Advanced Display Options (AlarmWorX64)

Every object in an AlarmWorX64 Viewer display has properties which you can set using the Advanced tab. These properties control a number of the finer features you see on your chart. Properties vary from object to object:

  • ClosedClick here to see a sample Advanced tab of an AlarmWorX64 Viewer object.

    Advanced Tab for the AlarmWorX64 Viewer Object

  • ClosedClick here to see a sample Advanced tab of a Tab object.

    Advanced Tab for a Tab Object

  • ClosedClick here to see a sample Advanced tab of a Grid object.

    Advanced Tab for a Grid Object

  • ClosedClick here to see a sample Advanced tab of a Chart object.

    Advanced Tab for a Chart Object

  • ClosedClick here to see a sample Advanced tab of a List object.

  • ClosedClick hereto see a sample Advanced tab of a Flip object.

Note: For a description of the Appearance tab, refer to Appearance Tab Options. For a description of other grid options, refer to Grid Options in AlarmWorX. For a description of other options for a chart, refer to Chart Options (AlarmWorX). For a description of other options for a list, refer to List Options in an AlarmWorX64 Viewer. For a description of other options for a flip, refer to Flip Options in AlarmWorX64 Viewer.

Properties and the objects they are used by are described, by section, in the table that follows. If you want a description of a property, tool tips describe the selected property at the bottom of each object's Advanced tab.

Advanced Options for an AlarmWorX64 Viewer Control, Tab, Grid, Chart, List, and Flip

Property

Settings

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

Columns Section

  

AllowColumnReorder

True/False

x

  

AllowColumnResize

True/False

x

  

AllowFiltering

True/False

x

  

AllowGrouping

True/False

x

  

AllowSorting

True/False

x

  

FrozenColumnCount

Number

x

  

ShowHeaderFilters

True/False

x

  

Common Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

(Name)

String

x

x

x

x

x

x

AutoUpdateSeconds

Number

x

x

AllowCustomEvent

True/False

x

  

AllowEmptyRows

True/False

x

x

x

AllowExport

True/False

x

AllowSorting

True/False

x

AutoFlipInterval

Number

x

AutoUpdateSeconds

Number

x

x

x

BeepFileLocation

File Location

x

ConcatenationSeparator

Text

x

x

x

DateTimeFormat

x

x

DefAlarmPerPage

Number

x

x

DefaultAckType

Default, All Items, Remove Clear Alarms, By Comparison, Filtered Items, Not Active Items, Selected Items

x

  

x

x

DefaultReportPath

File Path

x

  

DoubleFormat

Scientific Notation, Scientific Notation (0 digits), Scientific Notation (1 digits), Scientific Notation (3 digits), Scientific Notation (6 digits), Float Notation, Float Notation (0 digits), Float Notation (1 digits), Float Notation (2 digits), Float Notation (3 digits), Float Notation (6 digits)

  

x

x

EnableAcknowledge

True/False

x

  

x

x

EnableDoubleClick

True/False

x

  

ForceAckDialog

True/False

x

  

x

x

ForceComment

True/False

x

  

x

x

HistoricalPageSize

Number

x

x

x

x

HistoricalRequestSize

Number

x

x

x

x

IsNotificationEnabled

True/False

x

  

x

x

JumpMode

None, Top, Alarm

x

  

x

x

MaxEvents

Number

x

  

NotifyForeground

Number

x

  

x

x

PageFormat

A0, A1, A2, A4, A4, A5, Letter

x

x

x

x

PageMargin

Number

x

x

x

x

PageOrientation

Portrait or Landscape

x

x

x

x

ResolveLanguageAlias

True/False

x

  

SelectionMode

Single, Multiple, Extended

x

  

x

x

ShouldConcatenate

True/False

x

  

x

x

ShouldNotifyOnFilter

True/False

x

  

x

x

ShouldOpenReport

True/False

x

  

x

ShouldResetSettings

True/False

x

x

x

x

ShowConfirm

True/False

x

  

ShowHistoryControl

True/False

x

x

x

x

ShowMachineName

True/False

x

x

x

ShowPopup

True/False

x

x

x

x

ShowProgressBar

True/False

  

x

x

ToolTipKey

Text

  

x

x

Visibility

Visible, Hidden, Collapsed

x

x

  

Common - Behavior Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

AliasLifeTime

Number

x

  

ClipPlotArea

True/False

x

ConfigurationFilePath

File Path

x

DrillDownTitle

Text

x

ElementsThreshold

Number

x

EnableDrilldown

True/False

x

Focusable

True/False

x

x

x

x

x

x

InitializeWhenHidden

True/False

x

  

IsEnabled

True/False

x

x

  

