What Happens When You Format the Numbers in a Gauge Metric Label

Using ADF Gauge Components 25-17 within the plot area, the length of the tick labels must be limited to fit in this space. You can customize your gauge to use exterior labels. To create interior tick labels on a gauge: 1. In the Structure window, right-click the gauge node and choose Insert inside dvt:gauge ADF Data Visualization Tick Mark. 2. In the Property Inspector, select TLP_POSITION for the Position attribute.

25.4.12 Specifying Transparency for Parts of a Gauge

You can specify that various parts of a gauge show transparent colors by setting the borderColor and fillColor attributes on the gauge child tags related to these parts of the gauge. These color properties accept a 6 or 8 RGB hexidecimal value. When an 8-digit value is used, the first two digits represent transparency. For example, you can set transparency by using a value of 00FFFFFF. Any gauge child tag that supports borderColor or fillColor attributes can be set to transparency. The following list are examples of parts of the gauge that support transparency: ■ Gauge background: Use the dvt:gaugeBackground tag. ■ Gauge gauge frame: Use the dvt:gaugeFrame tag. ■ Gauge plot area: Use the dvt:gaugePlotArea tag. ■ Gauge legend area: Use the dvt:gaugeLegendArea tag.

25.5 Adding Gauge Special Effects and Animation

These gauge features are used less frequently than the common gauge features. These special features include applying gradient effects to parts of a gauge, adding interactivity to gauges, animating gauges, and taking advantage of the gauge support for active data.

25.5.1 How to Use Gradient Special Effects in a Gauge

A gradient is a special effect in which an object changes color gradually. Each color in a gradient is represented by a stop. The first stop is stop 0, the second is stop 1, and so on. You must specify the number of stops in the special effects for a subcomponent of a gauge that supports special effects. You can define gradient special effects for the following subcomponents of a gauge: ■ Gauge background: Uses the dvt:gaugeBackground tag. ■ Gauge set background: Uses the dvt:gaugeSetBackground tag. ■ Gauge plot area: Uses the dvt:gaugePlotArea tag. ■ Gauge frame: Uses the dvt:gaugeFrame tag. ■ Gauge legend area: Uses the dvt:gaugeLegendArea tag. ■ Lower label frame: Uses the dvt:lowerLabelFrame tag. ■ Upper label frame: Uses the dvt:upperLabelFrame tag. ■ Indicator: Uses the dvt:indicator tag. ■ Indicator bar: Uses the dvt:indicatorBar tag.