Configuring a Percent Fill Horizontal Animation

You can configure an element with a percent fill horizontal animation.

Besides specifying the expressions that determine how much of the element is filled at run time, you can also specify:

• Fill direction: from left to right or right to left.

• Unfill color: the style of the background when the element has 0 percent filling.

• Fill orientation: if the filling is in relation to the element or to the screen. This affects how the fill appears if the orientation of the element changes. If the fill is in relation to the screen and the element or graphic are rotated, the fill remains in relation to the screen.

  

  Note: The fill orientation is a common setting to the percent fill horizontal and percent fill vertical animations.

You can also preview how the percent fill horizontal animation appears at run time.

To configure an element with a percent fill horizontal animation

1. Select the element.

2. On the Special menu, click Edit Animations. The Edit Animations dialog box appears.

3. Click the Add icon and select % Fill Horizontal. The percent fill horizontal animation is added to the Animation list and the % Fill Horizontal configuration panel appears.

4. Specify the settings. Do one or more of the following:

   • In the Analog box, type an analog value, equipment.item reference or expression.

   • In the Value - At Min Fill box, type an analog value, equipment.item reference or expression that causes the minimum percent of filling at run time.

   • In the Value - At Max Fill box, type an analog value, equipment.item reference or expression that causes the maximum percent of filling at run time.

   • In the Fill - Min% box, type an analog value, equipment.item reference or expression to specify the minimum percent of filling.

   • In the Fill - Max% box, type an analog value, equipment.item reference or expression to specify the maximum percent of filling.

   • In the Colors area, click the:

     Fill Color box to select a style from the Select FillColor dialog box. This is the fill style of the element.

     Unfilled Color box to select a style from the Select FillColor dialog box. This is the unfilled fill style of the element.

     For more information, see Setting Style.

5. In the Direction area, select:

   • Right - to fill from left to right.

   • Left - to fill from right to left.

6. In the Orientation area, select:

   • Relative to Graphic - so that the filling is in relation to the element and the filling rotates with the element.

   • Relative to Screen - so that the filling is in relation to the screen and the filling does not rotate with the element.

7. You can preview your configuration by using the slider in the Preview area. Drag the slider to see how different values affect the appearance at run time.

8. Click OK.

Related Topics

Configuring Common Types of Animations