Products | Versions |
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Spotfire Statistica | 10 and later versions |
Can Statistica Visual Basic macros be recorded for Statistica graphs?
Yes, macro recording enables access, programmatically, to almost every aspect and virtually every detail of the functionality of Statistica. Even the most complex graphs can be recorded into Statistica Visual Basic (SVB) macro programs.
For example, when using a Box-Whiskers to demonstrate:
1.Create a Box-Whiskers plot of the "MEASURE01" variable from the Statistica Example Data Adstudy.sta.
2.Open the Graph Options dialog by double clicking the graph background or by right clicking in the graph background and choosing "Graph options"
3. Select the Record Macro check box at the bottom of the Graph Options dialog.
4.Modify the Color Background in the Graph|Window (You can also change other graph options of interest).
4. Click the "OK" to generate a macro containing the specific changes.
5. Enter the name for the new macro and click "OK".
6. Close all analyses, workbooks and datasets open in Statistica (except the macro). You may optionally choose to save the macro.
7. Open a different dataset (Say Characteristics.sta from Statistica example datasets) and create a histogram (with variable Eye Color)
8. After the graph is created, bring the macro to the front (Open the macro if it was saved and closed in step 6 )
9. In the Macro menu, click "Run Macro" button .
10. After running the macro, the graph style will be changed based on the recorded macro.
DISCLAIMER : If options specific to a specific graph was changed such as the bar color in a histogram, then it is recommended that the macro is run on the same type of graph that it was recorded for.