Configure an array radio button group animation

You can configure a radio button group with values from an array and captions.

To configure an array radio button group animation

1. Select the radio button group element.

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

3. Click the Array button. The Array Radio Button Group configuration panel appears on the right side.

4. In the Reference box, type an attribute 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 Submit the value changes.

5. In the Array Reference box, type or browse for an array attribute. 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 attribute.

   • Ascending to show the items sorted in ascending order.

   • Descending to show the items sorted in descending order.

9. Orientate the radio button group in vertical or horizontal direction. Select Vertical or Horizontal.

10. Click OK.

For example, you want to create a Radio Button Group in your graphic with the following options. The values to be written to the target attribute are contained in the user-defined attribute array called Options of an AutomationObject called UD.