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Graph IDE ► Support ► Question Answer

Below are answers to commonly asked questions about Graph IDE. If you have a question please mail support@vvi.com.

See the Install section.

• The Programming section details how to program graphs and data.

• The Chart Tasks implements a SOA type of automation

Those manuals are available on the Internet by clicking the links given above, or through the Help menu.

• You don't actually plot data, rather you "draw" it. You must first create the graphics to put the data into. The data is an attribute of a graphic. It is a little more work, but much more general than other techniques. Once you figure out which graphics you use the most often it is recommended to put them on a Palette so that you can quickly make copies of them.

• The following explanation is described in detail in the section Getting Data On A Graph.

• To draw data, first determine which graphic you want data to be associated with, usually a Function or other Data Graphic. Then draw a Graph, double click on the graph to focus on a data layer of the graph then use the Graphic Selector to choose the Function type and drag out a function graphic. Finally, use the Inspector Editor to paste data into the Table.

• Yes, see Chart Tasks. Once the data is inserted then click the Export tool to send the graph to a Graph IDE document for fine tuning.

Starting with version 10.8.1, the book document extension changed. You must use the following manual way to alter documents made with prior versions of Graph IDE:

Launch the Terminal application.

cd to the directory that your book documents are in (perhaps your home directory) and then issue the following three commands:

find . -name "*.book" -prune -exec sh -c 'mv "$1" "${1%.book}.vvibook"' _ {} \;

find . -type f -name "*.book" -exec sh -c 'mv "$1" "${1%.book}.vvibook"' _ {} \;

find . -type f -name "*.definition" -exec sh -c 'mv "$1" "${1%.definition}.vvidefinition"' _ {} \;

Those commands rename the book extensions, including internal files of the document, to conform to the new extension convention. This is a required change due to the expansive namespace of document URIs introduced in the Mountain Lion system. It is also required due to a lack of URI related handles in file extended attributes as well as other technical reasons. Instead of dealing with a multitude of name clashing, it was determined that a fresh start with more specific naming conventions would be better.

The above lines will batch convert all documents enclosed in the folder the commands are issued in, including any subfolders so it should be comprehensive. Note that if you have files with extension book that are other than Graph IDE documents then you need to take care not to alter those documents as the commands above indiscriminately alter all book documents, even those made by other applications. Email support@vvi.com if you need help with this issue.