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 pressed in
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
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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
Width Width of the label
Height Height of the label
Extent Right Set to ‘True’ to make the contents of the label scale as the form size is changed in View Mode.
Extent Bottom Set to ‘True’ to make the contents of the label scale as the form size is changed in View Mode.
Attribute Value – The 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 0) None – used when you want to
displayed the attribute value as text without a color behind it. 1) Text – used to display the
parameter value as text rather than a level bar.
2) Background – used to fill in the entire attribute value bar in with the bar color.
3) 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
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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 0) Normal –
1) No Default –
2) Append Units – Use to display the units that correspond to the expression when a format group for the expression has been set. 3) Convert Units –
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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
Border Sunken Makes the attribute value appear pressed in
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.
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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 1) None – used when you want to
displayed the attribute value as text without a color behind it. 2) Text – used to display the
parameter value as text rather than a level bar.
3) Background – used to fill in the entire attribute value bar in with the bar color.
4) 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
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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. 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 0) Normal –
1) No Default –
2) Append Units – Use to display the units that correspond to the expression when a format group for the expression has been set. 3) Convert Units –
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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 pressed in
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
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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.