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How to export multiple windows created by Lineup Box to a single pdf?

Hi,

 

I'm a JMP novice using JMP 16.0.0 on a Mac.  I'm trying to write a script that will open and rearrange .txt files generated by an electroretinography instrument and its software. The files include repeated time series (time and voltage values) in columns, which I stack and plot in JMP 16.0.0 using the Lineup Box feature. Currently I generate two Lineup Box windows (see attachment). In the final step, I'd like to be able to use JSL to export the multigraph windows to a pdf as I can in JMP, but I have been unable to find a way to do this.  Ideally, both windows would be merged in one pdf document.

 

Is there a way to export windows created by Lineup Box in JSL?  Or can someone direct me to a suitable resource for achieving this goal (maybe I need to understand how to use Dashboard to assemble graphs for export)?

 

Thanks for your time!

 

Cheers,

Mark

 

 

Data Blending and CleanupmacOSRe: How to export multiple windows created by Lineup Box to a single pdf?

Hi Mark,

 

Thanks.  Your framework is much more elegant than my kludgy script (which is too embarrassing to share).  I hope to give it a try as it may offer a better approach to accommodate slight changes in the experiment that arise from different instrument settings.

 

Cheers,

Mark

Re: How to export multiple windows created by Lineup Box to a single pdf?

Hi Paul,

 

Although your suggestion to "Throw your whole lineup box in a journal" was initially frightening to a newbie, I cast about the web for syntax, and at the top of the script added a new journal window with:

 

new window(sample||"_ERG", <<JOURNAL></JOURNAL>

and then followed each section of code that created a Lineup Box window with:

current report()<<JOURNAL></JOURNAL>

At the end of the script I adjusted your code to match my window names:

jrn = current journal();
jrn << Set page setup( margins( 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 ), scale( 0.4 ), portrait( 1 ), paper size( "A4" ) );
jrn << Save PDF( sample||"_ERG.pdf" );

 

This worked almost perfectly!  I've attached screenshots (pardon the resolution) of the JSL saved .pdf (first attachment) and of the journal window manually exported as a pdf from JMP (second attachment).  If possible I'd like to scrub the "Graph Builder" control headers from the JSL output (as in the JMP output) and enlarge the plots a bit, but other than that you provided the solution I was looking for.  Thanks very much.

 

Cheers,

Mark

Re: How to export multiple windows created by Lineup Box to a single pdf?

Here is a very rough sketch of the flow. Your own script already has more detail about the plots, but this might help you understand the direction that I was suggesting. JMP windows can be very dynamic.

 

Names Default to Here( 1 );

// open data files

// prepare data table for Graph Builder

// create window
nw = New Window( "Functions",
 vlb = V List Box()
);

// append new content
vlb << Append(
 V List Box(
  Outline Box( "B6-3553m_DAplot",
   Line Up Box( N Col( 4 ),
    // series of Graph Builder platfomrs
   )
  )
 )
);

// append more new content
vlb << Append(
 V List Box(
  Outline Box( "B6-3553m_LAplot",
   Line Up Box( N Col( 4 ),
    // series of Graph Builder platfomrs
   )
  )
 )
);

nw << Save PDF( "path/file" );

Re: How to export multiple windows created by Lineup Box to a single pdf?

Hi Mark,

 

Thanks for your response.  I used separate windows because the each window includes graphs with a different y-axis scale.  But I didn't know about container boxes, which I'll look into.  I don't have access to JMP Pro.

 

Cheers,

Mark

Re: How to export multiple windows created by Lineup Box to a single pdf?

Is there a reason that you use separate windows for each line up box? Could you use one window and partition it using a container box such as an outline box or panel box? You can then save all of them as a single PDF.

 

Do you use JMP Pro? If so, then you should look into the Functional Data Explorer. It is made for data like your data.

Re: How to export multiple windows created by Lineup Box to a single pdf?

Throw your whole linup box in a journal and use this bit of code:

//Define setup information to save in pdf
jrn = current journal();
jrn << Set page setup( margins( 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 ), scale( 0.4 ), portrait( 1 ), paper size( "A4" ) );
jrn << Save PDF( "report.pdf" );