SINGLE Control

SINGLE Control

The SINGLE Type is used on a User Defined Form to create an input field for single precision (32 bit) floating point data

Required Fields

Order

The order in which the controls are read in by the program

Title

The text to be shown on the display

Length

Length of the input field in characters

Optional Fields

Autoclear

The control is automatically cleared when data is saved

DbTitle

Column heading for the output database. (This will default to the Title if this filed is not completed)

Hint

Text for a hint to be displayed when entering data in the control

PostTitle

Additional text to display after the input box.

Required

Forces the user to fill in the input box before the form can be saved

Plot

Data from this form can be plotted if the entered value is non-zero. Note that there are extensive plot options available from the Display / Logger forms menu.

NMEA Input

NMEA_Module

The name of the NMEA module from which data should be harvested

NMEA_String

The name of the NMEA string containing the data

NMEA_Position

The position of the data item in the NMEA string. Strings are comma separated, the 0’the item will be the string name, the 1’st item the one after that, etc.

NMEA data will be converted to a single precision number. If the conversion fails, the control value will be set to null.

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