iFIX lets you determine how the pens in your chart look, giving you complete control over the appearance of your chart. On the Pen tabbed page of the Chart Configuration dialog box, you can define the following pen styles:
- Line Style – Applies a style to the pen's plot line.
- Line Color – Applies a color to the pen's plot line.
- Line Width – Specifies the width of a pen's plot line.
- Marker Style – Applies a style to the pen's marker type.
Each of these styles are described in the following sections.
Applying Line Styles
With iFIX, you can use any line style that you use in any other object. To apply a line style, simple select it from the Line Style drop-down list. Available line styles are:
- Solid – Applies a solid pen line style.
- Dash – Applies a dashed pen line style.
- Dot – Applies a dotted pen line style.
- DashDot – Applies a dash-dot combination line style.
- DashDotDot – Applies a dash-dot-dot combination line style.
The following figure illustrates each of these line styles in a chart.
Selecting a Line Color
To select a line color for a pen, click the Line Color field and choose a color from the Select Color dialog box. Line colors also apply to the X and Y axis and to the legend. For more information on using this dialog box, refer to the Working with Color section of the Creating Pictures manual.
Selecting a Marker Style
In the Marker Style field, you can select a shape or character to represent the pen marker in your chart. Markers are particularly useful for printing to a black and white printer. Using the drop-down menu, you can select from the following marker styles:
- None – Applies a solid line marker to the pen.
- Rectangle – Applies a rectangle marker to the pen.
- Oval – Applies an oval marker to the pen.
- Diamond – Applies a diamond marker to the pen.
- Character – Applies a character to represent a pen marker. If you select this option, the character field to the right of the Marker Style drop-down list is enabled. Enter any alphanumeric keyboard character in the field.
