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DT424 Symbol

DI000636 Symbol ID

ID of the symbol which is composed of the license number and an incrementing counter.

DI002030 Symbol

Preview field to the eponymous Symbol ID data field.

DI001573 Name

Name of the symbol

DI001747 Font type

Here, a font used by the PC is specified for the Symbol type = 0 (font symbols).

Values

  • Arial
  • Courier
  • etc.

Notes

  • If the main font used in the standard (Arial) is not installed on your PC, look for the [Font Substitutes] entry in the Win.ini file and make an entry: Arial = Courier.
  • PLANTA does not supply barcode fonts with the system

DI001738 Symbol type

Values

  • 0: Font
  • 1: Geometric form (e.g. square or circle), can be used, e.g., for bars
  • 9: Invisible (e.g. for dominance display)

DI000652 Height

Height of the symbol specified in tenths of a millimeter.

Values

  • For a font, this is the height of the characters.
  • For lines and linking symbols, it is the size of the background, along the center of which the line runs.
  • 0 means: no background.
  • 34 for tree structure: +/-
  • 36 for tree structure: Grid line

Note

  • For triangular symbols we recommend an even-numbered height. The width of these symbols may be off by a few pixels.

DI029853 Font height

Height of the font in the symbol

DI001955 Min. width

Minimum width for scaled objects with a width of 0, specified in tenths of a millimeter.

Example

  • For a task with duration = 0, a fraction of the bar with the width specified here is to be displayed at the task start date.

Note

  • For triangle symbols, the minimum width must be exactly the same as the height of the symbol.

DI001749 Font bold

For symbols with symbol type = 0 (font symbols)

Values

  • : Font is displayed bold.
  • : Font is not displayed bold

DI001748 Font italic

For symbols with symbol type = 0 (font symbols)

Values

  • : Font is displayed in italics.
  • : Font is not displayed in italics

DI001750 Font underlined

For symbols with symbol type = 0 (font symbols)

Values

  • : Font is displayed underlined.
  • : Font is not displayed underlined.

DI001746 Border color ID

Color of the margin. This color is shown on area separation and area end symbols

Note

  • @: content will not dominate anything else = transparent margin

DI002028 Margin color

Preview field to the Margin color data field of the same name.

DI001744 Border thickness

Thickness of the line which marks the margin, specified in tenths of a millimeter.

Note

DI001740 Border form

Values

  • 0: No margin available
  • 1: Continuous bar, pointed corners
  • 2: Line
  • 3: Triangle, pointed to the right
  • 4: Triangle, pointed to the top
  • 5: Triangle, pointed to the left
  • 6: Triangle, pointed to the bottom
  • 7: Circle
  • 8: Continuous bar, round corners
  • 9: Square
  • 10: Tree structure: +
  • 11: Tree structure: -
  • 12: Rhomb
  • 13: right-angled triangles below the bar
  • 14: right-angled triangles below the bar
  • 15: triangles with a base below the bar
  • 16: square rotated by 45 degrees

DI001745 Margin pattern

Specifies the pattern of the outline.

Values

  • 0: pulled through
  • 1: dashed
  • 2: dotted
  • 3: dash dot dash dot
  • 4: dash dot dot dash dot dot

Note

  • Under Windows, lines are only affected by the pattern if their width is exactly 1 pixel. As the specification is in tenths of a millimeter, the results may differ if the resolution of the screen is different. This means that if the thickness is too great, all visible patterns as "continuous".

DI001743 Background color ID

Defines the background color of the symbol.

Note

  • @: content will not dominate anything else = transparent background

DI002027 Background color

Preview field to the eponymous Margin color data field.

DI000637 Content color ID

  • For content form = 1-4:
    • Specification of the content color or of the content pattern.
  • For font symbols (Symbol type = 0)
    • Specification of the font color.

Note

  • @: content will not dominate anything else = transparent content

DI002029 Content color

Preview field to the eponymous Content color data field.

DI001751 Content form factor

Specification of the angle in degrees: The lines which form the pattern are arranged in this angle.

Values

  • Content form = 2 (line):
    • 0: Horizontal lines
    • 45: Diagonal lines from the bottom left to the top right
    • 90: Vertical lines
    • 135: Diagonal lines from the bottom right to the top left
  • Content form = 3 (rhomb):
    • 0: Right-angled rhombs (diamonds)
    • 45: Pointed rhombs

DI001957 Content pattern

The pattern of strokes with which the content is drawn is specified here.

Values

  • 0: pulled through
  • 1: dashed
  • 2: dotted
  • 3: dash dot dash dot
  • 4: dash dot dot dash dot dot
  • 5: invisible

Note

  • The visible patterns only work for a width of 1 pixel, see Margin pattern.

DI001739 Content thickness

Thickness of the line which marks the content, specified in tenths of a millimeter.

Values

  • Value 2 for a tree structure: +/-

DI001742 Content form

Values

  • 0: none (only background color is displayed)
  • 1: completely filled (only content color is displayed)
  • 2: Line (hatched)
  • 3: Rhomb
  • 4: Dots

Note

  • For font symbols (symbol type 0), the background color becomes visible if 0 (= no mask) is set as a value.

DI041306 Release

DI000159 Internal spacing

Further subdivides the geometric form of a symbol.

Values

  • The spacing is specified in 1/10mm.
  • Special values
    • -1: If it is larger than the bar width (2 x symbol height), at least 2 sub-symbols are drawn at the beginning and at the end. If this is what you want, enter -1.
    • -2: Is, e.g., used for milestones. The symbol is displayed in the middle of the start and end date.

Examples

  • For triangles which, placed side by side, form a bar:
    • Here, the gap between individual triangles is specified.
  • For continuous bars:
    • Here, 0 is specified.

DI000867 Content density

Thickness of the object content: Spacing between the dashes which mark the content, specified in tenths of a millimeter.

DI023202 Button mouseover symbol

ID of the symbol which is to be displayed upon mouseover.

DI001956 Related application

Specification of a reaction which is triggered when double-clicking on the symbol.

Values

  • PLANTA module (launch of a module in the PLANTA user menu)

DI000654 Start height

Spacing between the top point of the symbol from the top margin of the screen line, specified in tenths of a millimeter. For area frame symbols, this is the outer frame width.

DI027408 Fixed shading width

DI027407 Scale shading Symb.

DI023326 Hand mouse cursor

When activated, the cursor is displayed as a hand upon mouseover

DI000640 Changed on

When a record is modified, the modification date is automatically entered here.

DI000645 Changed by

When a record is modified, the ID (code) of the logged-on user is automatically entered in this field.

DI025506 red

DI025507 green

DI025508 blue

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