Clone Window

Clone a window, i.e. make an exact copy of a graph, table, etc. with the same axes, traces, etc. The waves in the original and the clone are shared between the two (no data is copied).


Function CloneWindow([win,replace,with,freeze])
	String win // Name of the window to clone.  
	String replace,with // Replace some string in the windows recreation macro with another string.  
	Variable freeze // Make a frozen clone (basically just a picture).  
	
	if(ParamIsDefault(replace) || ParamIsDefault(with))
		replace=""; with=""
	endif
	if(ParamIsDefault(win))
		win=WinName(0,1)
	endif
	String win_rec=WinRecreation(win,0)
	Variable i
	for(i=0;i<ItemsInList(replace);i+=1)
		String one_replace=StringFromList(i,replace)
		String one_with=StringFromList(i,with)
		win_rec=ReplaceString(one_replace,win_rec,one_with)
	endfor
	if(freeze)
		Struct rect coords
		GetWinCoords(win,coords)
		SavePICT /WIN=$win as "Clipboard"
		String newName=UniqueName(win,6,0)
		LoadPICT /O/Q "Clipboard",$newName
		Display /N=$newName /W=(coords.left,coords.top,coords.right,coords.bottom)
		DrawPICT /W=$newName 0,0,1,1,$newName
	else
		Execute /Q win_rec
	endif
End


CloneWindow, but replace all the traces with copies and puts those copies in one data folder. Data is not shared between the original and the clone.

Function CloneWindow2([win,name,times])
	String win
	String name // The new name for the window and data folder. 
	Variable times // The number of clones to make.  Clones beyond the first will have _2, _3, etc. appended to their names.   
	if(ParamIsDefault(win))
		win=WinName(0,1)
	endif
	if(ParamIsDefault(name))
		name=UniqueName2(win,"6;11")
	else
		name=CleanupName(name,0)
	endif
	times=ParamIsDefault(times) ? 1 : times
	String curr_folder=GetDataFolder(1)
	NewDataFolder /O/S root:$name
	String traces=TraceNameList(win,";",3)
	Variable i,j
	for(i=0;i<ItemsInList(traces);i+=1)
		String trace=StringFromList(i,traces)
		Wave TraceWave=TraceNameToWaveRef(win,trace)
		Wave /Z TraceXWave=XWaveRefFromTrace(win,trace)
		Duplicate /o TraceWave $NameOfWave(TraceWave)
		if(waveexists(TraceXWave))
			Duplicate /o TraceXWave $NameOfWave(TraceXWave)
		endif
	endfor
	String win_rec=WinRecreation(win,0)
	
	// Copy error bars if they exist.  Won't work with subrange display syntax.  
	for(i=0;i<ItemsInList(win_rec,"\r");i+=1)
		String line=StringFromList(i,win_rec,"\r")
		if(StringMatch(line,"*ErrorBars*"))
			String errorbar_names
			sscanf line,"%*[^=]=(%[^)])",errorbar_names
			for(j=0;j<2;j+=1)
				String errorbar_path=StringFromList(j,errorbar_names,",")
				sscanf errorbar_path,"%[^[])",errorbar_path
				String errorbar_name=StringFromList(ItemsInList(errorbar_path,":")-1,errorbar_path,":")
				Duplicate /o $("root"+errorbar_path) $errorbar_name
			endfor
		endif
	endfor
	
	for(i=1;i<=times;i+=1)
		Execute /Q win_rec
		if(i==1)
			DoWindow /C $name
		else
			DoWindow /C $(name+"_"+num2str(i))
		endif
		ReplaceWave allInCDF
	endfor
	SetDataFolder $curr_folder
End
Thank you for this excellent snippet. One note/question on CloneWindow2: I had to include a colon after "root" when duplicating my error bar waves or they weren't created in the new data folder.

Duplicate /o $("root:"...


Any thoughts on this? Thanks!

CloneWindow2 code is now failing for me. This line:

			sscanf line,"%*[^=]=(%[^)])",errorbar_names

does not work on a graph I have where the line is: "ErrorBars/T=0/L=0 r_TCP_710C_2min_0006_C Y,wave=(:WAXS:TCP_710C_2min_0006_C:s_TCP_710C_2min_0006_C,:WAXS:TCP_710C_2min_0006_C:s_TCP_710C_2min_0006_C)". errorbar_names is empty string after that line. 

This is Igor 8.04. I think the problem are my parameters to Errorbars : /T=0/L=0. Can the syntax be changed to look for the content after the last "=" sign and skip the previous ones, if any are present? 

I think I fixed it, not sure if this will work always, but here is small code change which seems to work for me now: 

	// Copy error bars if they exist.  Won't work with subrange display syntax.  
	for(i=0;i<ItemsInList(win_rec,"\r");i+=1)
		String line=StringFromList(i,win_rec,"\r")
		if(StringMatch(line,"*ErrorBars*"))
			String errorbar_names
			SplitString/E=",.*" line
			sscanf S_value,"%*[^=]=(%[^)])",errorbar_names
			for(j=0;j<2;j+=1)
				String errorbar_path=StringFromList(j,errorbar_names,",")
				sscanf errorbar_path,"%[^[])",errorbar_path
				String errorbar_name=StringFromList(ItemsInList(errorbar_path,":")-1,errorbar_path,":")
				Duplicate /o $("root"+errorbar_path) $errorbar_name
			endfor
		endif
	endfor

Note, I added SplitString which splits the "line" at first "," to remove ErrorBars with flags (which may contain additional "=").

Also, I needed to remove the ":" from "root" in the Duplicate command. 

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