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Chapter 2, Advanced Origin
In addition to reading this property value, you can also directly change
the property value in the Script window. To move the right edge of the
bottom X axis title to X=5, type the following in the Script window:
xb.x=5 (ENTER)
The right edge of the bottom X axis title is now aligned with the line
X=5.
The text that displays in the bottom X axis title is controlled by the xb
object's text$ string property. The following script assigns the current
string constant of the text$ property to a string variable, displays this
string constant in an Attention dialog box, and then assigns a new string
constant to the text$ property (which displays in the bottom X axis title).
To run this script from the Script window, type in each line of code
including the semicolon at the end of each line. Then highlight the three
lines of code and press ENTER.
%A=xb.text$;
type "The object's text is %A";
xb.text$=New Text Here!;
In general, any option that can be controlled in the Origin window
object’s associated dialog box can also be set using the appropriate
LabTalk object property. For attributes that are controlled from a
combination box or drop-down list value in a dialog box, you can usually
set the object property to the associated entry number in the dialog box
list.
Object Methods
Objects can also perform actions including running their script, redrawing themselves, or simulating a click on themselves. Since these
actions are directly linked for a particular object, the actions are referred
to as object methods.
When using object methods
in your scripts, make sure
you don't include a space
between the method name
and the opening
parenthesis.
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Object methods use the following syntax:
ObjectName.MethodName(Argument1, ... , Argumentn);
Some object methods take no arguments. Thus, nothing appears within
the parentheses. However, even when the method has no arguments, the
parentheses must still be included. The parentheses indicate that
MethodName is a method of the ObjectName object - not a property.