There are six types of objects that can be placed on a StateForms sheet. In addition, the sheet itself has attributes which can be set. Below is a list of the attributes associated with the sheet and with the Label, Attribute Value, and Array Attribute Value objects.
Sheet Attributes
To access the sheet properties, click on any part of the sheet that is not occupied by an object.
Attribute Function
Sheet Width Set the width of the StateForms sheet. Sheet Height Set the height of the StateForms sheet.
Auto Scale When set to ‘True’ the size of the objects on the sheet will scale up or down to fill the sheet as the sheet window size is changed.
Background Set the background color of the sheet. Grid Size Set the spacing for the design mode grid of dots.
Snap to Grid Set to ‘True’ to automatically align the top left corner of the object with the design grid.
Label Attributes
Attribute Function
Caption The text that will be displayed in the label. Back Color Background color of the label.
Back Color Override Set to ‘True’ to activate the background color you have selected. Border Line Adds a border around the label.
Border Sunken Makes the label appear depressed.
Text Color Select a text color.
Font Auto Size Set to ‘True’ to have the font size change to fill the label area or set to ‘False’ to set the font size yourself.
Font Height Select a font size.
Font Use Default Set to ‘True’ to keep the font plain, set to ‘False’ to Activate Bold and Italic settings.
Font Name Select a font face.
Font Italic Make the text italicized.
Font Bold Make the text bold.
Left Distance from the left edge of the label to the left edge of the form. Top Distance from the top of the label to the top of the form.
Attribute Value
Attribute Function
Specify Min+Max Set to ‘True’ to specify the minimum and maximum values when the attribute value object is used as an attribute value bar
Bar Range Min Set the minimum value for the attribute value bar Bar Range Max Set the maximum value for the attribute value bar
Bar Color Set the color that will fill the attribute bar as the parameter value changes
Use Value Color None – used when you want to displayed the attribute value as text without a color behind it. Text – used to display the parameter value as text rather than a level bar.
Background – used to fill in the entire attribute value bar in with the bar color.
Value Bar – Use this setting to fill the attribute value bar in with the bar color to indicate the level of the parameter value.
Show Value Text Set to ‘True’ to display the parameter value as text
Show Min Text Set to ‘True’ to display the text showing the minimum value of the attribute level bar Show Max Text Set to ‘True’ to display the text showing the maximum value of the attribute level bar Show Minor Ticks Set to ‘True’ to display the divisions you would like to divide the attribute level bar into Show Major Ticks Set to ‘True’ to display the subdivisions you would like to divide the attribute level bar into Minor Tick Spacing Set the size of the divisions into which you would like to divide the attribute level bar. Major Tick Spacing Set the size of the subdivisions into which you would like to divide the attribute level bar. Attribute Use the Analyzer tree of parameters to select the attribute whose value you would like to display. Attr. Array Index For parameters that are arrays, enter the index of the array element whose value you would like to
display.
Attr. Value Hold Holds the last valid value of the parameter until a new valid value is collected.
Expression To display an expression instead of a straight parameter value, type the expression here as it would appear in the Binned Query expression builder.
Expr Format Group Select the format group for the expression you are using
Expr. Fmt. Mode Normal –
No Default –
Append Units – Use to display the units that correspond to the expression when a format group for the expression has been set.
Convert Units –
Expr. Decimals Set the number of decimal places in the result of the expression. Display Validity ----
Text Change Flag Set to ‘True’ to highlights changes in the parameter value from the preceding data point to the current data point by changing the color used to display the parameter value.
Text Change Color Set the color used to indicate a change in the parameter’s value.
Color Legend ----
Color by Format Group Set to ‘True’ to color the level bars using the color scheme established in the map legend. Color Value Expr. ----
Back Color Background color of the attribute value.
Back Color Override Set to ‘True’ to activate the background color you have selected. Border Line Adds a border around the attribute value.
Attribute Function
Border Sunken Makes the attribute value appear depressed.
