Knowledge Base

How to use the XY Plot ActiveX with PcVue.

Step 1. Register the ActiveX control with the Operating System.

1. Open a Command Prompt. On most OS this can be found in Start.All Programs.Accessories. If using Windows 7 the Command Prompt must be opened using the Run as administrator option. (Right click)
2. Type in regsvr32 <path>NTGraph.ocx. For example regsvr32 E:\OCXstore\NTGraph.ocx. A dialog will be displayed indicating if registration was successful (or not). Note that if the path contains any white space it must be enclosed in quotation marks. For example regsvr32 “E:\OCX store\NTGraph.ocx”

Step 2. Authorize the ActiveX control within PcVue.

1. Start PcVue with the project in which you intend to use the XY Plot ActiveX.
2. From the menu select the command Configure.Preferences.ActiveX Controls. Find the XY Plot in the left pane and select it. Click the >> button. This validates the ActiveX and makes it available to the project using the Favorites dialog.

Step 3. Paste the XY Plot ActiveX control into a mimic and code its operation.

1. Open a mimic and select design mode. From the menu select Insert.Favorite ActiveX control. From the dialog select the XY Plot and insert it in the mimic.
2. The appearance of the XY Plot can be configured from a dialog that is displayed by double clicking it.
   
   See the help supplied with the XY Plot for information.
3. The operation of the XY Plot must then be coded using VBA. An example, populating the plot with values from a file, is available in the sample project below. Note that you can also configure the appearance programatically.

• XY_PLOT.zip
• NTGraph_bin.zip