(8.D.2.3) MeterControl
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Overview
Meter Control
Discussion
A Meter Inspector Control displays the value of a module variable over a range using linear or dB mapping. The range can be set using the max and min properties.
The mapping property can be used to map module variable to meter value directly (linear), or by converting with db20 or undb20 functions.
The modVar property must be set to point to a module variable. See the ParamSet module for more detail on modVar formatting.
Variables
Properties
Name | Type | Default value | Range | Description |
modVar | string | none | Unrestricted | The module variable to control, in . format |
mapping | string | lin | lin/db20/undb20 | Controls the mapping between the variable and meter display |
max | float | 10 | Unrestricted | Maximum meter value |
min | float | -60 | Unrestricted | Minimum meter value |
ticks | int | 13 | 2:1:32 | Max number of automatic ticks to use |
useticks | string | ticks+numbers | ticks+numbers/no ticks/ticks only | Controls display style of tick marks |
caption | string | meter | Unrestricted | A short text string to display above the meter |
format | string | %g | Unrestricted | printf() style format string used to display numbers – see man printf(1) |
units | string | none | Unrestricted | When not empty, displays units string below the caption |
color.text | int | 000000 | 0:1:ffffff | Color of the text |
edit.below | int | 0 | 0:1:1 | If true, the value edit box is shown beneath the meter instead of above |
edit.hide | int | 0 | 0:1:1 | If true, the edit box is not shown |
font.name | string | 'MS Shell Dlg 2' | Unrestricted | Any available Windows font may be used. All text in the inspector uses the same font |
font.size | int | 8 | 6:1:72 | Size in points to use for the font. If the font is too large for the space available, the text will be clipped |
font.style | string | normal | normal/bold/italic | Available styles are normal italic and bold |
scaletext | int | false | 0:1:1 | When true, text font size scales with inspector size |
border | int | 1 | 0:1:1 | When false, the surrounding border is turned off |
caption.height | int | 3 | 0:1:3 | The number of vertical lines to reserve for the caption and units strings. When zero, caption is not displayed |
color.bgnd | int | f0f0f0 | 0:1:ffffff | Color of the inspector background |
color.border | int | b4b4b4 | 0:1:ffffff | Color of the inspector border, if shown |
height | int | 250 | 0: | Height in DPI independent units |
scale | float | 1.0 | 0.5:3.0 | Specifies the magnification of all parts of the inspector |
width | int | 69 | 50:1:100 | Width in DPI independent units |
x | int | none | Unrestricted | Horizontal position of top left in DPI independent units |
y | int | none | Unrestricted | Vertical position of top left in DPI independent units |