Axis labels for Visual C++

[User (Legacy)]

I am unable to find any documentation on how to use the axis format function

in Visual C++. I would like to format the axis to show a date followed by

the time, using my own format. But in Visual C++, the variable is a VARIANT

and I would like to know how to use a variant to supply a STRING with my

formating.

I've tried using the following code

VARIANT v;

V_VT(&v) = VT_BSTR;

V_ v.bstrVal = BSTR("DM-d-yy");

m_pGraphDlg->m_ctrlCFX.GetAxis().GetItem(AXIS_X).SetFormat(v);

but it simply ignores any type of formating I give it.

Thanks for any help

Paulo Sebasti

[Software FX]

Is this an X/Y chart ? are labels being assigned to the X-Axis ?

Like with any string passed to an ActiveX component, it needs to be a OLE

String. Casting yours to BSTR is not enough, you need to convert your string

into a BSRT as follows:

VARIANT v;

V_VT(&v) = VT_BSTR;

V_BSTR(&v) = SysAllocString(L"DM-d-yy");

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FP

Software FX, Inc.

[User (Legacy)]

Thanks. It worked, but now I am having problems creating a newline.

I want to have the labels as date"newline"time. This works if I set the

label myself, but if I try to set the format as

V_VT(&v) = VT_BSTR;

V_BSTR(&v) = SysAllocString(L"XMM-dd-yyyy\n\rHH:mm");

It shows my the date, followed by two strange characters, followed by the

time. Does the automatic formating support multi-line labels ?

Thanks in advance

Paulo Sebasti

[Software FX]

By default the axis-labels are single-line. Use the Style property, in

particular, turn OFF the AS_SINGLELINE flag to allow for multi-line labels.

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FP

Software FX, Inc.