Step 5. Configure the AMV Control Fonts and Colors

About this task

  • AMV Control fonts.
  • AMV Control colors.

AMV Control Fonts

Procedure

  1. Select the Fonts tab in the CIMPLICITY AMV Control Properties dialog box.

    Fonts can be configured for the following AMV Control features.

    • Alarm
    • Button
    • Count
    • Date
    • Status
  2. Select a feature.
  3. Click Font...

    The font dialog box opens.

  4. Make the customary font selections.

    If an alarm message that needs to use non-Western characters (e.g. Cyrillic, Chinese) displays ???? instead of the message, changing the Script selection in the Font dialog box may correct the issue.

    The Script drop-down list will display the character types available for the selected font.

    Note: The stand-alone Alarm Viewer displays only the language selected for the operating system.

  5. Click OK.

    The new specifications display for that selected feature.

  6. Repeat the procedure if you want to configure the font for other features.
  7. Click Apply.

Results

The selected fonts and sizes display in the AMV Control.

AMV Control Colors

You can select colors for each of the AMV Control properties.

Selections are as follows.

1 Property name
2 Color for selected property
1 Property name

Select a property in the Property Name drop-down list.

Selections are as follows.

Listed Property Property
AlarmBGColor Alarm list background
ButtonBGColor Button background
CountAlarmColor Alarm count text
CountBGColor Count background
CountNormalColor Normal count text
StatusBGColor Status background
StatusTextColor Status text.
2 Color for selected property

Do either of the following to select a color for the selected property.

Select a system color

  1. Select a color in the System Color drop down list.

Available selections are as follows.

  • Active Border
  • Highlighted Text
  • Active Title Bar
  • Inactive Border
  • Active Title Bar Text
  • Inactive Title Bar
  • Application Workspace
  • Inactive Title Bar Text
  • Button Face
  • Menu Bar
  • Button Highlight
  • Menu Text
  • Button Shadow
  • Scroll Bars
  • Button Text
  • Window Background
  • Desktop
  • Window Frame
  • Disabled Text
  • Window Text
  • Highlight
  1. Click Apply.

Select a color in the palette

  1. Click a color in the palette.
  1. Click Apply.

The selected properties will display during runtime in the selected colors.

Note: The Alarm font colors are selected in the Alarm class configuration.