Scripting Guide - SAS

Chapter 14 Extending JMP 497
OLE Automation
Example Programs
'Now save the new table
Set DTDoc = NewDT.Document
DTDoc.SaveAs("C:\MySubset.jmp")
The JMP\10\Samples\Automation folder contains several example Visual Basic .Net, Visual C# .Net, and
Visual C++ .Net programs that automate features in JMP. The Visual Basic programs require Visual Studio
2005 or later.
The ANALYSIS example program shows simple automation cases for almost all of the JMP platforms. The
example code tests the features of a platform, but it does not pretend to do meaningful statistical analyses.
Its purpose is for teaching automation coding. It is recommended that you make the JMP type library
visible to the VB project. The first section of this document describes this process, which lets you see the
methods and properties exposed by the automation platforms within JMP.
Likewise, the DATATAB example shows how to exercise the methods available for data table automation.
No attempt is made to produce meaningful output.
The TIMPORT program shows the steps necessary to get a text file imported into JMP as a data table.
Once this has been done, the data table can be manipulated just like the example in DATATAB, and
analyses can be performed on the data just like in the ANALYSIS program.
The ODBCDemo program shows a simple example of importing a dBase file into JMP using ODBC
access.
The WordDemo program shows the commands necessary to take a graphic section from a JMP report, copy
it to the clipboard, and then insert it into a Microsoft Word document.
The FitModel and DOE examples show operators that are specific to those areas of JMP, and whose
platform operator differs slightly from other platforms.
The sample code for all five example programs assumes the data files reside in the default SAMPLE DATA
directory. If you move your sample data files, you need to change the path information in the VB samples.
If there are differences between this document’s examples of Visual Basic code and that in the sample
programs, preference should be given to the sample program code.
An Example: Automating JMP From Excel 2007
This example automates JMP using a macro within an Excel 2007 worksheet. The macro code is written in
Visual Basic. It starts JMP in a visible state when the Excel worksheet is initially opened. The Excel
worksheet is then imported into JMP using the ODBC automation interface. Once the worksheet data is in
JMP, changes to individual worksheet cells are sent to JMP and changed in the JMP data table.
The first time a row value in Excel changes, JMP generates a Control Chart. Subsequent changes to the
excel worksheet result in changes to the Control Charts. This is because Control Chart output is
dynamically linked to the JMP data table, which in this example is dynamically updated by Excel. Every
fifth time the Excel worksheet changes, a method is called in JMP to generate a .PNG file for the Control
Chart. This allows users without JMP to view the output through a web browser. Finally, when the Excel
worksheet closes, JMP shuts down through automation.