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CHAPTER 5 BUTTONS AND SWITCHES

5.5.4. General Settings

This section describes how to define the general settings for a slide switch.

The above is an example of the General page of the Slide Switch dialog box.

The following table describes each property in the General page.

Property

Description

ID

The object’s identifier. It is generated when the object is created. The identifier is unique
within the screen where the object is on. The format of the ID’s for slide switches is
SWnnnn.

Note

You can type a note for the object.

Shape settings

For details about the following properties, see

Section 4.3.1.4 Setting up the Shape of

an Object.

, Border Color, BG Color

External Label

Check this option if you want the object to have an external label. Set up the external
label in the External Label page.

Direction

Specifies the direction of the slide switch. For details,

see 5.5.1 Basic Operation

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Data Type

The data type of the variable to be controlled by the object. About data types, see ?, ?.

Write Address

Specifies the variable to be controlled by the object.

Click this icon to bring up the Address Input Keypad and specify an address for this
field.

Write
Address

Click this icon to bring up the Select Tag dialog box and select a tag for this field.

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