I have been struggling with a script to enable pages to be rendered matching a template page. This is more of an algorithmic problem. Spotfire outputs the panels coordinates and input to set up a panel is via the Layout Definition,

[Mark Mickunas]

Convert:

|-----------------|-----------|

|panel1          |panel3    |

|                 |           |

|-----------------|           |

|panel2          |           |

|                 |------------|

|                 |panel4    |

|-----------------|-----------|

panel1 coords

  (0,0):    (458,0):

  (0,247):    (458,247):

panel2 coords

  (0,247):    (458,247):

  (0,645):    (458,645):

panel3 coords

  (458,0):    (1458,0):

  (458,503):    (1458,503):

panel4 coords

  (458,503):    (1458,503):

  (458,645):    (1458,645):

To:

layout.BeginSideBySideSection()

layout.BeginStackedSection(31)

layout.Add(panel1,38)

layout.Add(panel2,62)

layout.EndSection()

layout.BeginStackedSection(69)

layout.Add(panel3,78)

layout.Add(panel4,22)

layout.EndSection()

layout.EndSection()

[Fredrik Rosell]

Hello Mark,

I was unable to find a good solution for this either so I reached out to one of the developers of this functionality. His answer was that he does not believe this general issue can be solved using the available API:s.

So, I'm afraid I can only point you to the TIBCO Ideas Portal (https://ideas.tibco.com) and suggest that you create an idea for this.

Note: I should mention that this is based on some speculation on our end of what your exact use case is though - if you describe it in more detail, it's possible that some solution can be identified (and others here in the community might have ideas).

[Mark Mickunas]

Thank you so much for responding, Fredrik. I agree the API is not the main impediment. I feel this is mostly an algorithmic problem. I have a python script hundreds of lines long trying to code a solution and am still not there. I have dug out old programming textbooks and reviewed graphing and linear algebra matrix techniques but have come up empty.

[Matt Stahl]

Hi Mark,

The proportion arguments to LayoutDefinition.BeginStackedSection(Visual, Single) and LayoutDefinition.BeginStackedSection(Single) should be passed as decimal values. You should get the desired layout using the following (notice the decimal points):

layout = LayoutDefinition()

layout.BeginSideBySideSection()

layout.BeginStackedSection(.314)

layout.Add(panel1,.38)

layout.Add(panel2,.62)

layout.EndSection()

layout.BeginStackedSection(.686)

layout.Add(panel3, .78)

layout.Add(panel4, .22)

layout.EndSection()

layout.EndSection()

page.ApplyLayout(layout)

Of course, the final coordinates depend on the application window size.

Did I understand your request correctly?

[Mark Mickunas]

Sorry – no. I already know how to use GetVisualBounds to get the coordinates for all panels and the Layout api to set up a page. My question was getting from any set of coordinates to an appropriate Layout to recreate the page.