datetime axis and XY-Plots

[User (Legacy)]

I have a problem with XY-Plots:

1) I define the X-axis format as af_datetime, but the step that is

automatically generated is not date/time orientated and the default labels

are f.e. 10:42:47 and then 10:51:17 and then 11:01:37 and not 10:40 10:50

11:00 as expected.

I solve this problem by correcting the step after setting the X- and

Y-Values of the points. But how can I detect that the user had zoomed in and

I have to calculate a new step?

2) If the user select the "bar" in the gallery, the labels change to a

date/time outside the selected min/max. When "bar" is not allowed for

XY-Plots, why can the user select it from gallery? I think i cannot use the

Legend property or the label property to set the labels for the x-axis,

because all series have different points on the x axis.

[Software FX]

> 1) I define the X-axis format as af_datetime, but the step that is

> automatically generated is not date/time orientated and the default labels

> are f.e. 10:42:47 and then 10:51:17 and then 11:01:37 and not 10:40 10:50

> 11:00 as expected.

An improved date-time handling is in the works for the next version and

includes features such as this.

> But how can I detect that the user had zoomed in and

> I have to calculate a new step?

You can capture the MouseUp event and Check the Zoom property. Then use

GetScrollView (Axis object) to determine the viewable range.

> When "bar" is not allowed for

> XY-Plots, why can the user select it from gallery? I think i cannot use

the

> Legend property or the label property to set the labels for the x-axis,

> because all series have different points on the x axis.

Bar IGNORES X-Values, but you can still switch to bars from an X/Y chart.

If in your particular case this does not make sense, you can customize the

Gallery command to eliminate the Bar and other Galleries from it. Fro more

information on Customizing commands check the following topic in the docs:

"Programmer's guide - Tool Customization - Working with SubCommands"

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FP

Software FX, Inc.