B&B Electronics VFG3000 - Manual - Manual (Page 120)

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If you want to edit a tag text primitive’s properties, either double-click on the primitive, or
right-click and select the Properties command from the resulting menu. If, however, you want
to edit the properties of the tag that is being used to control the primitive, right-click and
select the Tag Details command instead. The resulting dialog box will show the Data, Format
and Colors tabs from the Tags window, and allow you to change the various properties. Note
that a change made via this mechanism will change all the primitives controlled by that tag if
those primitives are configured to obtain their configuration from that source.
T HE M ULTI -L INE T EXT P RIMITIVES
The Multi-Line Status Text primitive is used to display an on-off value, but split
over several lines. This allows larger amounts of text to be shown, perhaps to
provide prompts or help information to the operator.
The Multi-Line Multi Text primitive is used to display one of a series of text
values, but split over several lines. This allows larger amounts of text to be
shown, perhaps to provide prompts or help information to the operator.
Each of these primitives is as the associated single-line primitive, except that they do not
support data entry. The text string to be displayed is broken into lines by the inclusion of
vertical bar (“|”) characters wherever a line-break is required.
T HE T IME AND D ATE P RIMITIVE
The Time and Date primitive is used to display the current time and date, or to
display the contents of a time and date expression. It can also be used to edit such
an expression, or to set the Gateway’s real time clock.
The properties of a time and date primitive are displayed using three tabbed pages.