In the C1LinearGauge and C1RadialGauge context menus you can quickly and easily edit, load, and save gauges.

To access the C1LinearGauge and C1RadialGauge context menu, right-click the C1LinearGauge or C1RadialGauge component. The C1LinearGauge and C1RadialGauge context menus operate as follows:

• Launch Item Editor

  Clicking Launch Item Editor opens the selected item’s properties dialog box where you can specify properties for the control, decorator, pointer, and so on.

• Edit Face Shapes

  Selecting the Edit Face Shapes option opens the C1Gauge.FaceShapes Collection Editor where you can add and remove items in the FaceShapes collection, and customize properties on each item in the collection. For more information, see the FaceShapes Collection Editor topic.

• Edit Cover Shapes

  Selecting the Edit Cover Shapes option opens the C1Gauge.CoverShapes Collection Editor where you can add and remove items in the CoverShapes collection, and customize properties on each item in the collection. For more information, see the CoverShapes Collection Editor topic.

• Edit Decorators

  Selecting the Edit Decorators option opens the C1RadialGauge.Decorators Collection Editor or C1LinearGauge.Decorators Collection Editor where you can add and remove labels, ranges, and marks in the Decorators collection, and customize properties on each item in the collection. For more information, see the Decorators Collection Editor topic.

• Edit Pointers

  Selecting the Edit Pointers option opens MorePointers Collection Editor where you can add, remove, and edit pointers in the MorePointers collection. For more information, see the MorePointers Collection Editor topic.

• Load From Template

  Selecting the Load From Template option opens the Load C1Gauge From Template dialog box where you can choose a new built-in or custom template to customize the appearance of the gauge.

• Save To XML File

  Selecting the Save to XML File option opens the Save C1Gauge To XML File dialog box where you can select a location to save the gauge template.

• Load Appearance

  Selecting the Load Appearance option opens the Load C1Gauge View From XML File dialog box where you can select an XML file to load.

• Save Appearance

  Selecting the Save Appearance option opens the Save C1Gauge View To XML File dialog box where you can save the current gauge's appearance as an XML file.