How to get rid of unnecessary "Variability Gauge" OutlineBox in Variability Chart?

miguello — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:00:10 GMT

All,

Need help with Display Boxes today.

I'm forming a report that I will later save in PPTX for the customer.

Since I want to group several plots on one slide I form an OutlineBox with the text that I want to be the header on the slide and then place a picture of the plots I need into that Outline Box. In parallel, I also display that in a separate window.

Here's the example script:

dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );

vc = Variability Chart(
	Y( :height, weight ),
	X( :sex ),
	Connect Cell Means( 1 ),
	Std Dev Chart( 0 ),
	Points Jittered( 1 )
);

lb = Lineup Box( N Col( 2 ) );
	For Each( {rvc, index}, vc << Report, 
		lb << Append( rvc  );
);
vc << Close Window;

nw = New Window( "Variability Report", Show Menu( 0 ), Show Toolbars( 0 ), lb );
rw = New Window( "To Save PPTX", Show Menu( 0 ), Show Toolbars( 0 ), Outline Box("Heading for PPTX", lb << Get Picture));

Here nw is the window that I see, and rw is the window with pictures that will get exported to PPTX.

Now, when I do variability plots, I have them wrapped in this outline box that just says "Variability Gauge". You see that both windows have it. How do I get rid of it?

I tried to extract the inner Outline Box like this:

lb2 = Lineup Box( N Col( 2 ) );
	For Each( {rvc, index}, vc << Report, 
		subrvc = rvc << XPath("/OutlineBox/OutlineBox");
		lb2 << Append( subrvc  );
);

rw2 = New Window( "To Save PPTX", Show Menu( 0 ), Show Toolbars( 0 ), Outline Box("Heading for PPTX", lb2 << Get Picture));

but I cannot append subrvc (the inner outline box) to my LineUp Box:

Not a display in access or evaluation of 'Append' , Append( subrvc ) /*###*/

Any way to get rid of that outline box? Maybe wrap my plot in something that IS a display, but is essentially invisible? I tried Broder Box but it did not work.

Thanks,

Re: How to get rid of unnecessary "Variability Gauge" OutlineBox in Variability Chart?

miguello — Fri, 27 May 2022 19:53:01 GMT

Hmmm... As usual, as soon as I post the question, I find the answer. Or at least looks like this should work:

subrvc in the script above is actually not a DisplayBox[OutlineBox], it's an array of them with only one element.

So all I need to do is change script like this:

lb2 = Lineup Box( N Col( 2 ) );
	For Each( {rvc, index}, vc << Report, 
		subrvc = rvc << XPath("/OutlineBox/OutlineBox");
		lb2 << Append( subrvc[1]/*THIS HERE!*/  );
);

rw2 = New Window( "To Save PPTX", Show Menu( 0 ), Show Toolbars( 0 ), Outline Box("Heading for PPTX", lb2 << Get Picture));

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