RunText.show = 1;        // turn on help text
   count=1;
   dotool 2;

   def quittoolbox          // this is the main loop where all code subsequtent
   {                        // to accepting points needs to be placed
      if( 2 != count )	    //first check if user has successfully selected two points
	return;

      xpos1=;
      ypos1=;
      xpos2=;
      ypos2=;

      RunText.show = 0; 
   }


   def pointproc 
   {
      xpos$(count)=x;
      ypos$(count)=y;
      if( count >= 2 )
         dotool 0;
         count+=1;
   }

#include <Origin.h>

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// This example shows how to get x, y coordinates of points clicked by user
// on a graph layer.
// Number of points to be fetched is pased as parameter. Default is 2.
// So for 5 points, type this command in the script window:
//     read_screen_points 5
//
void read_screen_points(int nPts = 2)
{
	// Declare vectors to hold coordinates
	vector vecX, vecY;
	// Call function to get points
	int iRet = get_screen_reader_points(nPts, vecX, vecY);
	if( iRet < 0  )
		printf("Function call to get screen points returned error: %d\n", iRet);
	
	printf("User clicked on %d points\n", iRet);
	if( 0 != iRet )
	{
		printf("X, Y coordinates of points are:\n");
		for(int ii = 0; ii < iRet; ii++)
			printf("  %d: X = %f, Y = %f\n", ii, vecX[ii], vecY[ii]);
	}
}

// This static function handles calling LabTalk to get user to click on the screen.
// Parameters:
//				nPts:	no. of points that user should click
//				vecX:	vector to hold x coordinates of points, passed by reference
//				vecX:	vector to hold y coordinates of points, passed by reference
// Return:
//				-1:		no. of points inappropriate
//				>=0:	no. of points user actually clicked
static int get_screen_reader_points(int nPts, vector& vecX, vector& vecY)
{
	// Return error if number of points not appropriate
	// Arbitary upper limit of 99 - change as desired
	if( nPts < 1 || nPts > 99) return -1;

	// Run the LabTalk section in this file to give user control to click points
	string strThisFile = __FILE__;
	string strCMD;
	strCMD.Format("run.section(%s,GetScreenPts,%d)", strThisFile, nPts);
	LT_execute(strCMD);

	// On return, the LabTalk variable tmp_scr_count has number of points user clicked + 1
	double dCount;
	LT_get_var("tmp_scr_count", &dCount);
	int nCount = (int) (dCount - 1);
	if( 0 == nCount ) return 0;
	
	// Get values of x, y coordinates from LabTalk variables and delete the vars
	vecX.SetSize(nCount);
	vecY.SetSize(nCount);
	string strX, strY;
	double dX, dY;
	for(int ii = 1; ii <= nCount; ii++)
	{
		strX.Format("tmp_scr_pos_x%d", ii);
		strY.Format("tmp_scr_pos_y%d", ii);
		LT_get_var(strX, &vecX[ii - 1]);
		LT_get_var(strY, &vecY[ii - 1]);
		strCMD.Format("del -v %s", strX);
		LT_execute(strCMD);
		strCMD.Format("del -v %s", strY);
		LT_execute(strCMD);
	}
	
	// Delete the count LabTalk variable
	LT_execute("del -v tmp_scr_count;");
	
	// Return the number of points clicked by user
	return nCount;
}

// This section of LabTalk will be ignored by compiler since it is contained within an ifdef block.
// The section of script within this block can then be successfully called by a run.section LabTalk command.
#ifdef LABTALK
[GetScreenPts]
	// Number of points to get is passed as 1st parameter
	// Select screen reader tool
	dotool 2;

		// Main loop to accept points
		tmp_scr_count = 1;
		def quittoolbox
		{
			// Check if user has clicked required number of points
			if( 1 == tmp_scr_count )
				done = 1;
			if( %1 != tmp_scr_count )
				return;
		}

		// Get points and store in temp string variables
		def pointproc 
		{
			tmp_scr_pos_x$(tmp_scr_count)=x;
			tmp_scr_pos_y$(tmp_scr_count)=y;
			if( tmp_scr_count >= %1 )
			{
				dotool 0;
				// Set the variable to break the infinite loop
				done = 1;
			}
			tmp_scr_count += 1;
		}
	// Set up an "infinite loop" so code waits for user to click points
	for( done = 0; done == 0; )
	{
		// wait a while
		sec -p 0.1;
	}
#endif
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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What is the statement "RunText.show=1;" supposed to do, and why does it just give me an error.

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