The LIMITS widget displays a range of values as a marker moves through the range.The LIMITS widget is another form of the BAR or METER widget. However, the LIMITSwidget differs from the BAR and METER widgets in that it does not support LOW PEN/MIDDLE PEN/HIGH PEN. Instead, it supports only OUTSIDE PEN (the color outside the limits)and INSIDE PEN (the color inside the limits). You cannot set the upper and lower color bounds to different colors.
If your computer has a monochrome monitor, the LIMITS widget will handle the situation automatically. There are no attributes related to color to set for this special case. If you have a monochrome monitor, the LIMITS background is shaded light and the value marker and limit lines are black.
Events
Events for the LIMITS widget are:
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ALARM
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SYSTEM MENU
ALARM
This event is generated when the VALUE attribute is set to a value within one of the ranges named in the ALARM RANGES attribute and ALARM TYPE is "EVENT". Redraw activities, such as changing the ORIENTATION attribute value, will not generate an ALARM event.
SYSTEM MENU
This event is generated when the operator selects items from the SYSTEM MENU.