Display Properties

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Display Properties

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The Display Properties form below is used to edit the location and frame for a variety of data elements. This form has two tabs for Properties and Frame.

 

 

Properties

 

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The following information can be edited on the Properties tab:

 

Name: This is the name of the data element.

 

Minimum X: This is the lower boundary of the display in page coordinates.

 

Maximum X: This is the upper boundary of the display in page coordinates.

 

Minimum Y: This is the left boundary of the display in page coordinates.

 

Maximum Y: This is the right boundary of the display in page coordinates.

 

Preserve Aspect: Check to preserve the aspect ratio of the data element when it is added to a project document.

 

 

Frame

 

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The following information can be edited on the Frame tab:

 

Show Frame: Check to draw a box around the data element.

 

Frame Line Width: This is the width of the line used to draw the frame.

 

Frame Line Color: This is the color of the line used to draw the frame.

 

Frame Gap: This is the gap between the frame and the drawing portion of the data element.

 

Frame Rounding: This is the percentage of rounding to use at the frame corners. Zero will draw a square corner.