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circumvent
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 Posted - 02/03/2009 : 6:15:30 PM
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Origin Ver. and Service Release (Select Help-->About Origin): 8.0
Operating System:
Hi,
Does anyone know how to keep long file name information (>12 letters) in Origin 8?
For example, if I import a file "xxx-xx-xx" and later save it using
"save -wh %H %H", two unwanted things happen.
1) the special letter such as dash"-" will disappear
2) the total length will cut if more than 12 letters.
I asked the same question in Origin 7.5 and was told that there was no solution due to system constrains. But in Origin8, when I import the files, the long file name DOES SHOW UP as the book and worksheet name. Then how to export them out?
Thanks,
Jinbo |
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circumvent
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Posted - 02/03/2009 : 11:35:39 PM
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By the way, does anyone know how to activate a worksheet in a book.
Win -a name; will active a book or graph
but in case the book contains multiple worksheet, I don't know how to activate it.
Win -a [book]!worksheet is not working |
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VincentLiu
China
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Posted - 02/05/2009 : 04:06:55 AM
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Hi circumvent,
To the 1st question:
In Origin 8, a worksheet can have a short name and a long name. The length of short names cannot exceed 13 characters and have lots of restrictions, such as it cannot contain spaces and cannot contain special characters (i.e.-, @, #, %, etc.). The length of the long names cannot exceed 32 characters and has fewer restrictions compared to the short name.
Please note that "%H" represents the short name of the current workbook. You can try to type "%H =" in the command window. And you will find that the returned string will look like "xxx", but not "xxx-xx-xx" as you expected.
To save the worksheet with the long name, you may use the following code:
string uffPath$ = system.path.ini$ + wks.name$; // Save the file in the User file folder
expASC type:=dat path:=uffPath$; //Save the file
For more details about expASC, please refer to
http://www.originlab.com/www/helponline/Origin8/en/mergedProjects/X-Function/X-Function/expasc.html
To the 2nd question:
You can try the following codes:
book1!page.active=1; //1 is the index of the worksheet in the workbook
For more details about the Page object, please refer to
http://www.originlab.com/www/helponline/origin8/en/LabTalk/LabTalk.htm#LabTalk/Page_(object).html
Best regards,
Vincent Liu
OriginLab Technical Services
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Edited by - VincentLiu on 02/05/2009 04:09:21 AM |
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