Re: Is there a simple X-Y plot example?

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• Subject: Re: Is there a simple X-Y plot example?
• From: Bill Hibbard <hibbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 05:58:23 -0600

Hi Charles,

> I want to plot X-Y pairs in a SpreadSheet cell, along with
> the axes and scales. After reviewing the Visad documenation
> and tutorials carefully, I decided that the best way to
> understand how to accomplish things with Visad was to study
> the example programs. Trouble is, all the examples
> produce a drawn object that seems to want to be rotated
> or otherwise manipulated by the mouse in that it 1) doesn't
> fill the container into which it is drawn

You can make the plot fill the container by scaling the
matrix in ProjectionControl. Something like:

  DisplayRenderer dr = display.getDisplayRenderer();
  MouseBehavior mb = dr.getMouseBehavior();
  ProjectionControl pc = display.getProjectionControl()
  double[] matrix = pc.getMatrix();
  double scale = ... // amount to scale by
  double[] t = mb.make_matrix(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, scale, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  t = mb.multiply_matrix(t, matrix);
  pc.setMatrix(t);

> and 2) can be moved
> around in that space. Neither of these attributes is
> needed or desirable for an ordinary X-Y plot.

You can disable mouse control over the display by extending
MouseBehaviorJ3D or MouseBehaviorJ2D and overriding the
processStimulus() method to do nothing:

  public void processStimulus(Enumeration criteria) {
    // do nothing
  }

See:

  http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/visad-list/2255

for how to construct a DisplayImpl that uses your extension
of MouseBehaviorJ3D or MouseBehaviorJ2D.

If you want to do this in a SpreadSheet cell, extend
FancySSCell and override the constructDisplay() method
(implemented in BasicSSCell, the parent of FancySSCell).

Good luck,
Bill
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• References:
  • Is there a simple X-Y plot example?
    • From: Charles Packer