IsHitTestVisible

True/False

x

x

x

x

x

x

IsNotifying

True/False

x

IsSelected

True/False

x

IsTabStop

True/False

x

x

x

x

x

x

LegendFormat

Text

x

ScanRate

Number

x

ShouldLoadConfiguration

True/False

x

ShowDetails

True/False

x

TabIndex

Number

x

x

x

x

x

x

ZoomMode

None, Horizontal, Vertical, Both

x

Common - Style Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

Background

Color, pattern, or gradient

x

x

x

x

x

x

BorderBrush

Color, pattern, or gradient

x

x

x

x

x

x

BorderThickness

Number of pixels

x

x

x

x

x

CellBackground

Number

  

x

x

CellBorderThickness

Number

  

x

x

CellPadding

Number

  

x

x

ClipToBounds

True/False

x

x

  

DetailsFontSize

Number

x

x

DetailsPadding

Number

x

x

DetailsVisibility

Visible, Hidden, Collapsed

x

x

DonutRadius

Number

x

Effect

None, Bevel, Glow, Drop Shadow, Blur

x

x

x

x

x

x

EnableSilentMode

True/False

x

Foreground

Color, gradient, or pattern

x

x

x

x

x

x

GridLinesBrush

Number

x

HeaderText

Text

x

  

MouseOverBorderBrush

Number

x

x

NotifyingBrush

Number

x

Opacity

Number 0 to 100%

x

x

x

x

x

x

SelectionBackground

Color, gradient, or pattern

x

  

SelectionBorderBrush

Color, gradient, or pattern

x

  

x

x

SelectionBorderThickness

Number

  

x

x

SelectionForeground

Color, gradient, or pattern

x

  

SelectionGlyphVisibility

Visible, Hidden, Collapsed

  

x

x

SubHeader

Text

x

  

ThumbVisibility

Visible, Hidden, or Collapsed

x

  

x

x

ToolBarBackground

Number

x

  

Details Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

DetailBackground

x

DetailBorderBrush

x

DetailBorderThickness

x

DetailDuration

x

DetailFontSize

x

DetailForeground

x

DetailsHeight

Number of pixels

x

x

DetailMarqueeDuration

x

Details

Trigger Dialog Box

x

EnableDetailMarquee

True/False

x

x

Grid Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

DateTimeFormat

Long Time and Date, Long Date, Long Time, Long Time with MSecs. (*), Long Time and Short Date, RFC1123 Format (*), Short Date, Short Time and Long Date, Short Time, Short Time and Date, Sortable Date and Time (*), Universal Sortable Date and Time (*), Year and Month, Month and Day

x

  

DoubleFormat

Scientific Notation, Scientific Notation (0 digits), Scientific Notation (1 digits), Scientific Notation (3 digits), Scientific Notation (6 digits), Float Notation, Float Notation (0 digits), Float Notation (1 digits), Float Notation (2 digits), Float Notation (3 digits), Float Notation (6 digits)

x

  

EnableAutoSelect

True/False

x

  

GridLinesVisibility

None, Horizontal, Vertical, All

x

  

HorizontalGridLineBrush

Color, pattern, or gradient

x

  

SelectOnMiddleClick

True/False

x

  

SelectOnRightClick

True/False

x

  

ShowDashedGridLines

True/False

x

  

VerticalGridLineBrush

Color, pattern, or gradient

x

  

Header

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

AutoExpandGroups

True/False

x

  

GroupHeaderBackground

Number

x

  

GroupHeaderBorderBrush

Number

x

  

GroupHeaderBorderThickness

Number

x

  

GroupHeaderForeground

Number

x

  

HeaderBackground

Number

x

  

HeaderBorderBrush

Number

x

  

HeaderCellBorderThickness

Number

x

  

HeaderFontFamily

Font Selection

x

  

HeaderFontSize

Number

x

  

HeaderForeground

Number

x

  

HeaderMouseOverBackground

Number

x

  

HeaderMouseOverBorderBrush

Number

x

  

HeaderMouseOverForeground

Number

x

  

HeaderSelectedBackground

Number

x

  

HeaderSelectedBorderBrush

Number

x

  

HeaderSelectedForeground

Number

x

  

HeadersVisibility

Visible, Hidden, Collapsed

x

  

ShowDetails

True/False

x

  

ShowGroupHeader

True/False

x

  

ShowHeaderMenu

True/False

x

  

