list, or by invoking the color selection dialog by pressing the Pick button.
• In Tag Text mode, the color is animated to match the foreground color defined
by a particular tag. The specific tag can be selected by pressing the Pick button.
• In Tag Back mode, the color is animated to match the background color defined
by a particular tag. The specific tag can be selected by pressing the Pick button.
The drop-down list contains the fixed following colors…
• The sixteen standard VGA colors.
• The sixteen custom colors defined by the user.
• Fourteen shades of gray that fall between black and white.
The color selection dialog referenced above is shown below…
This dialog offers several ways of defining a color. You can pick from the palette, pick from
the “rainbow” window, or enter the explicit HSL or RGB parameters. The dialog also allows
custom colors to be added to the palette. These will appear whenever the dialog is invoked,
and will also appear in the drop-down list described above. Note that not every color that is
displayed in the “rainbow” will be capable of being rendered on the HMI’s 256-color display.
Crimson will choose the nearest color within the abilities of the device.
DEFINING FILL PATTERNS
A fill pattern is defined as shown below…
The Fill Style property is used to select the hatch or dotted pattern to be used, while the two
color properties are used to define the colors to be used to form the pattern. Each color is
defined as explained above. The second color is not required when a solid fill is selected.
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