Section 9.3.3 · Chapter 9: Animated Objects
Dynamic Rectangle - General Settings
This section describes how to define the general settings for dynamic rectangles. The following is an example of the General page of the Dynamic Rectangle property sheet.
The following table describes each property in the General page.
|
Property |
Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | The object’s identifier. It is generated when the object is created. The identifier is unique within the screen where the object is located. The format of the IDs for the dynamic rectangles is DRnnnn. | ||
| Note | You can type a note for the object. | ||
| Data Type | The data type of the variable that controls the dynamic rectangle. The supported data types include: 16-Bit Unsigned Integer, 32-Bit Unsigned Integer, 16-Bit Signed Integer, 32-Bit Signed Integer, 16-Bit BCD, and 32-Bit BCD. | ||
| Monitor Address |
Specifies the variable that
controls the dynamic rectangle.
Click 
to enter an address for this
field. Click
to select a tag for this field.The following table shows the data arrangement of the monitored variable.  Note: About color values, see Section 9.2.4. |
||
| Controllable | Position | Check this option when you want to control the position. | |
| Size | Check this option when you want to control the size. | ||
| FG Color | Check this option when you want to control the FG color. This option is available when the Rectangle is Solid and the Pattern is not solid white. | ||
| Anchor Point | Select one of the following four corners of the dynamic rectangle to stay fixed as its size changes: Upper Left, Upper Right, Lower Left, and Lower Right. This item is available when Size is controllable but Position is not controllable. | ||
| Rectangle | Solid | Solid | Check this option if you want the dynamic rectangle to be filled with the selected pattern. |
| Pattern | Select a pattern to fill the dynamic rectangle. | ||
| FG Color | Select a color to paint the black part of the pattern. This item is available when the Pattern is not solid white. | ||
| BG Color | Select a color to paint the white part of the pattern. | ||
| Border | Border | Check this option if you want the dynamic rectangle to have a border. | |
| Border Color | The border color. | ||
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Source.Section 9.3.3 of the PM Designer Software User Manual, Edition 2.0, © Cermate Technologies Inc. (www.cermate.com, service@cermate.com). Reproduced online, with the manual's own figures, by TSL Automation Solutions, authorised Cermate distributor, for users of Cermate HMI panels. PM Designer and PanelMaster are trademarks of Cermate Technologies Inc.
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