How to change width of digital gauge segments

Hi David,

Check out the Digital Gauge Characters QuickStart in the Sample Browser.  That shows you the various properties you can modify, such as the character height and then the character width ratio.  With those, you can adjust the sizing however you need.

Hi,

Thanks for your kind reply. I was aware of those properties and the way they affect the characters's aspect ratio, but unless I'm missing something, they do not seem to allow us do what we need, namely, to vary the segments width without changing the character's aspect ratio.

To be more specific, I need the aspect ratio to be exactly 0.5 but with wider (thicker) segments. If I change the character's height/width, the segment's widths scale as well, and they end up being as thin as they were (in proportion to character size) before the change. It seems that the segment width is fixed and equal to a percentage of the character's overall width or height (or a function of the latter two). So my question is about the possibility of changing that percentage. Do you think that can be done the control's accessible properties?

Best Regards,

David

Hi David,

Thank you for the explanation.  I looked at the code and right now for the 7/14 normal segment digits, the thickness = height / 21.  There aren't any public properties that allow you to alter that ratio at this time.  We will add a new CharacterSegmentThickness property for you in the next version so that it will be configurable.  It will default to doing our current logic, but you'll be able to set a specific thickness with the new property.

Hi,

Great! Thank you for your diligent response and your willingness to udpate your code in terms of our request. I look forward to the new version, which I'm sure will make your gauges more flexible and even better looking.
Best Regards,
David