Horizontal Axis

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

HorizontalAxisBrush

Number

x

HorizontalAxisTitle

Text

x

HorizontalAxisVisibility

Visible, Hidden, Collapsed

x

HorizontalStriplineBrush

Number

x

ShowHorizontalGridLines

True/False

x

ShowHorizontalStripline

True/False

x

SortByValue

True/False

x

SortDirection

Ascending, Descending, None

x

TickMode

BetweenTicks, On Ticks, OnTicksPadded

x

Labels Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

HorizontalLabelDegrees

Number

x

HorizontalLabelInterval

Number

x

HorizontalLanelOffset

Number

x

HorizontalLabelRotate

True/False

x

LabelFontColor

Color, pattern, or gradient

x

LabelFontFamily

Font type

x

LabelFontSize

Font size

x

ShowFieldName

True/False

x

ShowFieldValue

True/False

x

ShowHorizontalLabels

True/False

x

ShowLabels

True/False

x

ShowVerticalLabels

True/False

x

VerticalLableFormat

Text

x

VerticalLabelInterval

Number

x

Measurements Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

Height

Auto, or number of pixels

x

x

x

x

x

HorizontalAlignment

Left, Center, Right, or Stretch

x

Margin

1 to 10

x

x

x

x

x

MaxHeight

Infinity, or a number of pixels

x

  

MaxWidth

Infinity, or a number of pixels

x

  

MinHeight

Number of pixels

x

  

MinWidth

Number of pixels

x

  

Padding

1 to 10

x

x

x

x

x

x

VerticalAlignment

Top, Center, Bottom, or Stretch

x

  

Width

Auto, or a number of pixels

x

  

Misc - Commanding Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

CommandingDisplayName

Text

x

CommandingEnabled

True/False

x

CommandingName

Text

x

DragAndDropCommandingEnabled

True/False

x

MaxCommandScope

Machine or Process

x

Plot Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

Fill

Color, gradient or pattern

x

Format

x

Line

Color, gradient or pattern

x

LineWidth

1 to 10

x

PlotID

Name of plot

x

Rows Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

AllowRowResize

True/False

x

  

ClipRowContent

True/False

x

  

EnableMouseOverEffect

True/False

x

  

EnableSelectionEffect

True/False

x

  

InactiveSelectionBackground

Color, gradient or pattern

x

  

InactiveSelectionForeground

Color, gradient or pattern

x

  

MouseOverBackground

Number

x

  

MouseOverForeground

Number

x

  

RowHeaderBackground

Number

x

  

RowHeaderBorderBrush

Number

x

  

RowHeaderBorderThickness

Number

x

  

RowHeaderCellBorderBrush

Number

x

  

RowHeaderForeground

Number

x

  

RowHeight

Number of pixels

x

  

SelectionBackground

Color, gradient or pattern

x

  

SelectionForeground

Color, gradient or pattern

x

  

ShowRowNumber

True/False

x

  

ToolTipColumnKey

Text

x

  

ToolTipWidth

Number of pixels

x

  

ScrollBar

Viwer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

CanContentScroll

True/False

x

HorizontalScrollBarHeight

Number

x

HorizontalScrollbarVisibility

Disabled, Auto, Hidden, Visible

x

IsScrollAsynchronous

True/False

x

ScrollBarBackground

Number

x

x

x

x

ScrollBarBorderBrush

Number

x

x

x

x

ScrollBarForeground

Number

x

x

x

x

ScrollBarMouseOverBorderBrush

Number

x

x

x

x

ScrollBarMouseOverForeground

Number

x

x

x

x

ScrollBarMousePressedForeground

Number

x

x

x

x

VerticalScrollbarVisibility

Disabled, Auto, Hidden, Visible

x

x

x

VerticalScrollBarWidth

Number

x

Search Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

SearchBackground

Number

x

x

SearchBorderBrush

Number

x

x

SearchFieldKey

Text

x

x

SearchForeground

Number

x

x

SearchVisibility

Visible, Hidden, Collapsed

x

x

Text Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

FontFamily

Font name

x

x

x

x

x

x

FontSize

Font size

x

x

x

x

x

x

FontStretch

Normal, Condensed, Expanded

x

x

x

x

x

x

FontStyle

Normal, Italic

x

x

x

x

x

x

FontWeight

Normal, Bold

x

x

x

x

x

x

Toolbar Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

IsToolBarAllowed

True/False

x

  

IsToolbarAlwaysVisible

True/False

x

  

IsToolBarFloating

True/False

x

  

ToolBarPlacement

Left, Top, Right, Bottom

x

  

ToolBarVisibility

Visible, Hidden, Collapsed

x

  

Vertical Axis

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

LogarithmBase

Number

x

ShowVerticalGridLines

True/False

x

ShowVerticalStripline

True/False

x

UseLogarithmicAxis

True/False

x

VerticalAxisBrush

Number

x

VerticalAxisLocation

Left, Right

x

VerticalAxisMaximum

Number

x

VerticalAxisMinimum

Number

x

VerticalAxisOverrideRange

True/False

x

VerticalAxisStriplineBrush

Number

x

VerticalAxisTitle

Text

x

VerticalAxisVisibility

Visible, Hidden, Collapsed

x

Visual Quality Section

Viewer

Tab

Grid

Chart

List

Flip

SnapsToDevicePixels

True/False

x

x

x

x

x

x