Passing a Discrete Value to a Symbol Factory Standard Control
to control Discrete Animation

1. Place an instance of the Symbol Factory Standard Control on your form and pick an image you would like to animate

2. Right click on the control and bring up the Symbol Factory Standard Control property sheet

3. Select the animation tab

4. Select "1 - Discrete Color Fill" for the AnimationMode property

5. Select the number of bands of discrete animation you wish to have (1 to 5)

6. Set the Style of Animation and Color for each band

7. Click on the Apply button

8. Pass the values that you want to control the bands of discrete animation to the control using the following syntax:

SFStandard1.DiscreteValue1 = True or False

Through

SFStandard1.DiscreteValue5 = True or False

Example:

SFStandard1.DiscreteValue1 = True

Or

SFStandard1.DiscreteValue1 = blnUserVariable

Note: If more than one band is chosen and more than one of the DiscreteValueX (x = 1 to 5) properties is set to true, the control sets the highest priority to the setting of DiscreteValue1 and works its way down. 

Example:

Symbol Factory Control Setup as shown below:

The following table describes how the control will appear based on a variety of combinations of the DiscreteValue1 through DiscreteValue3 properties:

DiscreteValue1	DiscreteValue2	DiscreteValue3	Appearance of the Control
True	False	False	Red and Grey Blink Shaded (Band 1)
False	True	False	Yellow Shaded (Band 2)
False	False	True	Green Shaded (Band 3)
True	True	False	Red and Grey Blink Shaded (Band 1 takes priority over 2)
True	True	True	Red and Grey Blink Shaded (Band 1 takes priority over 2 and 3)
False	True	True	Yellow Shaded (Band 2 takes priority over band 3)

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