Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Screens and Graphics
BARGRAPH ANIMATION
On the Graphics tab, in the Animations group, click Bargraph to add bar graph properties to a selected object, then
double-click on the object to open the Object Properties dialog.
Object Properties: BarGraph
Use the Object Properties dialog to specify the following parameters:
• Tag/Expression field: Type a tag or expression that evaluates the bar graph level. You also can click the icon
to browse your directories for an existing tag or expression.
• Minimum Value field: Type a numeric constant or a tag value into this field to define the minimum value used
to calculate the height (if vertical) or width (if horizontal) of the bars.
• Maximum Value field: Type a numeric constant or a tag value into this field to define the maximum value used
to calculate the height (if vertical) or width (if horizontal) of the bars.
If you do not specify a value for this field, the application opens a dialog requesting you confirm creation of
the tag.
Tip: The application also allows you to enter constants in tag/numeric value fields. Constant
values (defined by the ‐ character) are equivalent to numeric values, except that constants
display in the Tag Replace dialog. You may find constants useful for documentation purposes or
for creating generic objects.
For example: #Name:100.
Where the value (100) following the semicolon ( : ) is the constant, and Name is a constant
mnemonic only and not added to database.
• Foreground Color: To specify a fill color for the bars, click the combo-box button. When the Color dialog
displays, click on a color to select it, and then close the dialog.
• Direction area: Click the Vertical or Horizontal radio button to specify the direction of the bar graph.
• Orientation area: Click the Up, Center, or Down radio button to specify the orientation of the maximum and
minimum values when drawing the bars.
TEXT DATA LINK ANIMATION
On the Graphics tab, in the Animations group, click Text Data Link to add the animation input or output text
property to a selected Text object. Applying the Text Data Link property allows you to insert and display tag
values in real time if you are using the keyboard or on-screen keypad to run a project.
Note: You can only apply this animation to Text objects that include one or more # characters.
Each # represents one character of input/output. You can combine # characters with regular text in
the same Text object — for example, MyLabel ##### or $###.##.
It's important to remember that the runtime project will always display the most significant digits of
a numeric value, regardless of the number or placement of # characters in the text. That means if
you do not have sufficient # characters to display the value, then it will be transformed in some way
depending on the format of the value (as set by the Fmt option described below):
• In Decimal format, the number of decimal places is determined by the position of the decimal
separator in the ### text. However, if you do not have enough # characters to the left of the
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