Configuring an Array List Box Animation

You can configure a list box with values from an array and captions.

To configure an array list box animation

1. Select the list box element.

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

3. Click the Array button. The Array List Box configuration panel appears on the right side.

4. In the Reference box, type an equipment.item reference that is to be tied to the selected value at run time.

   You can select when to submit the value changes. For more information, see Submitting the Value Changes.

5. In the Array Reference box, type or browse for an array equipment.item. The Array Values and Captions list shows the values from the array reference.

6. To define your own captions, clear Use Values as Captions and type them in the list.

7. To format the value before it appears as a caption, type a text format string in the Format box, for example #.###. Preceding zeroes are ignored if the array data type is numeric.

8. Set Items Sorting to:

   • None to show the items in the order they are in the array equipment.item.

   • Ascending to show the items sorted in ascending order.

   • Descending to show the items sorted in descending order.

9. Click OK.

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Configuring a List Box Animation