Gauge Properties - General tab

Select whether the object background is solid, gradient, or transparent. If you select Transparent, the object’s background is not filled in and any objects behind it show through. If you select Gradient, the object's background is filled with a linear gradient color.

Select the line style. If you select a style other than Solid, the line width must be 1 pixel.

The line properties apply to the dial outline and tick marks.

Type the number of pixels for the width of the object's line. Any line style other than solid must have a width of 1 pixel.

Specify whether or not to color the area behind the needle as the value changes. Select solid fill or gradient fill, if you want to use the fill color to color the portion of the gauge that has a value less than or equal to the Value control. Select Point to point the needle at the value of the Value connection.

Type the number of pixels for the width of the gauge’s needle.

Select the number of major ticks. You must use at least two major ticks (one for each end of the dial).

Select the number of minor ticks. This number of ticks appears between each major tick.

Select the font to use for the legends. Specify whether to use legends in the Display tab.

Select the font size to use for the legends.

Click a letter, or letters, to specify the font style for the caption, if required.

This field displays the current background color for the object or state. Click it to select another color. If the background style is transparent, the application does not use this background color. If the background style is gradient, click it to bring up the gradient fill dialog box to configure the gradient fill. For objects with a line style other than Solid, the background color is used for the spaces between the dots or dashes.

This field displays the current fill color for the gauge. Click it to select another color. If the sweep style is gradient, click it to bring up the gradient fill dialog box to configure the gradient fill. This color is not used if you select Point for the sweep style.

If you specify thresholds for the gauge, you can also assign a fill color to each threshold in the Display tab.

This field displays the current needle color for the gauge. Click it to select another color.

This field displays the current color for the object’s text or line. Click it to select another color.