setAnnotations

Syntax

<Path>.setAnnotations(AnnotationsToSet:table)

The method setAnnotations sets the table Annotations.

By entering the following information into the table, you can add additional lines and text to the Chart:

• Type

  Enter 0 for displaying a vertical line or enter 1 for a displaying a horizontal line. Enter 2 or 3 for labeling the x-axis or the y-axis. Enter 4 for any text.

• Value

  Enter the value where the Chart displays the line in the Chart window. For a vertical line this is the x-value, for a horizontal line this is the y-value.

• From

  Enter the starting point of the line here. If you do not enter a value, the Chart extends an existing line. This way you can not only create horizontal and vertical lines but also diagonal lines.

• To

  Enter the end point of the line here. If you do not enter a value in the cells From and To, the Chart draws the line from the left to right, or from the top to the bottom of the display window.

• Color

  Enter the number of the color of the line here. Define colors on the Tab Color.

• Style

  For lines, Type 0 or 1, you can enter the line style. For text, Type 4, you can enter the marker style.

  Value	Conveyor style	Marker style
  Example: 0	a thin solid line	text only without a marker
  Example: 1	a dashed line	a plus sign
  Example: 2	a dotted line	a cross
  Example: 3	a dash-dot line	a circle
  Example: 4	a dash-dot-dot line	a filled circle
  Example: 5	a medium thin solid line	a square
  Example: 6	a thick solid line	a filled square
  Example: 7	a grid tick	a diamond
  Example: 8	a grid line	a filled diamond
  Example: 10	a medium thick solid line	…
  Example: 11	an extra thick solid line	…

• Text

  Enter any text that describes the line here. You can optionally enter the following two-character prefix codes, consisting of the pipe symbol and a letter. These control at which position in the graph the text will be positioned:

  Prefix	Position
  |l	left inside edge of the graph
  |L	left outside edge of the graph
  |r	right inside edge of the graph
  |R	right outside edge of the graph
  |c	centered inside of the graph

Data Type of the Value You Can Assign

You can assign a value of data type table.

Example

MyChart.Annotations := setAnnotations(myAnnotationTable)

Related Topics

Annotations

getAnnotations