Issue
Displaying MultiState objects as text in a Vista graphic page
Environment
- Vista IV
- OGC Graphics
Cause
Typically users of Vista do not want to display MultiState objects using the digital representation on graphic pages since it will display only the raw value of the point rather then the descriptive state.
Resolution
Instead a text object should be dropped on the graphic page and when the attributes of this object are explored you can set the text object to act as a dynamic text object that displays different pieces of text for different values of the object it is associated with. The first step is to browse to the object that you wish to be associated with this dynamic text object. You will then need to verify that the attribute selected is value.
The value field will allow you to select the various values that you want to have specialized text. Since a MultiState object does not have a fixed number of states in the way that a Binary object does you will find there are options from 0.00 to 140.00 in 10 unit increments.
For the value of 0 you will enter the descriptive text in the text field when the value field has 0.00 selected. For the value of 1 you will enter the descriptive text in the text field when the value field has 10.00 selected.