Automation Reference - JMP

Application Object Reference for Automating JMP
Automating JMP through Visual Basic
Oneway.Quantiles (True)
'Create the initial analysis output
Oneway.Launch
Oneway.MeansAnovaT (True)
Oneway.MeansStdDev (True)
Oneway.UnequalVariances (True)
Oneway.NormalQuantilePlot (True)
Oneway.SetAlpha (0.05)
Oneway.Save (oscCentered)
Oneway.Save (oscStandardized)
Oneway.CompareMeans occAllPairs, True
Oneway.CompareMeans occEachPair, True
The first step is to create the analysis object, which is done by calling the CreateOneway method of the document
class. Next, X and Y columns are selected, and then Launch is called to create the actual One-way analysis. Each
analysis platform has a distinct creation method, which you can view under the Document object in the object
browser. In many cases, it is possible to specify options before the Launch of the object, so the analysis output uses
the options that are already set. In this example, most option processing is done after the launch of the analysis, which
shows the options popup in the display. As you can see, most methods are a simple setting of options, like you might
do from a menu. SetAlpha takes a parameter, since you do not want to open a window for interaction during
automation. CompareMeans takes two parameters, one for the type of comparison and one for the toggle to indicate
on or off. The Save method takes a predefined constant (viewable in the object browser) that tells the Oneway
analysis what to save.
Most analysis methods work this way, although some like Bivariate produce additional objects when methods are
called. An example is:
Set Fit = Bivar.FitLine
Fit.ConfidenceFit (True)
Fit.ConfidenceIndividual (True)
Here, the FitLine method produces an object of type Fit. This object has methods and properties of its own, which
can be manipulated. Remember, the new object created by FitLine can be manipulated only while its variable is in
scope.
If a method produces an object that can also be automated, the object browser indicates this. For FitLine, the object
browser specifies that the return type is As Fit.
Since this is not a predefined type like short or BSTR, you can probably guess that this is an object. If you look
farther down the object browser, you see Fit as an object type. This confirms that an object is produced, and also
gives you the methods that Fit supports.
Creating and populating a data table
New data tables can be created with the (appropriately named) NewDataTable method of the Application object.
A filename is assigned at creation time. This method returns a column object, which must be retained as long as you
want to add rows. By default, 20 rows are created. The SetCellVal method can be used to populate individual cells,
and AddRows can be used to add rows as needed. Here is an example:
Dim Col As Object
Set DT = JMP.NewDataTable("C:\test.jmp")
Set Col = DT.NewColumn("Col1", dtTypeNumeric, 0, 8)
DT.Visible = True
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