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

[#1]

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

[#2 · Accepted solution]

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" );

[#3]

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);

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

current report()<<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

[#4]

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.

[#5]

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

[#6]

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" );

[#7]

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