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Format Dial Gauge Dialog (for Report)

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Format Dial Gauge Dialog (for Report)

The Format Dial Gauge dialog for page/web report appears when you right-click a dial gauge of a chart in a page report or web report and select Format Dial Gauge from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format dial gauges in a chart, and consists of the following tabs:

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes and leaves the dialog open.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

General

Specifies the general format of the dial gauges. See the tab.

Circular

Specifies properties for circles of dial gauges in the chart.

  • Start Angle
    Specifies the degree of start angles of the circles.
  • Stop Angle
    Specifies the degree of stop angles of the circles.
  • Circular Style
    Specifies the position of a dial gauge curve, related to the position of a circle in the chart.
  • Thickness
    Specifies the thickness for the circles, in pixels.
  • Range Radius
    Specifies the relative size of a dial in a percentage of total dial size.

Pointer

Specifies properties for pointers of dial gauges in the chart.

  • Pointer Style
    Specifies the style applied to pointers of the dial gauges.
    • triangle
      If selected, pointers will be triangle shapes.
    • diamond
      If selected, pointers will be diamond shapes.
    • arrow
      If selected, pointers will be arrow shapes.
      • Arrow Style
        Specifies the style applied to arrows of the pointers.
        • sharp
          If selected, arrows will be sharp ones.
        • round
          If selected, arrows will be round ones.
        • plain
          If selected, arrows will be plain ones.

Color Range

Specifies different colors to fill the dial gauges in different ranges.

  • Use Fill
    Specifies to fill the dial gauges with colors. It is meaningful to specify the following properties when it is checked.
  • Minimum
    Specifies the minimum value of the range.
  • Maximum
    Specifies the maximum value of the range.
  • Color
    Specifies the color schema of the range. Select in the color cell to customize the color on the color palette.
  • Name
    Displays the name of the range.

Fill

Specifies the color, fill effect and transparency for the pointers. See the tab.

Color

Specifies the color schema for the selected pointers in the same data series. To edit the color, select the color image and select a color from the color palette or input the hexadecimal value (for example, 0xff0000) of a color directly in the text box.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency of the color schema.

Color List

Opens the Color List dialog to modify color pattern for pointers in the same data series respectively.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Border

Specifies the properties for borders of the pointers, which take effect only when the Border property on chart paper is set to true in the Report Inspector. See the tab.

Border Type

Displays the type of the border. The default value is solid, and cannot be changed.

Color

Specifies the color of the border.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency for color of the border.

Line Style

Specifies the line style to apply to the border.

Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.

End Caps

Specifies the ending style of the border line.

  • butt
    Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with no added decoration.
  • round
    Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the width of the pen.
  • square
    Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a square projection that extends beyond the end of the segment to a distance equal to half of the line width.

Line Joint

Specifies the line joint style for the border line.

  • miter
    Joins path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet.
  • round
    Joins path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width.
  • bevel
    Joins path segments by connecting the outer corners of their wide outlines with a straight segment.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Path

Specifies the fill pattern of the border line.

  • Outline Path
    Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be outline path.
  • Fill Path
    Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be whole path.

Dash

Specifies the dash size of border line.

  • Auto Adjusted Dash
    If selected, the dash size will be adjusted automatically.
  • Fixed Dash Size
    If selected, the dash size will be fixed size.

Data Label

Specifies properties for data labels displayed on the dial gauges. See the tab.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels. Not supported on gauge chart.

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the data labels.

  • Font list
    Lists all the available font faces that can be selected to apply to the text.
  • Font Size
    Specifies the font size of the text.
  • Font Color
    Specifies the font color of the text.
  • Transparency
    Specifies the transparency of the text.
  • Rotation
    Specifies the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0.
  • Shearing
    Specifies the gradient of the text.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of text in the data labels.

  • Style
    Specifies the font style of the text. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
  • Strikethrough
    Specifies the style of the horizontal line with which the text is struck through. It can be one of the following: none, thin line, bold line, and double lines.
  • Underline
    Specifies the style of the horizontal line under the text. It can be one of the following: none, single, single lower, bold line, bold lower, double lines, bold double, patterned line, and bold patterned.
  • Superscript
    Raises the text above the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
  • Embossed
    Makes the text appear to be raised off the page in relief.
  • Outlined
    Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.
  • Subscript
    Lowers the text below the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
  • Engraved
    Makes the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.
  • Shadowed
    Adds a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.

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