In the C1Gauge Tasks menu you can quickly and easily add, edit, load, and save gauges.

To access the C1Gauge Tasks menu, click on the smart tag () in the upper right corner of the control. This will open the C1Gauge Tasks menu which appears like the following:

The C1Gauge Tasks menu operates as follows:

• Add New Gauge

  Selecting the Add New Gauge option opens the New Gauge Gallery when you can choose a new gauge to add to the C1Gauge container control. You can also choose a template and set some options for the new gauge. For more information, see the New Gauge Gallery topic.

• Edit Face Shapes

  Selecting the Edit Face Shapes option opens the C1Gauge.FaceShapes Collection Editor where you can add and remove items in the FaceShapes collection, and customize properties on each item in the collection. For more information, see the FaceShapes Collection Editor topic.

• Edit Cover Shapes

  Selecting the Edit Cover Shapes option opens the C1Gauge.CoverShapes Collection Editor where you can add and remove items in the CoverShapes collection, and customize properties on each item in the collection. For more information, see the CoverShapes Collection Editor topic.

• Edit Gauges

  Selecting the Edit Gauges option opens the C1Gauge.Gauges Collection Editor where you can add and remove members in the Gauges collection, and customize properties on each gauge in the collection. For more information, see the Gauges Collection Editor topic.

• Load From Template

  Selecting the Load From Template option opens the Load C1Gauge From Template dialog box where you can choose a new built-in or custom template to customize the appearance of the gauge. See Loading a C1Gauge from a Template for more information.

• Save To XML File

  Selecting the Save to XML File option opens the Save C1Gauge To XML File dialog box where you can select a location to save the gauge template. For more information, see the Saving a C1Gauge to an XML File topic.

• Load Appearance

  Selecting the Load Appearance option opens the Load C1Gauge View From XML File dialog box where you can select an XML file to load. See Loading a C1Gauge View from an XML File for more information.

• Save Appearance

  Selecting the Save Appearance option opens the Save C1Gauge View To XML File dialog box where you can save the current gauge's appearance as an XML file. For more information, see the Saving a C1Gauge View to an XML File topic.

• Clear & Reset

  Clicking Clear & Reset clears the C1Gauge control and resets its properties to the default values.

• About C1Gauge

  Selecting the About C1Gauge option opens the Save About C1Gauge dialog box which is helpful in finding the build number of the control.