PLOTTI Process

Note: This legacy plotting process is no longer supported or developed. It is included here for legacy macro support only. For interactive plot creation and editing functions, with template and automation support, consider the Plots window tools.

To access this process:

Enter "PLOTTI" into the Command Line and press ENTER.
Display the Find Command screen, locate PLOTTI and click Run.

See this process in the Command Table.

Introduction

Generate a plot file containing a plot title.

How to use

The title block is placed centrally above the data area. Up to 80 plottable characters may be entered; the actual number depends on the width of the data area and the character size chosen. The characters are placed centrally in the title box, which also includes a Datamine title at the left of the box, and above the user-supplied title.

Title plot files may be APPENDed to any other files. Because no data input file is required, it is usual to use the plot file written out by a previous plot process as the prototype for the PLOTTI process. This removes the need to specify scaling parameters. However, if a null plot prototype is used (without scaling information in it) the parameters may be supplied in the normal way.

Input Files

Name	Description	I/O Status	Required	Type
PROTO	Plot prototype file. Must contain the fields X, Y, S1, S2 and CODE (numeric, explicit) and XMIN, XMAX, YMIN, YMAX, XSCALE, YSCALE (numeric, implicit). If these last 6 values set in PROTO , then corresponding parameters need not be set.	Input	Yes	Plot Prototype

Output Files

Name	I/O Status	Required	Type	Description
PLOT	Output	Yes	Plot	Output plot file.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required	Default	Range	Values
CHARSIZE	Character size in millimetres (3).	No	3	Undefined	Undefined
ASPRATIO	Aspect ratio, width / ht. for chars (0.9).	No	0.9	Undefined	Undefined
	Colour [as 'pen' number] for plot (1).	No	1	Undefined	Undefined
APPEND	Plot append flag. If set to 1 then the new plot will be appended to the PLOT file, if it exists and is a valid plot file (0).	No	0	0,1	0,1
XMIN	Minimum value of X for plot. None of XMIN, XMAX, YMIN, YMAX, XSCALE, YSCALE need be set if this information is already in the prototype.	No	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined
XMAX	Maximum value of X for plot.	No	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined
YMIN	Minimum value of Y for plot.	No	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined
YMAX	Maximum value of Y for plot.	No	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined
XSCALE	X scale in user data units per millimetre.	No	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined
YSCALE	Y scale in user data units per millimetre.	No	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined

Example

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!PLOTTI   &PROTO(AUHSPLOT),&PLOT(TITLPLOT),@CHARSIZE=2.5

PLEASE SUPPLY UP TO 65 CHARS TEXT FOR TITLE

>>>>Histogram of Au values<return>

Error and Warning Messages

Message

Description

>>> CANNOT APPEND TO NON-EXISTENT OUTPUT FILE.

>>> A NEW OUTPUT FILE WILL BE CREATED

The @APPEND parameter has been set to 1, but the specified plot file does not exist. A new file will be created to contain the new plot being produced.

>>> ERROR - CANNOT APPEND TO PLOT FILE AS IT DOES

>>> NOT CONTAIN ALL THE REQUIRED FIELDS.

>>> THE PLOT FILE WILL BE OVERWRITTEN.

The @APPEND parameter has been set to 1, the specified plot file exists but is invalid. The existing plot file will be overwritten by the new plot being produced.

>>> FATAL ERROR, BAD SCALE/RANGE COMBINATION(S) <<<

>>> XMIN, XMAX = nnnnnnnnnn.nn nnnnnnnnn.nn

>>> YMIN, YMAX = nnnnnnnnnn.nn nnnnnnnnn.nn

>>> XSCALE, YSCALE = nnnnnnnnnn.nn nnnnnnnnn.nn

Either insufficient scale information had been entered (at least two of XMIN, XMAX, XSCALE or Y equivalents must be entered either from the prototype of from parameters) or the combination given of XMIN, XMAX, and XSCALE (or their Y equivalents) was impossible. Often caused by entering a null plot prototype and no parameters. Fatal; the process is exited.