PlotString

Plots a text string on the image.

Note: After inserting the PlotString function Functions are tools that are available in Spreadsheet for processing and analyzing acquisitions or other results. You can add functions to your Spreadsheet job to create tool chains and produce results for specific applications. into the spreadsheet, right-click on the spreadsheet cell of the function and select Format and then Cells to open the Format Cells dialog. Use the Graphics tab of the Format Cells dialog to format the Font and Font Size of the plotted text string. This is independent from the Font setting of the spreadsheet cell itself, which only affects the appearance of the cell in the Spreadsheet Editor.

Inputs

Parameter

Description

Image

Reference to a cell containing an Image structure. Default = $A$0.

String

Specifies the text string to be plotted.

Point

Specifies the image coordinates of the string to be plotted.

X	The X coordinate of the string.
Y	The Y coordinate of the string.

Color

Specifies the color of the plotted graphic. Default: 0x32CD32, LimeGreen; max: 0xFFFFFF. Configure different colors by providing the hexadecimal color code in the formula bar or selecting a color from the color picker on the tool property sheet.

Show

Specifies the display mode for the graphic overlay on the image.

0 = OFF	The graphic is hidden, except when the cell containing the function is highlighted in the spreadsheet.
1 = ON (default)	The graphic is displayed at all times.