2.2.4.32.28 OriginObject::GetSelection

GetSelection

1 Description
2 Syntax
3 Parameters
4 Return
5 Examples
6 Remark
7 See Also
8 Header to Include

Description

get current worksheet, matrix or graph layer selection as a DataRange object

Syntax

int GetSelection( DataRange & dr, int * pnMergeCounts = NULL )

Parameters

dr: [output] DataRange that is the combination of all the selection ranges in the active layer
pnMergeCounts: [output] optional argument to receive the number of ranges that have been combined as a result of this call

Return

if success, return window type EXIST_WKS, EXIST_GRAPH etc

Examples

EX1

// to test
// you can select some data in a graph, or a worksheet
void OriginObject_GetSelection_Ex2()
{    
    DataRange dr;
    int nWinType = Project.GetSelection(dr);
    if(nWinType == EXIST_GRAPH)
    {
        Tree tr;
        dr.GetTree(tr, false);
        // number of ranges depends on rule, if we assume the case of data plots, then
        int nNumRanges = dr.GetNumData(DRR_GET_DEPENDENT | DRR_NO_FACTORS);
        out_int("Number of selected dataset = ", nNumRanges);
        out_tree(tr);
    }
    else if(nWinType == EXIST_WKS)
    {
        Tree tr;
        dr.GetTree(tr, false);
        // number of ranges depends on rule, if we assume the case of independent columns
        int nNumRanges = dr.GetNumData(DRR_NO_FACTORS);
        out_int("Number of selected dataset = ", nNumRanges);
        out_tree(tr);
    }
    else
        out_int("Project.GetSelection(dr) returns ", nWinType);
        
}

EX2

// DataRange can be saved into project, but you can destroy it with following code
// first select some data in the graph
// do 
// list rng
// you will see the DataRange objects listed
// run this function
// do list rng again
// you should see those ranges deleted
void OriginObject_GetSelection_Ex3()
{
    GraphLayer gl = Project.ActiveLayer();
    if(!gl)
        return;
    
    DataRange dr;
    int nWinType = Project.GetSelection(dr);
    if(nWinType == EXIST_GRAPH)
    {
        dr.Destroy();
        gl.GetPage().Refresh();
    }
}