Ambient Properties (Screen Configuration)

When you insert ActiveX control objects into your screen, the default ambient properties used are defined at the screen level. Ambient properties are the window foreground color, background color, text font, and text translation. To access the ambient properties of a screen.

Procedure

  1. Place your cursor on the screen.
  2. Do one of the following.
    • In the CimEdit Ribbon bar, select Properties.
    • Right-click the screen, and select Properties.

    The Properties - Screen dialog box opens.

  3. Select Ambient Properties.

    The ambient properties color, font, and text translation options appear.

    Option Description
    Fore color

    Select the color for text or foreground lines.

    ActiveX controls (also called OLE controls, OCX controls) may let you override this color in the control property pages.
    Back color

    Select the background color of the control.

    ActiveX controls (also called OLE controls, OCX controls) may let you override this color in the control property pages.
    Font

    Select the font for text.

    ActiveX controls (also called OLE controls, OCX controls) may let you override this color in the control property pages.
    Map File Select the CIMPLICITY Language Map file to be translated. For more information on translation, see Translation.
    Emit Text Write the translatable strings from the screen into the CIMPLICITY Language Map file.
    Edit File Edit the translated strings in the CIMPLICITY Language Mapper tool.
  4. Click OK to activate the new defaults.
    The new default values are activated and will be reflected in all ActiveX controls currently embedded in the screen.