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The Dynamic Model Interface offeres a number of ways to format and adjust text.
Elements
Element <color>
| Info
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The color of an item, expressed in red, green and blue values ranging from 0 to 255. All 0 values for red, green and blue is black. Added in SMS 11.2.
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| Versions
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1, 2
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| Attributes
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red, green, blue
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| Children
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none
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| Used by
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text_style
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| Example
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This would change the text to a bright red color.
<text_style>
<color>
<red>255</red>
<green>0</green>
<blue>0</blue>
</color>
<text_style>
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Element <edit_box>
| Info
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Widget that displays text or numbers. If <type> not specified, default to double.
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| Versions
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1, 2
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| Attributes
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none
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| Children
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type, default, unique_name, range, optional, dependency, text_style
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| Used by
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item, row, column
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| Example
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<edit_box>
<type>double</type>
<range>0, 2.2</range>
<default>1.0 </default>
<unique_name>edtBox5</unique_name>
<optional></optional>
<dependency>…</dependency>…
</ edit_box
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Element <text_box>
| Info
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Widget that displays text that is not editable.
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| Versions
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1, 2
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| Attributes
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none
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| Children
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text, dependency, unique_name, alignH, alignV, text_style
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| Used by
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item, row, column
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| Example
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<text_box>
<text>Time Step:</text>
<unique_name>Transport_TS</unique_name>
<alignH>LEFT</alignH>
<dependency>…</dependency>…
</text_box>
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Element <text_style>
| Info
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Holds the style options for the text. Added in SMS 11.2.
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| Versions
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1, 2
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| Attributes
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none
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| Children
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none
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| Used by
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group, item, text_box, combo_box, edit_box, all elements starting with “custom_control”, check_box, options
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| Example
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This would bold the text when the value in the edit_box is less than 0.0.
<edit_box>
<unique_name>edtA</unique_name>
<default>1.0</default>
<text_style>
<bold></bold>
<condition>edtA LESS_THAN 0.0</condition>
<text_style>
</edit_box>
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Attributes
Attribute @ <alignH>
| Info
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Align text horizontally in a text box.
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| Values
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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text_box
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Attribute @ <alignV>
| Info
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Align text vertically in a text box.
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| Values
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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text_box
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Attribute @ <blue>, Attribute @ <green>, Attribute @ <red>
| Info
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A color. Ranges from 0 to 255. Added in SMS 11.2.
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| Values
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integer (0 to 255)
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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color
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Attribute @ <bold>
| Info
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Sets the text to be bolded when this attribute is used. Added in SMS 11.2.
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| Values
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none
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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text_style
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Attribute @ <italic>
| Info
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Sets the text to be italicized when the element is specified. Added in SMS 11.2.
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| Values
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none
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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text_style
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Attribute @ <strike_through>
| Info
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Sets the text to have a line through the middle when the element is specified. Added in SMS 11.2.
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| Values
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none
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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text_style
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Attribute @ <text>
| Info
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Text that is displayed in the SMS user interface.
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| Values
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any text string
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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group, item, text_box, check_box, option, x_column, y_column, column, row, display_options, menu_item declare_page executable
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Attribute @ <text_size>
| Info
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Sets the point size of the text. Ranges from 8 to 20. Added in SMS 11.2.
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| Values
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integer (8 to 20)
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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text_style
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Attribute @ <type>
| Info
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For <display_options> defines point, or arc
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| Values
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display_options
edit_box
- “text”
- “integer”
- “double”
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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coverage, display_options, edit_box
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Attribute @ <underline>
| Info
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Sets the text to be underlined when this attribute is specified. Added in SMS 11.2.
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| Values
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none
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| Version
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1
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| Used by
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text_style
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