Text Color Select a text color.
Font Auto Size Set to ‘True’ to have the font size change to fill the array value area or set to ‘False’ to set the font size yourself.
Font Height Select a font size.
Font Use Default Set to ‘True’ to keep the font plain, set to ‘False’ to Activate Bold and Italic settings.
Font Name Select a font face.
Font Italic Make the text italicized.
Font Bold Make the text bold.
Left Distance from the left edge of the attribute value to the left edge of the form. Top Distance from the top of the attribute value to the top of the form.
Width Width of the attribute value.
Height Height of the attribute value.
Extent Bottom Set to ‘True’ to make the contents of the attribute value scale as the form size is changed in View Mode.
Extent Right Set to ‘True’ to make the contents of the attribute value scale as the form size is changed in View Mode.
Array Attribute Value
Attribute Function
Array Columns Number of columns in the array attribute value matrix. Array Rows Number of rows in the array attribute value matrix.
Array Base Offset To begin displaying parameter values starting at a location in the array other than its beginning, specify the index of the first array element you would like to display.
Specify Min+Max Set to ‘True’ to specify the minimum and maximum values when the attribute value object is used as an attribute value bar.
Bar Range Min Set the minimum value for the attribute value bar. Bar Range Max Set the maximum value for the attribute value bar.
Bar Color Set the color that will fill the attribute bar as the parameter value changes.
Use Value Color None – used when you want to displayed the attribute value as text without a color behind it. Text – used to display the parameter value as text rather than a level bar.
Background – used to fill in the entire attribute value bar in with the bar color.
Value Bar – Use this setting to fill the attribute value bar in with the bar color to indicate the level of the parameter value.
Show Value Text Set to ‘True’ to display the parameter value as text.
Show Min Text Set to ‘True’ to display the text showing the minimum value of the attribute level bar. Show Max Text Set to ‘True’ to display the text showing the maximum value of the attribute level bar. Show Minor Ticks Set to ‘True’ to display the divisions you would like to divide the attribute level bar into.
Attribute Function
Attr. Value Hold Holds the last valid value of the parameter until a new valid value is collected.
Expression If you would like to display the value of an expression instead of a simple parameter, enter the expression here as it would appear in the expression builder.
Expr. Format Group If you are using an expression, select the format group for the expression to be displayed.. Expr. Frmt. Mode Select the format group for the expression you are using.
Expr. Mode Normal –
No Default –
Append Units – Use to display the units that correspond to the expression when a format group for the expression has been set.
Convert Units –
Expr. Decimal Set the number of decimal places in the result of the expression. Display Validity ----
Text Change Flag Set to ‘True’ to highlights changes in the parameter value from the preceding data point to the current data point by changing the color used to display the parameter value.
Text Change Color Set the color used to indicate a change in the parameter’s value.
Color Legend ----
Color by Format Group Set to ‘True’ to color the level bars using the color scheme established in the map legend. Color Value Expr. ----
Back Color Background color of the array attribute value.
Back Color Override Set to ‘True’ to activate the background color you have selected. Border Line Adds a border around the array attribute value.
Border Sunken Makes the array attribute value appear depressed.
Text Color Select a text color.
Font Auto Size Set to ‘True’ to have the font size change to fill the array attribute value area or set to ‘False’ to set the font size yourself.
Font Height Select a font size.
Font Use Default Set to ‘True’ to keep the font plain, set to ‘False’ to Activate Bold and Italic settings.
Font Name Select a font face.
Font Italic Make the text italicized.
Font Bold Make the text bold.
Left Distance from the left edge of the array attribute value to the left edge of the form. Top Distance from the top of the array attribute value to the top of the form.
Width Width of the array attribute value.
Height Height of the array attribute value.
Extent Bottom Set to ‘True’ to make the contents of the array attribute value scale as the form size is changed in View Mode.
Extent Right Set to ‘True’ to make the contents of the array attribute value scale as the form size is changed in View Mode.