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Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

I scripted a simple 2x2 scorecard (see attached JSL):

 

 

When I saved the journal to PDF and printed it, the display boxes had different widths:

• OutlineBox - 3"
• GraphBox - 2.88"

Is there a way to make the display boxes all the same width (e.g., 3") ?

 

 

Automation and ScriptingContent OrganizationMass CustomizationSharing and Communicating ResultsRe: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

 

I ended up changing the Bar chart widths (from 300 to 308).
The following structure worked the best for me:

VListBox(
  HListBox(
    OutlineBox( "X", TextBox("X",<<SETWIDTH>&nbsp;</SETWIDTH>

 

Re: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBoxDidn't realize it inherited. Awesome.Re: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

Sorry. Please disregard the post above. Now I see the columns don't line up . . .

Re: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

Perhaps I missed something, but maybe you can make rows with 'HListBox()', then use the 'Vertical Alignment(center)' message?

Re: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

@vince_faller, I was thinking of same thing yesterday with using the SpacerBox() to force the DisplayBoxes to be top aligned.

The one improvement I might suggest is to use a LineupBox of 1 column instead of a V List Box so that the width of the items are inherited. See attached.

Re: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

if you put each of those outline boxes in a Vlistbox() with a spacerbox() underneath it.  It will line up.  

 

Re: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

I suspect that JMP is centering each object vertically on the page, hence the apparent misalignment.  I don't know if there's a way to set the object to appear at the top of it's grid.

Re: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

LineupBox did work for my example of a 2x2 grid of 4 charts.

 

However, I get weird results (vertically) when I use LineupBox for a 3x3 grid of assorted 9 charts:

 

 

 

Any suggestions for the attached code (Scorecard2.jsl) ?

Re: Scripting display box widths: OutlineBox & GraphBox

You can use a LineupBox to organize DisplayBoxes in a grid where columns all have the same width. This would be instead of using V and H List Boxes as shown below.

win = New Window( "Customer Service Scorecard",
 Text Box(
  "Customer Service Scorecard",
  <<SETFONTSIZE></SETFONTSIZE>