The Shape Preferences tab of the User Preferences dialog box displays
the following items:
Color
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Item
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Description
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Fade Color
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Use this button to open the Select Color dialog box
where you can choose the default shape fade color.
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Foreground Color
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Use this button to open the Select Color dialog box
where you can choose the default shape foreground color.
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Background Color
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Use this button to open the Select Color dialog box
where you can choose the default shape background color.
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Edge Color
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Use this button to open the Select Color dialog box
where you can choose the default shape edge color.
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Font
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Item
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Description
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Font Name
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Specifies the default font for text objects.
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Font Size
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Specifies the default size of text objects.
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Font Styles
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Specifies the default text object style. The
text can be regular, bold, italics, or bold italics.
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General
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Item
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Description
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Edge Style
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Specifies the default shape edge style. Edges
can be solid, transparent, dotted, or dashed.
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Edge Width
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Specifies the default shape edge width. You
can enter any width from 0 to 255 pixels.
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Hit Test Size
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Specifies the minimum distance the cursor can be from
an object before highlighting the object. You
can enter any distance from 0 to 255 pixels.
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Blend Percent
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Specifies how much of the fade color, in a percentage,
will be mixed with the foreground color. The higher the percentage, the
more the fade color is visible.
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Fill Style
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Specifies the default shape foreground fill style.
Fills can
be solid, transparent, gradient, or a pattern.
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Background Style
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Specifies whether the default shape background is
opaque or transparent.
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Fade Type
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Specifies the default fade type for shape objects.
Fade types
can be linear, concentric, radial, or reflected.
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Pipe
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Item
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Description
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Thickness
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Specifies the default thickness for pipe objects.
You can
enter any value from 10 to 300.
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Elbow Style
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Specifies the default elbow style for pipe objects.
Elbow styles
can be round or square.
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Start Cap
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Specifies the default start cap for pipe objects.
Start caps
can be round, square, horizontal-diagonal, or vertical-diagonal.
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End Cap
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Specifies the default end cap for pipe objects. End
caps can be round, square, horizontal-diagonal, or vertical-diagonal.
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Datalink –
Remove Leading and Trailing Spaces
Select this check box to indicate whether iFIX should remove extra spaces
when Data links are displayed in the run-time environment. This
check box is selected by default, which means that all blank spaces before
and after data within Data links will be stripped out. Also,
note that this option only applies to Data links that display ASCII (A_)
or Raw Format data. If
you change this option, you must restart the WorkSpace for the change
to take effect.
Text –
Remove Leading and Trailing Spaces
Select this check box so that leading and trailing spaces are removed
from text objects that you add to the WorkSpace. This setting only applies
to text entered after you change the setting; it does not change existing
text entries.
By default, this check box is selected.
Historical Datalink –
Show Time Stamp with Data
Select this check box to specify that the Historical Datalink include
the time stamp with the data. The time stamp appears only at run-time.
By default, this check box is selected.
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