User`s guide

Modifying ActiveX Control Properties
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The Position/Size properties, in the box labeled 2, are defined as follows:
•The
Inner property defines the edge of the tick mark closest to the needle
center and the
Outer property defines the edge of the tick mark farthest
from the needle center. To see where the tick marks are located relative to
the needle length, examine the needle length by selecting the
Needles page.
The needle length is
2.0. The Inner position is 1.70 and the Outer position
is
2.00. These tick marks are 0.3 units long.
•The
Width property of the tick marks is 0.00, the narrowest width.
The
Range properties, in the box labeled 3, are defined as follows:
•
StartValue determines at which scale value the first tick mark is displayed.
For these tick marks, the value is
0.
•
StopValue determines at which scale value the last tick mark is displayed.
For these tick marks, the value is
10.
•
DeltaValue determines the interval between tick marks. For these tick
marks, the value is
1.
The
Labels properties On/Off check box, in the box labeled 4, determines
whether the labels are displayed. For the first set of tick marks, the labels are
displayed.
The
FontID property, in the box labeled 5, determines which of multiple fonts
defined for this block is used for the label. In this case, two font sets are defined.
The first (
FontID 0) is for the tick marks, while the second (FontID 1) is for the
caption, “Amps.”
To examine the second set of tick marks, change the
TickID property value to
1 by clicking on the up arrow to the left of the value. The Ticks page looks like
this.