Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 514)

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7. Select the Blink color check box next to the Blink check box to open the color palette,
and then select a color.
8. Click Apply, and then close the Animation dialog box.
Use the Test Display tool to test the animation in this example. The text will blink
between the colors you selected.
Example 2: Creating an object that changes color as the fill level
changes
This example describes how to create a rectangle object that changes color as the object’s
fill level increases. This example uses a tag called Hopper\FlourLevel, which has a range
of 1 to 100. To test the animation, you must create the tag.
To create the object
1. Using the Rectangle tool, create a rectangle.
2. Right-click the rectangle, and then select Properties. In the Back Style list, click
Solid.
3. Using the Foreground Color and Background Color palettes, make the rectangle gray.
4. With the rectangle selected, open the Animation dialog box, and then click the Fill
tab.
To apply fill animation to the object
1. In the Expression box, type Hopper\FlourLevel (the tag that monitors the fill level).
2. For Fill Direction, click Up.
To apply color animation to the object
1. Click the Color tab.
2. In the Expression box, type Hopper\FlourLevel (the same tag used in the Fill tab).
3. Set up Line and Fill colors for the normal state, and for the first and second warnings
(see next tasks).
4. Click Apply, and then close the Animation dialog box.
To set up the color for the normal state
1. In the thresholds and colors list, select A, and leave the value in the Value box as 0.