# Options on the General tab of the Alarm Button Properties dialog box

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

Options | Descriptions
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Appearance |
Border style | Select a border style for the object. If the object shape is circle or ellipse, the available border styles are None and Line.
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, caption, or image (if any are defined for the object). If the object’s back style is transparent, the pattern is not visible. If the object’s back style is transparent or gradient, the pattern is not visible.
Shape | Select the shape of the object. If the object shape is circle or ellipse, the application applies properties such as size and position by measuring in relation to the object’s bounding box.
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 or state. Click it to select another color. If the back 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. For objects with a line style other than Solid, the background color is used for the spaces between the dots or dashes.
Border color | This box shows the border color for the object or state. 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 or state. Click it to select another color.
Highlight color | This box shows the current highlight color. Click it to select another color. The object's border, if any, changes to the highlight color when the operator presses the button at run time.
Blink | Select this check box if you want the object’s background to blink at run time. The blink rate is twice per second. If a pattern style is selected, the pattern also blinks.
Touch margins | You can specify a touch-insensitive margin inside the button’s edges. If the operator presses on the touch-insensitive margin, the button press is not registered.
Horizontal margin | Specifies the number of pixels for the distance inside the left and right edges of the button where the button will not be touch sensitive.
Vertical margin | Type the number of pixels for the vertical touch margin. The vertical margin is along the button’s top and bottom edges.
Filtering/Alarm settings | You can filter the Alarm button so that only alarms from the specified triggers are affected by the button. If this box is blank, all alarms are affected. The following buttons have this property: Acknowledge All Alarms button - acknowledges only filtered alarms Clear Alarm History button - clears only filtered alarms Print Alarm History and Print Alarm Status buttons - print only filtered alarms
Filtered triggers | Click the Browse button to open the Trigger Label Selector, where you can select the alarm trigger labels whose alarms will be included in the button's action.
Reset alarm status | This property applies only to the Clear Alarm History button. Select this check box if you want the alarm status to be reset when the Clear Alarm History button is pressed.
Other |
Audio | Select this check box to sound an internal beeper when the object is pressed. If the computer running the project does not have an internal beeper, the object press does not trigger a beep. The Send press to and Linked object properties apply only to the Acknowledge Alarm button.
Send press to | Select whether the button press will be sent to whatever object currently has the focus, or to a specific object linked to the button.
Linked object | Choose the object the button press will be sent to if the Send press to property is set to Linked object.

## See also

Set up general properties for an Alarm button

Bounding box

Alarm buttons

How the Alarm buttons work at run time

Configure the gradient fill