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Basic conditional shape manipulation actions

In some shape data fields, especially fields that display the current value of a parameter, property or session variable, you can specify conditional shape manipulation actions. These allow you to have a shape shown, hidden, flipped, rotated or colored based on the current value of the parameter, property or session variable to which that shape is linked.

Note
  • To also apply conditional shape manipulation actions on other linked shapes, e.g. shapes linked to Automation scripts, or to combine multiple conditions, see Extended conditional shape manipulation actions.
  • For an example, see Ziine > Visual Overview Design Examples view > [misc > MANIPULATION] page.

Action overview

  • Show;condition

    The shape will be shown if the condition is TRUE.

  • Hide;condition

    The shape will be hidden if the condition is TRUE.

  • FlipX;condition

    The shape will be flipped around its X axis if the condition is TRUE.

  • FlipY;condition

    The shape will be flipped around its Y axis if the condition is TRUE.

  • Rotate;condition,degrees

    The shape will be rotated a number of degrees (clockwise) if the condition is TRUE.

  • Blink;condition

    The shape will blink if the condition is TRUE.

  • LineColor;condition,color

    The line color of the shape (or the connection) will be set to the specified color if the condition is TRUE. Colors can be specified either as predefined names (see link below) or as hexadecimal RGB values ("#rgb", "#rrggbb", "#aarrggbb"). https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/aa358802(v=vs.71)

  • FillColor;condition,color

    The fill color of the shape will be set to the specified color if the condition is TRUE. Colors can be specified either as predefined names (see link below) or as hexadecimal RGB values ("#rgb", "#rrggbb", "#aarrggbb"). https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/aa358802(v=vs.71)

Note

It is not possible to use wildcards in the condition, but you can use regular expressions.

Condition operators

The condition section of the action can contain the following operators:

Operator Description
= equal to
== equal to
>= greater than or equal to
> greater than
<= less than or equal to
< less than
!= not equal to
Note

String values can only be compared using "=" or "!=".

Combining actions and conditions

Actions can be combined using pipe characters ("|").

  • Example:

    FlipX;<10|Rotate;=10,90|FlipY;>10

Within one type of action, multiple conditions can be separated by semicolons (";").

  • Examples

    34|Rotate;Auto,180;Int,90;Auxif,270
176|LineColor;=9,Pink;=15,AliceBlue|FillColor;=9,AliceBlue;=15,Pink

If you combine unconditional actions, separate them by semicolons (";"), but make sure to repeat the action.

  • Example:

    Show;=Available;Show;=Failed
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