# Options on the General tab of the Scale Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the Scale Properties dialog box.

Options | Descriptions
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Appearance | Specify the object's appearance in this area.
Border style | Select a border style for the object.
Border width | Type the number of pixels for the width of the object’s border.
Line style | Select the line style. If you select a style other than Solid, the line width must be 1 pixel. Dash-Dot and Dash-Dot-Dot show as Dot on the PanelView Plus family terminals.
Line width | Type the number of pixels for the width of the object's line. Any line style other than solid must have a width of 1 pixel.
Back style | Specifies the object background. Available options are: Solid. The object’s background is filled with a solid color specified in the Back color option. Gradient. The object's background is filled with a linear gradient color. Transparent. The bounding box for the scale is not filled in and any objects behind the scale show through.
Border uses back color | Select this check box to use the object’s background color for the border of the object. Clear this check box to use the selected Border Color.
Back color | This box shows the current background color for the object. Click it to select another color. If the background style is transparent, the application does not use this background color. If the background style is gradient, click it to bring up the Gradient Fill dialog box to configure the gradient fill.
Border color | This box shows the border color for the object. Click it to select another color. If Border uses back color is not selected, this color appears at run time.
Fore color | This box shows the color for the object’s line. Click it to select another color.
Blink | Select this check box if you want the object’s background to blink at run time. The blink rate is twice per second.
Scale Setup |
Tick direction | Select the tick direction. For example, if you select Up, the ticks appear on the top side of the scale.
Major ticks | Select the number of major ticks on the scale. You must use at least two major ticks (one for the first tick and one for the last tick).
Minor ticks | Select the number of minor ticks on the scale. This number of ticks appears between each major tick.

## See also

bounding box

Create scales

Example: Using a scale

Configure the gradient fill

Set up general properties for a scale object