Some PC-DMIS ActiveX Controls

The following sections describe some PC-DMIS reporting ActiveX controls and their properties. Note that the DimAnalysisActiveX Control is not discussed here. Although it appears in the ActiveX list, it is used internally by the Analysis object in the Label Template Editor.

Property	Description	Example
AfterColor	The color of the last bar.	tbd [defaults to 65280 (Green)]
BeforeColor	The color of the first bar.	tbd [defaults to 255 (Blue)]
NumberFeatures	The number of features shown on the X axis.	tbd

AfterColor and BeforeColor take long values representing a color.

They use the following formula:

(Red * 256 * 256) + (Green * 256) + Blue.

So Red would be 16711680; that is (255 * 256 * 256) + (0 * 256) + 0; Green would be 65280; that is (0 * 256 * 256) + (255 * 256) + 0; Blue would be 255; that is, (0 * 256 * 256) + (0 * 256) + 255.

Example Label Template: BFANALYSISACTIVE1 in Best_Fit_Analysis.lbl.

Property	Description	Example
DeviationNominalPercent	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=DEVPERCENT_NOM:N
DeviationPercent	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=DIM_RPT_DEVPERCENT:N
DeviationPercent2	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=DEVPERCENT2:N
Is Bilateral	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=DIM_RPT_ISBILATERAL:N
UseTwoDeviations:	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=USETWODEVIATIONS:N

Example Label Template: Bottom right cell in Legacy_Dimension.lbl.

Property	Description	Example
Deviation:	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=DIM_DEVIATION:N
Negative Tolerance:	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=F_PLUS_TOL:N
Positive Tolerance:	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=F_MINUS_TOL:N

Example Label Template: Not currently used in any standard label template.

Property	Description	Example
Cylindrical Deviation	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=DIM_RPT_DEVPERCENT:101
Cylindrical Deviation Angle:	See "Expressions Used in Standard Templates" for a description of the example expression.	=DEVIATION_ANGLE:101

Example Label Template: Bottom right cell in Legacy_Dimension_True_Position.lbl.

There are no properties to set up for this control. It uses the data passed to it in ReportData.

Example Label Template: FEATUREANALYSISA1 in Feature.lbl.

Property

Description

Example

DataFileName

The .dat file (logo.dat, elogo.dat, or header.dat) to interpret.

If you use a .dat file outside of the PC-DMIS installation directory, be sure to include the full path to the file.

If you typed logo.dat, PC-DMIS would interpret the keywords inside that .dat file displaying the specified bitmap, date, time, and so forth according to the .dat file keywords in the file.

Example Label Template: None. See the "Reporting Using .DAT File Keywords" topic.