General Tab - Advanced Animations Dialog Box

The General tab of the Advanced Animations dialog box displays the following items:

Name

Allows you to enter a name for the selected object. The name that you specify appears in the WorkSpace system tree and in the Name row of the VBA Property window.

Description

Allows you to enter a description for the selected object. The description that you specify appears in the ToolTip for the object (provided that the Enable ToolTips option is enabled) and in the Description row of the VBA Property window.

Help Context ID

Allows you to enter a help context ID for the selected object if you are creating your own context-sensitive, picture-specific help files. See the Mastering iFIX manual for more information.

Enable Tooltips

Select this check box to display an on-screen description of the object when the pointer pauses on it.

Tooltip Option

This drop-down list is only available when the Enable Tooltip option is selected. Select the item from the list that specifies where the tooltip text comes from:

• The object's Description property (TooltipDescription).
• The Dynamo's Description property (TooltipDynamoDescription).
• From a run mode tag value description supplied when you load tag status symbols for your picture (TooltipTagStatus).

Enable Highlight

Select this check box to display a highlight around the object when the pointer is over it.

Enable Select

Select this check box to allow operators to select the object at run-time.