Gauge Designer The Gauge Designer consists of a gallery of Linear, Digital and Radial gauges, ranging from basic to complex designs. It allows you to choose a predefined gauge, and add it to the Gauge control. For example if you wanted to create a complex radial gauge such as a speedometer you can simply select it...
Bounds Pane The Bounds pane determines the size and the location of the dial on the WinGauge control. X — This value determines the distance of the dial from the left of the Gauge control. The x value should not exceed the width of the Gauge control or set to less than 0 as the dial may not appear. Y — This value ...
Corners Pane The Corners pane determines the size of the corners on the dial on your Radial gauge. Extent — Set this value to an integer from 0 to 999. If you set the start and end angles on the Angle and Extents pane to sweep fewer than 360 degrees or change the shape of the dial to a rectangle on the Shape pane,...
Dial Layout Tab The Dial property determines the shape of a Radial gauge. By default, the dial sweeps 360 degrees, so it appears as a circle. You can customize the dial on your gauge using the Dial Layout tab of the Properties panel. To access this tab, you can either click on Dial in the Gauge Explorer (Radial Ga...
Digit Appearance Relative Bounds The Relative Bounds pane determines the size and the location of the digits brush element on your gauge. X — This value determines the distance of the digits brush element from the left of the Gauge control. Y — This value determines the distance of the digits brush element from th...
Digit Appearance Relative Clip Bounds The Relative Clip Bounds pane determines the size and the location of a clip region for the digits brush element on your gauge. X — This value determines the distance of the clip region of your digits brush element from the left of the Gauge control. Y — This value determines ...
Digit Appearance Tab The Digit Appearance tab is used for customizing the data on your Digital gauge. You can access this tab by either clicking the Digital Gauge in the Gauge Explorer or clicking the Digital gauge in the interactive preview area. The tab is divided into two panes: Font Brush Unlit Brush The follo...
Digital Gauge A Digital gauge visually represents data similar to a digital watch or a digital alarm clock. For example, if you wanted to display an odometer, you would create a Digital gauge to display your data. You can edit the display of your Digital gauge by using the Gauge Layout tab of the Properties panel....
Digital Gauges A Digital gauge represents values similar to a digital watch or digital alarm clock. Each digit within the value is rendered by arranging various “Sections”. A Digital gauge can be very useful to provide an odometer-like view to an existing gauge, or can be used just as well as a standalone. Click t...
Misc Pane The Misc pane is used to set miscellaneous properties of your Digital gauge. Mode — The mode value specifies whether your Digital gauge should be represented as a seven- or 14- segment display. For more information on the Mode property, see Working with Digital Gauges. Text — The text value represents th...