On the Graphics
tab, in the Shapes group, click
Rectangle to create rectangles,
as follows:
- Click in the drawing area and drag the mouse/cursor to draw the rectangle.
- Release the mouse button when the rectangle is the size you want.
- Double-click on the object to view the Object Properties dialog.
Figure 1. Object Properties: Rectangle
Use the Object
Properties dialog to specify the following parameters for
the orthogonal line:
- Type: Specify a border line style by clicking on None, Solid, Dashed, Etched, Raised or Sunken.
- Color: Specify a border line color by clicking the Color button to open the Color dialog. Click the color to select it, and then close the dialog.
- Weight: Specify a border line width by typing a number representing the line width (in pixels) into the text box provided.
- Fill: Specify
whether to fill the rectangle by clicking No Fill or Fill.
If you select the Fill option, specify a fill color by clicking on the Color rectangle. When the Color dialog displays, click a color to select it and close the dialog.
- Color: Specify a fill color by clicking the Color button to open the Color dialog. Click a color to select it, then close the dialog.
- Caption: Press
this button to open the Caption dialog where you can edit the
text that can be written inside the rectangle object:
Figure 2. Caption dialog
- Caption: Enter the text that you want to display inside the rectangle object. You can include a tag by enclosing it in curly brackets (e.g., {tagname}).
- Fonts: Specify a font style for the caption by clicking the Fonts button.
- Align: Specify the alignment for the caption of the rectangle.
- Multiline: Allow the caption of the rectangle to be shown in more than one line, when checked.
- Auto Format: When checked, if the caption includes a decimal value enclosed by curly brackets (e.g., {1.2345}) or a tag of Real type (see Caption above), then the value will be formatted according to the virtual table created by the SetDecimalPoints function.
- Wrap Text: When checked, the object automatically wraps the text when necessary.
- Auto gray out: Turns the caption of the rectangle to gray when the Command animation applied to the rectangle is disabled by the Disable field or due to the Security System.
- Enable translation: Click (check) to enable translation during runtime using the Translation Tool.