B&B Electronics VFG3000 - Manual User Manual
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when a Paste is performed, Fieldbus Gateway Manager will offset the
newly-pasted item if it will exactly overlay an item of the same type.
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The more detailed properties of a primitive can be edited by double-clicking the
primitive, or by using the Properties command on the Edit menu. A dialog box
will be displayed, allowing all of the primitives to be accessed. The properties
associated with each primitive will be described below.
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Many properties of primitives relate to the colors in which the primitive is to be drawn. The
example below shows one of the fill colors from a Rectangle primitive…
You will note that the color property is presented by means of a drop-down menu button, a
drop-down list and the Pick button. The drop-down menu is used to select the color mode,
which can be any one of the following…
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In Fixed mode, the color does not change, and is selected from the drop-down
list, or by invoking the color selection dialog by pressing the Pick button.
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In Tag Text mode, the color is animated to match the foreground color defined
by a particular tag. The specific tag can be selected by pressing the Pick button.
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In Tag Back mode, the color is animated to match the background color defined
by a particular tag. The specific tag can be selected by pressing the Pick button.
The drop-down list contains the fixed following colors…
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The sixteen standard VGA colors.
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The sixteen custom colors defined by the user.
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Fourteen shades of gray that fall between black and white.
The color selection dialog referenced above is shown below…
This dialog offers several ways of defining a color. You can pick from the palette, pick from
the “rainbow” window, or enter the explicit HSL or RGB parameters. The dialog also allows
custom colors to be added to the palette. These will appear whenever the dialog is invoked,
and will also appear in the drop-down list described above. Note that not every color that is