Visible Animation Properties

The Visible properties are used to display objects on screen in function with the value of their assigned variable based on the condition set.

This property is part of the Drawings and Controls 'Animation' Properties group.

To edit the Visible properties, select the object with the mouse and use the Movicon 'Properties Window' that shows.

 

 

Blink

This property is used to select the object's blink mode when visible. The blink times can be modified with the Windows configuration registry  "BlinkTypeSlow", "BlinkTypeMedium" and "BlinkTypeFast" keys.

 

The options are:

- None

- Slow (2 sec.)

- Medium 1 sec.)

- Fast (0,5sec.)

 

Enable

Enabling this check-box will activate the Visible function in the selected object. The object will be displayed or hidden at Runtime in function with the associated Variable's value and the Condition selected.

 

Variable

The name of the variable that determines the object's visibility on screen is entered in this edit box (or selected with the "..." browse button on the right hand side).

 

Value

The desired value to be be confronted with the Variable's value to determine the component's visibility is entered in this edit box.

 

Tolerance

A tolerance can also be set when the 'equal to' Condition has been selected.  This tolerance is set as an offset value for the 'equal to' condition. For instance, if you wish to make the object visible when the Value is equal to '5'. When setting the tolerance to '1', the object will actually become visile when the Variable obains values 4, 5 and 6.

 

Condition

This selection permits you to set the conditions between the Variable and the base Value to determine the object's visibility. The conditions can be:

 

 

 

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