Toolbar

The toolbar consists of the following buttons:

Crosshairs

Select this button to view the coordinates of different points within the plot.  Up to 10 X-coordinates and 10 Y-coordinates are displayed, one for each visible scale.  Upon selecting this button, the crosshairs are displayed in the plot area.  

To determine the coordinates at a desired position:

• hold the left mouse button down, and move the crosshairs to the desired location, or
• hold the CTRL key, and press the up/down/left/right arrow keys to the desired location

To disable the crosshairs mode, deselect this button.

Zoom in/out

Select this button to zoom in on a specific window area within the plot.  Upon selecting this button, the mouse cursor changes to a magnifying glass when the mouse is positioned over the plot area.  Left-click on the mouse to indicate the start of the area to zoom in on.  Hold down on the left button to select the area.   Release the left button once the area to zoom in on has been selected.  The plot is redrawn to display the selected area.   Use the scrollbars or the pan function to view other segments of the graph.  To zoom out in stages, position the mouse over the plot area and right-click.  To view the complete graph again, select the Zoom out all button.  To disable the zoom in/out mode, deselect this button.

Zoom out all

This button is selected by default when the toolbar is first displayed.  Select this button to display all profiles in the plot in its complete form.  Scrolling is not required to view segments of the graphs.  Hence, the scroll bars are not visible and the pan function is disabled.

Pan

The Pan function becomes available when the chart is zoomed in.  Select this button to dynamically scroll the chart in any direction. Position the mouse at a specific location, then hold the left mouse button down to anchor the mouse to that chart location.  Drag the mouse to position the chart as desired.  When the left mouse button is released, panning stops.  To pan again, move the mouse to another chart location, hold the left mouse button down, and then drag the mouse to position the chart as desired.  To disable panning, deselect this button.

Save Image

Select this button to save an image of the chart to a file.  The image is a capture of the chart as it is at that moment.  Upon selecting this button, a Save Image dialog is displayed where you can enter the filename, specify where to save the file, and select the file type (BMP, EMF, EXIF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, or WMF).  Select the Save button to perform the save and close the Save Image dialog.

Export Data

Select this button to save the chart data values to a tab delimited text (.txt) file or to the system clipboard.  The destination (file or clipboard) is determined by the Toolbar Button's ExportDataDestination property setting.  Refer to Toolbar Button for other export data properties to set.

If ExportDataDestination is set to File, an Export Data dialog is displayed where you can enter the filename, and specify where to save the file.  Select the Save button to perform the save and close the Export Data dialog.  The entire contents of the chart data array is saved to file, along with a header line containing the profile names and scale labels.

If ExportDataDestination is set to Clipboard, the entire contents of the chart data array is written to the clipboard, along with a header line containing the profile names and scale labels.

Page Setup

Select this button to view and/or modify the printer settings as well as the PrinterSettings properties - margins, orientation, and color.  A Page Setup dialog appears when this button is selected.

Print Preview

Select this button to preview the chart image before sending the image to the printer.   A Print preview dialog appears when this button is selected.

Print Chart

Select this button to print the chart image.  The chart image is scaled to fit the printable area based on the paper size and the PrinterSettings properties - margins and orientation (portrait or landscape).  The aspect ratio (height-to-width) is maintained.  The Print dialog appears if PrintSettings.ShowDialog = True.

Characteristics of the toolbar are user controlled through its Toolbar property.