No
new features. Version was upgraded to be consistent with Mira Pro
x64 version 8.77.New Features
The features below were added or revised during the last calendar year.
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No
new features. Version was upgraded to be consistent with Mira Pro
x64 version 8.77.
No
new features. Version was upgraded to be consistent with Mira Pro
x64 version 8.76.
Fixed several typos in this
document.
Added abbrev_path as the new name for the existing AbbrevPath function. Both
names are accepted.
Added support for ISO8601 standard
date+time strings to CalcJD and CalcHJD. This string format is used by FITS format
keywords like DATE-OBS, DATEFITS, DATEMIRA, and others.
Added the CGridCtrl
class for the grid control in a CGridView
grid window or modeless CGrid grid dialog. The class methods work with
the grid control.
Added the new_gridctrl function, which extracts the
CGridCtrl object from a CGridView
window or modeless CGrid dialog.
Added the attachlist_panegridctrl function which attaches the
CGridCtrl object to grid docking pane of a CImageView, CPlotView,
and other windows.
Added the CGridView:GetGridCtrl method to permit directly
working with CGridCtrl methods held inside the CGridView
object.
Added several string processing
functions to check strings for date and time: is_time, is_datetime, time2num, datetime2num, and str2str.
Added CImage keyword method
CImage:KwdGetRaw.
Added new topics FITS Format Overview
and FITS Keywords,
and new Contents
topics.
Split Date, Time, and Angle
Functions topic into Date and Time Functions and Angle Functions.
Separated the Non-class Creator
Functions topic into two new topics: Creator
Functions and Attachment Functions.
Added the FileNameParams table
for use with the GetFileOpen and GetFileSave dialogs.
Added the trimstr function to remove leading and trailing
blanks from a string.
Added the arrayindex function, which returns the linear
index of multi-dimensional coordinates in a multi-dimensional
array.
Added the arraycoord function, which returns a coordinate
array for the linear index into a multi-dimensional array.
Added the statstr function which computes 8 basic statistics
for a CImage,
indexed array, or series of numbers.
CPlotView class
The
new GetAttrib
method returns a PlotAttrib table containing the general properties of
the plot window atached to a CPlotView
object.
The
new PlotAttrib
table contains properties of the CPlotView
object.
The
new global commands to attach desktop view windows using their
title (name). See attach_gridview_by_name, attach_image_by_name, and attach_plot_by_name.
See the lists of Creator Functions and Attachment
Functions.
Added the CRegistry:DeleteValue and CRegistry:DeleteKey
methods to delete a registry value (keyword-value pair) or an
entire registry key including all its subkeys and values.
Changed the name "Datatype" to "PixelType"
To
improve consistency with the Mira GUI commands and documentation,
all forms of the words "Datatype" and "data type" used by images in
the script language were renamed to "PixelType" and "pixel type".
Also notice the change in upper/lower case characters for the word
"type" in method and function names, as in Datatype -->
PixelType. The term "data type" is still used by grids, such as in
the CGrid
class and GridView class.
An
Execute Script command was added to the menus for Image
Windows, Plot Windows, Report Windows,
Measurement Panes and other Grid Controls. See the
class descriptions for CImageView, CPlotView, and CGridView and
the corresponding window descriptions in the Mira Pro x64 User's Guide. Several sample
scripts named "Execute.... .lua" are provided to show
script execution from the Mira windows corresponding to the classes
listed above. These are launched using the Execute Script
command.
Numerous revisions were made to topics
in this User's Guide.
Numerous sample scripts were added.
Help
for learning to use the script language is included in the many
scripts installed in the <Documents>/Mira Pro x64 Data/Scripts/Samples
folder. Many new sample scripts were included.
Date, Time, and Angle Functions (added a topic overview)
CGrid class (new)
CGridView class (new)
CFileList class (new)
FiltBlockSum method was added to the script
library.
PixelTypeStr fixed an internal bug.
PixelType fixed an internal bug.
Datatype, DatatypeStr,
and SetDatatype are obsolete and should not be used in
future scripts.
GetWcsType method was added.
GetWcsProj method
ToTable (new)
TableToRect (new)
TableToCol (new)
TableToRow (new)
ColToTable (new)
RowToTable (new)
RectToTable (new)
Plotting Functions (added several non-class
functions)
connect and connecterr functions (new)
histplot (new)
line and lineerr functions (new)
scatter and scattererr functions (new)
stepline and steplineerr functions (new)
Close method (new)
Connect method (new)
Line method (new)
Scatter method (new)
StepLine method (new)
PlotConnected changed return value
PlotLine changed return value
PlotScatter changed return value
PlotStepLine changed return value
PlotMatrixLine changed return value
PlotMatrixRangeLine changed return value
PlotMatrix changed return value
PlotMatrixRange changed return value
AddPoints changed return value
PlotImageCol changed return value
PlotImageRow changed return value
PlotPoints changed return value
Text Formatting Functions (topic overview)
Dialog Functions (topic overview)
Directory Functions (new topic overview and new directory functions)
Close method (new)
SaveUndo method (new)
Undo method (new)
SaveUndoAll method (new)
UndoAll method (new)
Update method (new)
UpdateAll method (new)
AlignWcs (new method)
AlignWcs2 (new method)
AlignWcs3 (new method)
nFilterSepMinMethod property
nFilterSepMinCompare property
CLabels class revisions
CLsqFit class (new)
CMeasureAngles class (new)
CMeasure Lines class (new)
CMeasurePoints class (new)
CMeasureRegions class (new)
CPlot class (new)
Close method (new)
CPoint class (new)
CStats class revisions
Added two versions of all estimator
methods that return the estimator and standard deviation. The
additional versions return only the estimator, e.g., CStats:Mean versus CStats:MeanSdev.
Added two versions of Min and
Max that return the estimator and its coordinates. The
additional methods return only the estimator, e.g., CStats:Min versus CStats:MinXy.
Close method (new)
CValueSet class (new)
Added a new discussion of Table and Array Functions
with emphasis on using the non-class array and table functions.
Added new topics for Array Functions and
Table
Functions.
Added 22 new Table Functions. Most
of these have the letter "n" appended to their name.
Added several new functions and
expanded the parameter options.
Added new versions of the mean
and median methods for arrays that previously returned both
the estimator and standard deviation. The new versions return only
the estimator, e.g., mean
versus meansdev.
Added new versions of the min
and max for arrays that previously returned the estimator
and its coordinates. The new functions return only the estimator,
e.g., min versus minxy.
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