Script to check if a table or analysis is active

Question

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if there is a way to tell if you are working on a data table or working on an analysis window.  I'd like to have an if statement so that if you are in a data table the script will do one thing, and if you are in an analysis window the script will do something else.

Thanks for any ideas!

Steve

jthi · Accepted Answer

You should be able to check which window is active with Current Window() <<Get Window Title and use that with Try-structure with Datatable(reference) << get name (or N Rows(Datatable(reference) for example.

Example:

Names Default To Here(1);Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Consumer Preferences.jmp");wait(2);curWindow = current window() << Get Window Title; //get window title to curWindow variable//use Try to check if curWindow is datatable with << Get name or N RowsTry(	//Show(N Rows(Datatable(curWindow))),	Write(Datatable(curWindow) << Get Name || " --- this is datatable\!N"), //datatable	Write(curWindow || " --- this is not datatable\!N"); //not datatable);wait(1);//create "analysis" which should became activenw = New Window("Consumer Preferences",	Graph Builder(		Size(495, 450),		Show Control Panel(0),		Variables(X(:Single Status)),		Elements(Points(X, Legend(2)))	););wait(1);//repeat test used earliercurWindow = current window() << Get Window Title;Try(	Write(Datatable(curWindow) << Get Name || " --- this is datatable"), //datatable	Write(curWindow || " --- this is not datatable"); //not datatable);