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Rockwell Automation 9301 Series RSView32 Users Guide User Manual

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Animating graphic objects

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color, place the cursor over the box, click to open the color palette,
and then click the desired color.

Solid colors have only one line and one fill color.

Blinking colors have two line and two fill colors, which are the line
and fill colors the object will alternate between when blinking. If
you select blink, the two colors must be different.

7.

In the Blink Rate field, specify how many seconds each blink cycle
will be. For example, if you specify four seconds, the object will be
one color for two seconds and the other color for two seconds.

8.

Click Apply.

Example 1: Creating a text object that blinks

This example describes how to create a text object that blinks between
two colors. In this example, the expression is simply a constant value
that matches the value for the selected threshold.

For details about creating text and other graphic objects, see
page 11-33.

1.

Using the Text tool, type the text.

2.

Select the text.

3.

Open the Animation dialog box, and then click the Color tab.
Attach color animation as follows:

in the Expression field, type

0

Zero is the default value for threshold A.

Specify the solid color here.

Specify the blinking colors here.