Book Contents

Options on the General tab of the Time Date Display Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the Time Date Display Properties dialog box.

Options

Descriptions

Appearance

Specify the object's appearance in this area.

Border style

Select a border style for the object.

If the object shape is circle or ellipse, the available border styles are None and Line.

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.
  • Transparent. The object’s background is not filled and any objects behind it show through.
  • Gradient. The object's background is filled with a linear gradient color.

     

Pattern style

Select a pattern for the object. The pattern appears on the face of the object. The pattern does not cover the object’s border, caption, or image (if any are defined for the object). If the object’s back style is transparent or gradient, the pattern is not visible.

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 transparent, the application does not use this background color.

If the background style is gradient, click it to bring up 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.

Pattern color

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

Fore color

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

Blink

Select this check box if you want the object’s background to blink at run time. The blink rate is twice per second.

If a pattern style is selected, the pattern also blinks.

Text

The text properties apply to the time and date text on the display.

Font

Select the font to use for the caption.

Size

Select the font size to use for the caption or message.

Bold, Italic, Underline

Select a font style for the caption or message, if required.

Word wrap

Select this check box if you want the text to continue on the next line at the beginning of a new word.

If this check box is cleared, the text continues on the next line whenever the maximum text length is reached, even if this occurs in the middle of a word or number. The maximum text length depends on the width of the object and the font size.

Alignment

Specifies how the shown message or value is positioned on the object.

Time and date format

Select the time and date format to show.

The available options reflect the settings in your development computer’s operating system. In Windows, these are found in the Regional and Language options in the Control Panel. If the operating system settings are different on your development and run-time systems, the run-time settings are used at run time.

In the Property Panel, the name of this property is Format.

See also

Create time and date displays

Configure the gradient fill

Set up general properties for a time and date display object