Automated Task Scripts for Grapher

We have a number of useful scripts that Grapher owners can download for free.  If you see one you think you'd like to try, just click on the name of the script to download it to your machine.

Scripts for Grapher

• Auto3DBubblePlot.BAS – shows how to create a 3D bubble plot and how to change all the methods and properties.

• AutoPolarBarChart.BAS – shows how to create a polar bar chart and how to change all the methods and properties.

• AutoWindChart.BAS – shows how to create a wind chart and how to change all the method and properties.

• axis properties.BAS – shows how to open a graph and alter an existing regular axis.

• Bar Chart - Adjacent.BAS – shows how to create a bar chart graph, add a second adjacent bar chart, and change some properties.
  
  Bar Chart – MultiColor.BAS – shows how to create a bar chart graph with each bar a different color by using a color table.

• c++project.exe – shows how to call Grapher from C++.

• change all legend entries.BAS – shows how to create a graph with multiple plots, add a legend, and change all of the legend entries to have similar properties.

• composite export.BAS – shows how to create a graph with line plots and bar charts and export to a JPG file.

• create line plot example.BAS – shows how to create a line/scatter plot.

• CreatePlotwithDifferentY.zip – shows how to create a graph with multiple line/scatter plots where the Y column automatically increments to the next column.

• example script.BAS – shows how to create a graph and change the properties of the line/scatter plot and the axes. Also shows how to add a legend that contains text from worksheet cells. Also shows how to export a graph to a TIF file where the TIF name is the same as the GRF name.

• Fits.BAS – shows how to create a line/scatter plot and add various types of fit curves.

• g3c++project.exe – Grapher 3 project for C++.

• G4 Weighted Average Weights.BAS – This Grapher 4 script shows how to add a fit curve to a line/scatter plot and use the Send Keys command to add weighted average statistics. 

• hi-low-close.BAS – shows how to create a high-low-close plot and change its properties.

• Legend properties.BAS – shows how to create a graph, add a legend, and edit the legend.

• Legend_existing.BAS – shows how to open an existing GRF file and edit an existing legend.
  
  Line Symbol Print PDF.BAS – shows how to create a line/scatter plot and print to the Adobe Distiller.

• MultiHistogram.BAS – user submitted script that shows how to separate a histogram for a range of columns.

• multiple sheet.zip – shows how to create a graph from a multiple sheet XLS file and how to add a new curve from a different sheet in the same XLS file.

• NULL criteria.BAS – shows how to create a line/scatter plot and use clipping to limit the symbols shown.

• Open.BAS – shows how to open an existing GRF file.

• Open_SaveAs.BAS – shows how to open an existing GRF file and save it to a new file name.

• print from directory.bas – shows how to print multiple graphs from a single template. All data files in a directory are used to create the graphs. Also shows how to export the graph to a GIF file and how to add the date/time the graph was created to the plot.

• print with dialog.bas – shows how to print multiple graphs from a template. Files are picked using a dialog box.

• print with file.bas – shows how to print multiple graphs from a template. Files are picked using an input file.

• Rectangle.BAS – shows how to create a line/scatter plot and a drawn rectangle.

• Resize Graph.BAS – shows how to copy a currently open graph to another Grapher window. Also shows how to resize the graph in the new window.

• rowlabels.bas– shows how to create a graph, return and set the rows used for plot labels.

• Select Polylines.BAS – shows how to select a polyline in an open existing GRF file and rename it.

• text and values from worksheet.BAS – shows how to create a graph from a template and add information from the worksheet to the graph.

• text_example.bas – shows how to create a text object and replace the text with new text.

• textobject.BAS – shows how to create a new plot window and add multiple complex text boxes. These show how to use multiple lines, how to insert symbols, how to use bold or italic for a portion of the text, how to add the current date and time, how to change the font for some characters in the text string, and how to create a text string with user inputs.

• Two Line Plot Graph.BAS – shows how to create two line/scatter plots on the same graph and alter the properties of one.

• user dialog example -- text box focus.BAS – text box focus.BAS – shows how to create a user input dialog.

• vbproject.exe– shows how to call Grapher from VB.

• Weighted Average Weights.BAS – shows how to set the weights for a weighted average fit curve in Grapher 5 and beyond.