External Label Settings

This section describes how to set up the external label for the following types of objects:

Bit Button, Toggle Switch, Screen Button, Slide Switch, Word Button, Multi-state Switch, Radio Button Group, Step Button, Numeric Entry, Numeric Display, Advanced Numeric Display, ASCII String Entry, ASCII String Display, Bit Lamp, Multi-state Lamp, Message Display, Picture Display, and Bar Graph.

You can use the External Label page of an object's property sheet to set up the external label of that object. The following is an example of the External Label page.

The following table describes each property in the External Label page.

Property		Description
Plate Style		Specifies the plate type of the external label. There are four plate types as shown below:
		Plate Type	Example
		Transparent
		Flat
		Outlined
		Raised
Position		Specifies the position of the external label relative to the object. There are four positions as shown below:
		Position	Example
		Top
		Left
		Right
		Bottom
Color	Border	The border color of the plate. To specify the color, click the corresponding Color icon and select a color from the Color palette.
	Plate	The color of the plate. To specify the color, click the corresponding Color icon and select a color from the Color palette.
	Text	The color of the text. To specify the color, click the corresponding Color icon and select a color from the Color palette.
Language		The language that you are setting the text to.
Font	<Drop-down List>	The font of the text for the current language.
		Click this button to bring up the Font Templates dialog box and select a font for the text. You can change the font templates before selecting a font in that dialog box.
Text	<Edit Box> / <Combo Box>	The text for the current language.
	/	Click to view and edit the text for the selected language in this edit box, or click to select a text from dropdown text table that lists all the texts from Text Database. You can change the text database before selecting a text.
		The alignment of the text.
Spacing	Border	The distance (in pixels) between the plate border and the text body.
	Line	The distance (in pixels) between two adjacent lines of the text.
	Character	The distance (in pixels) between two adjacent characters of the text.