Format Dial Gauge dialog for report

This dialog 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:

• General tab
• Fill tab
• Border tab
• Data Label tab

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 this help document.

General tab

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. Click in the color cell to display the color palette in which you can select a color, or click More Colors to customize the color within a wider range in the Pick a Color dialog, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog.
• Name
  Displays the name of the range.

Fill tab

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. Click the color image button to display the color palette in which you can select a color, or click More Colors to customize the color within a wider range in the Pick a Color dialog, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after # if you have changed the default color.

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.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Border tab

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. Click the color image button to display the color palette in which you can select a color, or click More Colors to customize the color within a wider range in the Pick a Color dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after #.

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 tab

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. Click the color image button to display the color palette in which you can select a color, or click More Colors to customize the color within a wider range in the Pick a Color dialog, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after #.
• 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.

Related topics:

• Formatting the gauge