LabTalk Improvements

LabTalk Callable OC function to Execute an Operation

Click on the recalculate lock and select Show Info from the context menu to get the "operation_uid", then run execute_operation function.

execute_operation(operation_uid);

Improve LabTalk "type -gb" command for text file output

(ORG-8306)

type -gb [[e][f][r/n]] fileName;

Option	Description
e	Output to new empty file, if not specified then text is appended. Will erase existing one.
f	Output to file only, no output to script window.
n	Output LF for end-of-line.
r	Output CR for end-of-line.
Neither n nor r specified	Output CRLF for end-of-line.

New line is \r\n by default, n = use \n as new line, r = use \r as new line.

Better error checking in LabTalk function (ORG-9155 )

In an OGS file, add the following script, and then run the main section, the error message will go to Message Log.

[Main]
Function int aa(int nn)
{
	ty "inside function";
	sdf;//error
	return 1;
}

int nErr = aa(0);
ty "after function";

Labtalk Function to Generate Patterned Data

(ORG-7900)

To generate numeric data:

col(A)=pattern(1,10,2,2,3); // from, to, inc, value repeat count, sequence repeat count

To generate string data:

stringarray sa;
sa.Add("NY");
sa.Add("MA");
col(B)=pattern(sa, 2, 3); // string sources, value repeat count, sequence repeat count
//can also allow quoted string separated by pipe, comma, or space
col(B)=pattern("NY|MA", 2, 3);
col(B)=pattern("NY,MA", 2, 3);
col(B)=pattern("NY MA", 2, 3);

To generate pattern data based on a column:

col(B)=pattern(col(c), 2, 3); //data source, value repeat count, sequence repeat count
col(B)=uniform(30, col(A)); //randomly choose 30 elements from col(A) to fill col(B)

Range Notation Improvements

Support Variables for Row Subrange Notation:

int a = 1;
int b = 12;
range rr=col(1)[a:b];

Support Range Declaration for Local Loose Dataset:

dataset ds1,ds2; 
range rngld1=[??]!ds1;
range rngld2=[??]!ds2[10:15];  
range aa=1!1, bb=2[10:15];  //Given col(a)&col(b) is filled with row numbers: 
rngld1=aa;
rngld2=bb;

preserve double quotes:

range r1 = 1!; //First sheet in the activated workbook
range r2 = "1!"; //Column with long name "1!"

New Added System Variables

Function Area	Name	Value	Description
Smart Labeling	@SLD	0/1	globally enable smart labeling of data label
	@SLDF	[0.0, 1.0]	favor count factor, missing value means auto
	@SLDL	0/1	look ahead, off/zero by default
	@SLDM		measure constant variant, missing value means auto
	@SLDR		ray number, -1 means auto
	@SLDG		Smart Labeling reposition gap