Dial (Pot)

Pot View Pot View

The Pot View provides a mouse-adjustable dial for editing channel and option values.  Additionally it is possible to add scripting to the control in order to provide more complex control of values.

A channel or option may be selected using the box underneath the dial.  If the selected object is a map modifier then the program button will be visible.  Clicking on the button will perform the same action that the virtual pot box program button does by applying the adjustment to the current map site and resetting the channel to zero.

The label, object selector and program button visibility may be overridden by setting the appropriate Properties Window. Additionally the text of the label may be set via the 'Label' property.  If the property is left blank then it will be set to the name of the selected object unless a script is specified.

If a script is specified for the control then the object selector will be disabled since the script is mutually exclusive.  To disable the script, see the 'Enable Script' property.

If the script defines a function called 'onProgramButton' then the program button will be visible and call that script function when clicked.

Scripts may define the following functions:

  • onGetMin(): Allows the minimum value for the pot control to be specified.
  • onGetMax(): Allows the maximum value for the pot control to be specified.
  • onGetValue(): Should return the current value of the pot control.
  • onSetValue(value): Will be called when the value of the pot control has been adjusted by the user or implicitly.
  • onProgramButton(): Will be called if the program button is clicked by the user.

View Properties

Properties editable via the properties editor.

PropertyScript IDDescription
Title title The title of the window.
Script ID id The scripting ID of the window. Can be used as an alternative to the title for searching for windows from scripts.
Tool Tip tooltip Window tool tip.
Show Label show_label Show/hide the label
Show Value show_value Show/hide the value
Show Selector show_selector Show/hide the object selector
Show Program Button show_pgm_button Show/hide the program button for modifier channels.
Label user_label Overrides the default label
Value value Sets the value.
Use Extended Limits use_extended_limits Allow values to be set for extended limits.
Show Extended Limits show_extended_limits Display extended limit range(s).
Use Custom Limits use_custom_limits Use custom minimum / maximum for this control only.
Minimum custom_minimum Custom minimum for this control only.
Maximum custom_maximum Custom maximum for this control only.
Script script Edit the button script.
Enable Script enable_script Enable the script (prevents script overriding direct object connection).
Object object Enable the script (prevents script overriding direct object connection).