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(8.D.2.7) MeterControl

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