Modifying a Control Panel
Modifying the Properties of Controls

You can modify the properties of controls in the Online or Layout Mode.

  1. Right-click the control to be modified.

  2. Click Properties.

If a control is placed on another control, for example a control that is placed in a group box, modifications to the reference control, such as the font or the Autosize command, will also affect the new control.

Properties Dialog Box

The tab pages provided in the Properties dialog box vary, depending on the selected control:

 

Name

Function

General

Determine the caption, font, and text position and size for the control.

Link

Link to the device for which the property is displayed.

Autosize

Determine how the size of the control changes when the entire panel is increased or reduced in size.

Color

Select the colors for the individual components of the control.

Style

Select the shape of the control.

Button

Specify whether and which additional Control Panel(s) are opened when the corresponding Script button is clicked (also, see Controlling Devices from the Control Panel  Creating Hidden Windows).

Command

Type the command or program to be executed when the Script button is clicked.

Axis/Decoration

Determine the scaling of the axes and the representation of the online signals and 3D plot.

Signals

Determine which signals are displayed and which offset is used.

Chrom.

Determine whether and how chromatograms overlap on the signal plot.

Device

Select the pump(s) for which gradient profiles are displayed.

Timebase

Connect to the selected Timebase.

Default Parameters

Specify the default parameters for a command that is linked to a Device Command button.

Events

Select the events to be marked on the Trend Plot.

Statistics

Select the statistics to be marked on the trend plot and define how they are calculated.

Data Labels

Specify which data points on the trend plot are labeled, and the text of the label.

Data

Select the trend variable to be plotted, the datasource from which trend data is retrieved, and the time period of the trend data.

Function

Select the function to assign to the timebase command button.

 

For information about how to specify the property of a control, refer to Controlling Devices from the Control Panel  Linking a Control to a Device.