# Set up connections for the string display (Connections tab)

## To set up tags for the string display

1. In the Graphics Display editor, double-click the display to open its Properties dialog box.
2. Click the Connections tab.
3. Assign a tag or expression to this connection:

   Value

   A read connection. Assign a tag or expression that can support up to 82 characters (bytes). The application reads the value of the Value connection’s tag at the data source to determine the string to show.

   If you assign an expression, the application calculates the value of the expression and updates the string display to reflect the value.

## See also

Create string displays

Configure the string display appearance

How the string display works at run time

Columns on the Connections tab of a graphic object's Properties dialog box