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smertrios

USA
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Posted - 03 Nov 2014 :  19:00:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have an RT plot for which I format the time x-axis such:

xTimeAxis.AxisLabelsFormat = ChartObj.TIMEDATEFORMAT_12HM;

When first displayed, all is good and the x-axis labels have the desired format of "HH:mm". However, as soon as I turn on Y-axis auto-scale, the format is reset to the default, e.g "HH:mm:ss".

quinncurtis

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Posted - 04 Nov 2014 :  08:25:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The auto-scale/auto-axis routines have to be able to change the format of the axis labels, because the change in range is unbounded and may vary from seconds to days. You cannot use the same format in all cases. Each time axis tick variant has a default time format. For your specific case, you can change the default formats to use ChartObj.TIMEDATEFORMAT_12HM where ever TIMEDATEFORMAT_24HMS would normally be chosen, using the code below for the x-axis labels:

xAxisLab = new TimeAxisLabels(xaxis);
xAxisLab.TextFont = axisFont;
chartVu.AddChartObject(xAxisLab);
for (int i = 0; i < TimeAxisLabels.TIMEAXIS_MINUTE; i++)
      if (xAxisLab.GetTimeBaseLabelFormats(i) == ChartObj.TIMEDATEFORMAT_24HMS)
          xAxisLab.SetTimeBaseLabelFormats(i, ChartObj.TIMEDATEFORMAT_12HM);
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smertrios

USA
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Posted - 04 Nov 2014 :  13:51:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks, I'll give it a try.

However, I'm only enabling the y-axis auto-scale:

rt1.Frame.ScrollScaleModeY = ChartObj.RT_AUTOSCALE_Y_MAX;

Therefore, I do no expect the range of my x-axis to be changing, nor its label format. correct?
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quinncurtis

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Posted - 04 Nov 2014 :  14:28:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
No, you are not correct. If you are using an RTScrollFrame, the x-axis is constantly auto-scaling, that is what controls the scrolling. So you must do what I describe, regardless of whether or not you use any of the y-axis auto-scale modes.
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smertrios

USA
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Posted - 04 Nov 2014 :  14:44:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ok yes, it makes sense in that the start/end time will be changed as the scrolling takes place. However, what I meant is that the time scale does not change. And as a result, I wouldn't expect my time format to be ignored; it's just counter intuitive.

fyi, I applied your fix and it works. thank you for the quick reply.
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quinncurtis

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Posted - 04 Nov 2014 :  15:00:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
There other RTScrollFrame x-axis scroll modes beside the fixed extent (range) mode. Also, it possible to change the extent (range) of the x-axis in the fixed extent mode. So regardless of which x-axis scrolling mode is used, the software always calls x-axis auto-scale and auto-formatting routines.
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