The following table shows the options on the General tab of the Alarm Status List Properties dialog box.
Options |
Descriptions |
Appearance |
Specify the object's appearance in this area. |
Border style |
Select a border style for the object. |
Border width |
Type the number of pixels for the width of the object’s border. |
Back style |
Specifies the object background. Available options are:
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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 gradient, click it to open 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. |
Fore color |
This box shows the color of the text shown on the object. Click it to select another color. If Use alarm colors is selected, the application does not use this color. Instead, it shows messages using the Foreground and Background colors defined on the Messages tab of the Alarm Setup editor. |
Header back color |
This box shows the current color for the heading bar at the top of the object. Click it to select another color. |
Header fore color |
This box shows the current color for the text in the heading bar at the top of the object. Click it to select another color. |
Selection back color |
This box shows the color for the highlight bar. Click it to select another color. The highlight bar indicates the selected alarm message at run time. |
Selection fore color |
This box shows the color for the caption on the highlighted alarm message. Click it to select another color. |
Use alarm colors |
Select this check box to show alarm messages using the Background and Foreground colors defined in the Alarm Setup editor instead of the Fore color and Back color selections on this tab. |
Text |
The text properties apply to the alarm messages in the alarm status list. |
Font |
Select the font to use for the message. |
Size |
Select the font size to use for the message. |
Bold, Italic, Underline |
Select a font style for the message, if required. |
Other |
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Key navigation |
Select this check box to allow the user to navigate to the object using the keyboard and give the object input focus. |
Wrap around |
Select this check box if you want the list to wrap from the end of the list to the beginning when scrolling down, and from the beginning of the list to the end when scrolling up. |
Use Alarm Identifier |
Select this check box to write the alarm identifier value assigned to the alarm message to the tag specified for the AlarmIdentifier connection. |
Set up general properties for an alarm status list
Set up connections for an alarm status list
Options on the Message tab of the Alarm Setup editor