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Text Properties - Appearance (Display Value)

Text has the following display value appearance properties. Selecting one of the following five options changes the appearance of the right hand side of the dialog.

[Type] On / Off

Changes the text which displays when a particular condition is met, and another when it is not. For example, you could display an alarm message when a particular variable tag is in alarm, and a normal message when it is not.

See Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (On/Off).

[Type] Multi-state

This option is useful when you have several possible conditions, occurring together in different combinations, at different times. Select this option to display different text for each combination.

For example, three digital variable tags (A,B, and C) can each be ON or OFF at any time. You can display a different message for each ON/OFF combination. In other words, you could display a different message for each of the following ON/OFF combinations ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC.

Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (Multi-state).

[Type] Array

Allows you to enter an expression which returns an integer. For each integer (from 0-255), you can display different text. For example, you could display a different message for each state of an analog tag.

See Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (Array).

[Type] Numeric

Displays the value of a tag or expression in numeric format (you can specify the format).

See Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (Numeric).

[Type] String

Displays the value of an expression as a string.

See Text Properties - Appearance Display Value (String).