# Options on the General tab of the Numeric Display Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the Numeric Display 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.
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. Transparent. The object’s background is not filled and any objects behind it show through. Gradient. The object's background is filled with a linear gradient color.
Pattern style | Select a pattern for the object. The pattern appears on the face of the object. The pattern does not cover the object’s border or displayed value. If the object’s back style is transparent or gradient, the pattern is not visible.
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.
Pattern color | This box shows the current pattern color for the object. Click it to select another color.
Fore color | This box shows the color of the text shown on the object. Click it to select another color.
Blink | Select this check box if you want the text to blink at run time. The text blinks twice per second.
Text | The text settings apply to the numeric values in the display.
Font | Select the font to use for the text.
Size | Select the font size to use for the text.
Bold, Italic, Underline | Select a font style for the text, if required.
Alignment | Specifies how the shown text is positioned on the object.
Value settings |
Number of digits | Select the maximum number of digits to show, up to 17 digits. The decimal point and minus sign each count as a digit.
Fill left with | Select a character to fill the left of the display with if the value at the data source contains fewer than the maximum number of digits. If you don’t want to use a fill character, select None.
Decimal places | Type the maximum number of digits to show after the decimal point. The possible range is 0 to (Number of digits - 2). 2 is subtracted from the number of digits to allow for a leading digit and a decimal point. For example, .12 is shown as 0.12.

## See also

Create numeric displays

Set up general properties for a numeric display object