# Options on the General tab of the ME Chart Control Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the ME Chart Control Properties dialog box.

Options | Descriptions
Chart title | Specify how the chart title shows at run time.
Display Chart title | Select this check box to show the chart title at run time. Click the Font button to specify the font.
Title value options | Specify the chart title. Fixed value - Select this option to enter the chart title in the text box. Controlled by tag - Select this option to show the tag Title of the UDT Chart as the chart title.
Redraw mode | Specify how often the chart updates with new data.
Controlled by tag | Select this option to update the chart as the Redraw connection tag value changes.
Automatic | Select this option and enter the redraw rate to update the chart at regular time intervals. The redraw rate controls how often to refresh the chart in millisecond, second, minute, or hour. The redraw rate is from 50 milliseconds through 596 hours.
Maximum tag update rate | Specify the maximum rate at which the tags of the chart are updated. The default maximum rate is one second.
Chart display options | Specify how the chart shows at run time.
Background color | Specify the background color for the chart. Click the color square and select a color from the palette.
Use Gradient Style | Select this check box to show a gradient background.
Data point connection | Select an option to specify how data points on the chart are connected. Connect points - Data points are connected with a line. To view connected points and markers on the chart, configure the marker symbol for each pen on the Pens tab. Show only markers - A marker is shown for each data point. Lines do not connect the data points and the chart shows only the pens with assigned markers. Any pen without an assigned marker does not show on the chart.
Chart radix | Select an option to specify the number base (including decimal, hexadecimal, or octal) that is used to show numeric values on the chart.
Chart orientation | Select the fixed axis to define the orientation of the chart. Fix X-axis (Horizontal Chart) - The chart uses the data points of tag DataSeries.FixedAxis for x-axis, and uses the data points of tag DataSeries_x for y-axis. Fix Y-axis (VerticalChart) - The chart uses the data points of tag DataSeries_x for x-axis, and uses the data points of tag DataSeries.FixedAxis for y-axis.

## See also

Chart ActiveX control

Options on the Pens tab of the ME Chart Control Properties dialog box

Options on the X-Axis and the Y-Axis tabs of the ME Chart Control Properties dialog box

Chart UDT members

Options in the Gradient Fill dialog box