SetTraceAttributeEx
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SetTraceAttributeEx
int SetTraceAttributeEx (int panelHandle, int controlID, int traceNumber, int traceAttribute, ...);
Purpose
Sets the value of a strip chart trace attribute.
You must use SetTraceAttributeEx to set the following attributes:
Supported Controls
You can use SetTraceAttributeEx with strip chart controls.
Parameters
| Input | ||
| Name | Type | Description |
| panelHandle | int | Specifier for a particular panel that is currently in memory. You can obtain this handle from functions such as LoadPanel and NewPanel. |
| controlID | int | The defined constant, located in the .uir header file, that you assigned to the control in the User Interface Editor, or the ID returned by functions such as NewCtrl and DuplicateCtrl. |
| traceNumber | int | Identifies a strip chart trace. traceNumber can be from 1 to the number of defined strip chart traces. You can set the number of strip chart traces in the User Interface Editor or through SetCtrlAttribute. |
| traceAttribute | int | The strip chart trace attribute value to set. In the function panel, when you click the control or press <Enter>, <Spacebar>, or <Ctrl-down arrow>, a dialog box appears containing a hierarchical list of the available attributes. Attributes whose values cannot be obtained are dimmed. Help text is shown for each attribute. To select an attribute, double-click it or select it and then press <Enter>. If the attribute shown in this ring control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by moving to the Attribute Value control and pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants. |
| attributeValue | ... | The value to which to set the trace attribute. If the attribute shown in this ring control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants. |
Return Value
| Name | Type | Description |
| status | int | Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred. |
Additional Information
Library: User Interface Library
Include file: userint.h
LabWindows/CVI compatibility: LabWindows/CVI 8.5 and later