Scale Properties - General tab

Select the border style. If the object is a circle or ellipse, the available border styles are None and Line.

Type the number of pixels for the width of the object’s border.

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

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.

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

Select this check box to use the object’s background color for the border of the button. If this is not selected, you can assign a separate color to the border, instead of using the object’s background color.

This field displays the current background color for the object. Click it to select another color. If the background style is transparent, the application does not use this background color.

This field displays the border color for the object or state. Click it to select another color. If Border uses back color, is not selected, this color appears at runtime.

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

Select this check box if the object’s background is to blink when the object is in this state at runtime. The blink rate is twice per second.

For objects without states, if you check this box the object always blinks. If you select a pattern style, the pattern also blinks.

Select the tick direction. The illustration shows what the selected tick direction looks like.

Select the number of major ticks. You must use at least two major ticks (one for the first tick and one for the last tick).

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