Options on the General tab of the Alarm Button Properties dialog box

Specifies the object background. Available options are:

Solid.
The object’s background is filled with a solid color specified in the
Back color
option.
Transparent
. The object’s background is not filled and any objects behind it show through.
Gradient
. The object's background is filled with a linear gradient color.

Select a pattern for the object. The pattern appears on the face of the object. The pattern does not cover the object’s border, caption, or image (if any are defined for the object). If the object’s back style is transparent, the pattern is not visible. If the object’s back style is transparent or gradient, the pattern is not visible.

Select the shape of the object. If the object shape is circle or ellipse, the application applies properties such as size and position by measuring in relation to the object’s bounding box.

This box shows the current background color for the object or state. Click it to select another color. If the back 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 box shows 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 box shows the current pattern color for the object or state. Click it to select another color.

You can specify a touch-insensitive margin inside the button’s edges. If the operator presses on the touch-insensitive margin, the button press is not registered.

Type the number of pixels for the vertical touch margin. The vertical margin is along the button’s top and bottom edges.

You can filter the

Alarm

button so that only alarms from the specified triggers are affected by the button. If this box is blank, all alarms are affected. The following buttons have this property:

Click the

Browse

button to open the Trigger Label Selector, where you can select the alarm trigger labels whose alarms will be included in the button's action.

This property applies only to the

Clear Alarm History

button.

Select this check box if you want the alarm status to be reset when the

Clear Alarm History

button is pressed.

Select this check box to sound an internal beeper when the object is pressed. If the computer running the project does not have an internal beeper, the object press does not trigger a beep.

The Send press to and Linked object properties apply only to the

Acknowledge Alarm

button.

Choose the object the button press will be sent to if the Send press to property is set to Linked object.