Hi,
In my quest to understand the benefits of object-orientated references I'd like to know if there's a better way of doing the following.
In using DIAdem functions I find that I need to reference channels by name and also their properties. For example, the Find function typically needs a channel name as part of a condition and may also need a value to use in that condition. That value might come from a channel property, so a typical Find function I would use, in old language, is something like:
L1 = Find("Ch(""Angle"") = ChnValMax(""Angle"")")
Following the various updates to the language, I am now using GetChannel to define a variable as a channel, and this results in the following equivalent line:
L1 = Find("Ch(""" & AngleChn.GetReference(eRefTypeIndexName) & """) = " & AngleChn.Maximum)
Further, when using functions like ChnStatisticsChannelCalc I now have to write AngleChn.GetReference(eRefTypeIndexName) in place of just the channel name.
A work around is to use GetChannel so that the channel properties can be accessed, such as Maximum, and also define a text variable that holds just the channel name for use in function strings. So, for example, I would end up with:
Dim AngleChn, AngleChnTxt
T1 = "[1]/Angle"
Set AngleChn = Data.GetChannel(T1)
AngleChnTxt = T1
L1 = Find("Ch(""" & AngleChnTxt & """) = " & AngleChn.Maximum)
This keeps the Find function short and readable, but is this good coding or am I missing something?
Regards, Simon.
