2D Color Dynamic Properties

The Color dynamic is useful with state indicators and is often used in symbols, pictographs, and sometimes for animation effects in a 2D GraphWorX display. You can add a Color dynamic to a 2D display by clicking the Color dynamics button , located in the Color section of the 2D Dynamics ribbon. You can specify a number of properties that affect color changes: start and stop colors, effects for color transitions, intervals, delays, and durations, fill behavior, flashing, auto reverse and many more. (Properties for the 3D version of the Color dynamic are slightly different; refer to 3D Color Dynamics Properties for more information.)

The table below lists the 2D Color dynamic properties. Not all properties are described in this table. Common properties such as Name, Description, Tooltips and other features that appear for common objects have been omitted. The properties listed in the table are those you would set as part of your Color dynamic definition. You determine the default values for the Color dynamic's properties by setting them on the Preferences tab; for more information, refer to New Color Default Settings.

Unique Properties of the Color Dynamic

Property	Settings	Description
Data Section
DataSource	An input, value, expression, or OPC data source	Data connections can be typed directly into the DataSource. Click the Ellipsis button and in Data Browser you can select tags in the system. You can also create Expressions in the Data Browser.
DragDropDataSource	True or False	True indicates that the data source can, during runtime, be dragged by a user and dropped into another component so that the color dynamic affects the component it is dropped into.
Low Limit	Value	Low limit is used as a boundary condition in animation.
HighLimit	Value	High limit is used as a boundary condition in animation.
ActiveWhen	Range Setting	Set the discrete ranges in which animation will occur.
Dynamic Behavior
AnimationMode	Analog or Discrete	Analog – The color of the object is determined by values coming from the data source. Discrete – The start and stop of the object's changing color is determined by values coming from the data source.
StartPercent	Value 0 to 100	Controls the magnitude of the color change.
EndPercent	Value 0 to 100	Controls the magnitude of the color change.
TargetPropertyName	Fill or Line	The property that changes color.
TargetPropertyIndex	Value	Change the index for the list of colors that define a gradient color.
UseStartColor	True or False	Allows the use of the first color.
StartColor	Color Value	First color assignment.
UseEndColor	True or False	Allows the use of the second color.
EndColor	Color Value	Second color assignment.
DeepColorChange	True or False	Overrides any color assignment that is inherited by the object from its parent container.
Dynamic Behavior - Detents (Analog AnimationMode only)
DetentType	None, Number of Detents, Delta Value	Detents are the number of steps of animation of an object can have.
DetentValue	Number	The number of increments/decrements used in the animation. Use a higher number for smoother animation.
DetentOrigin	Value	The starting analog value from which subsequent steps are calculated.
Dynamic Behavior - Discrete (Discrete AnimationMode only)
StartDelay	Value	A delay time before the activated animation will begin (milliseconds). Can be assigned to a data source.
Duration	Value	The time it takes for an animation to complete a cycle (milliseconds). Can be assigned to a data source.
SkipInitialDuration	True/False	Set to True if the Duration should be skipped for the first data update.
AccelerationRatio	Percentage	The percentage of the animation's Duration spent accelerating over time.
DecelerationRatio	Percentage	The percentage of the animation's Duration spent decelerating over time.
AnimateWhenTrue	True/False	Run the animation when the data source returns a value that evaluates to True or 1.
ReverseAnimateWhenFalse	True/False	Run the animation in reverse when the data source returns a value that evaluates to True or 1.
AutoReverse	True/False	Runs the automation to the end and then runs the automation backwards creating an infinite loop.
RepeatCount	Number	The number of times an animation is performed for a discrete mode. For an infinite number of times set the number to -1.
FillBehavior	HoldEnd/Stop	Sets the behavior of the animation at the end of its motion.
FreezeWhenNotAnimating	True/False	True - stays in current state when animation is stopped False - returns to the default state when animation is stopped.
Flash (Discrete AnimationMode Only)
FlashRate	Value	Time interval (milliseconds) between flash state changes. May be assigned to a data source.
DynamicWhenNotFlashing	True/False	Indicates that when this dynamic is not flashing that the object will be the dynamic color.
ToolTip
ShowToolTip	True/False	Indicates whether or not to display the tooltip for the dynamic.
ShowDescription	Default/True/False	Indicates whether or not to display the Description for the dynamic.
ShowDataSourceName	Default/True/False	Indicates whether or not to display the SourceName for the dynamic.
ShowDataSourceValue	Default/True/False	Indicates whether or not to display the DataSourceValue for the dynamic.
ShowErrorInformation	Default/True/False	Indicates whether or not to display the ErrorInformationfor the dynamic.

For more information, refer to Object Properties.