# Options on the States tab of the Symbol Indicator Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the States tab of the Symbol Indicator Properties dialog box.

Options | Descriptions
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Select state | Click the state for which to set up properties. There is an error state, which is labeled Error.
General |
Value | Type the integer value to use for each state. You cannot assign a value to the error state. When the Indicator connection changes to this value, the object's appearance changes to the settings you specify for the state.
Border color | This box shows the border color for the state. Click it to select another color. If Border uses back color is not selected on the General tab, this color appears at run time.
Image settings |
Image color | This property applies to monochrome images. It determines the color the image is drawn in; that is, the foreground color. Click the colored box to select another color.
Image back color | This property applies to monochrome images. It determines the color of the background the image is drawn on. Click the colored box to select another color. If the Image back style is Transparent, the background of the image will be transparent.
Image blink | Select this check box to let the monochrome image blink at run time. The image blinks twice per second.
Image back style | This property applies to monochrome and color images. Use it to set the background style to Solid or Transparent. If Image back style is Transparent: For monochrome images, the background will be transparent . For color images that are not PNG with Alpha channel, any parts of the images that are black will be transparent.

## See also

Create symbol indicators

Set up how the symbol indicator looks

Set up controls for the symbol indicator

How the symbol indicator works at run time