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Using JMP Built-In Dialogs with JSL

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:38:42 GMT

Hi,

I have written a rather substantial script to do some analysis which creates several data tables along the way. I'd like to be able to include some things to make this script a little more easy for someone other than me to use, such as a button to allow them to save a particular table without them having to figure out which of the 6 open tables it is.

The problem is I'm not sure how to get to a Save As dialog (which is what usually opens when you click Save on a table you've never saved before). Using something like dt = Open() creates an open file dialog, but using dt << save() doesn't open a dialog. The pick file dialog is similar, but it doesn't let you specify a new filename.

Does anyone know how to access that dialog via JSL?

Thanks!

Re: Using JMP Built-In Dialogs with JSL

mattf — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:54:37 GMT

Hi:

On windoze, JMP >= 8.01, the brute-force method below will invoke the File, SaveAs dialog:

Re: Using JMP Built-In Dialogs with JSL

laural — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:24:42 GMT

Do you need the user to specify the new name or the directory or both? If it is just the name, you can easily write your own dialog to capture it and then insert it into the save command. The directory location may be a little trickier. I haven't used the pick directory command in JMP, but this sounds like a good place to use it.

Re: Using JMP Built-In Dialogs with JSL

gh — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:35:54 GMT

wouldn't the following do the same?

dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
main menu("Save As")

Re: Using JMP Built-In Dialogs with JSL

mattf — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:01:11 GMT

Indeed!

Re: Using JMP Built-In Dialogs with JSL

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:50:50 GMT

That's exactly what I was looking for!

Though to get it to work for a table that's already open, I had to use dt << Bring Window to Front to get it to work on the right window.

Thanks everyone!