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GetAnnotationIndexFromCaption

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GetAnnotationIndexFromCaption

int GetAnnotationIndexFromCaption (int panelHandle, int controlID, char *captionText, int beginningIndex, int *annotationIndex);

Purpose

Returns the 1-based index of the first graph annotation after begIndex that contains captionText in its caption. This function returns the index on a partial match, so captionText does not have to match the caption exactly.

Note  This function uses case-sensitive comparison.

Supported Controls

You can use GetAnnotationIndexFromCaption with graph controls.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
panelHandle int Specifier for a particular panel that is currently in memory. You can obtain this handle from functions such as LoadPanel and NewPanel.
controlID int The defined constant, located in the .uir header file, that you assigned to the control in the User Interface Editor, or the ID returned by functions such as NewCtrl and DuplicateCtrl.
captionText char * The text to find in the graph annotation captions. This function returns the index on a partial match, so captionText does not have to match the caption exactly to return the caption index.
beginningIndex int The annotation index from which to start searching.
Output
Name Type Description
annotationIndex int The one-based index of the first graph annotation that contains captionText in its caption.

Return Value

Name Type Description
status int Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred.

Additional Information

Library: User Interface Library

Include file: userint.h

LabWindows/CVI compatibility: LabWindows/CVI 8.0 and later