#pragma rtGlobals=3		// Use modern global access method and strict wave access.

//the procedure is now visualized in the macros menu item
Menu "Macros"
      "Trace manual selection" , Select_man_trace()
end

//function that takes a 2D matrix with different traces for different y values
//selects the one that you what to keep and plot it in a movie.
Function Select_man_trace()
     
     
     
     
     
     //ask for a path where you can find a 2D matrix with the time on the x and different traces on the y.
    Newpath/O/Q/M="choose a 2D file containing traces" Path2DWave
    LoadWave/O/Q/M/P=Path2DWave
    Wave trace_matrix, traceContainerSignal
    duplicate/O traceContainerSignal, trace_matrix
    killwaves traceContainerSignal
    
       
    Variable ii, jj, kk, aa
    kk = 0
    aa = 0 
    
    //ask for a path where the movie will be stored
    Newpath/O/Q/M="choose a folder were to store the created movie" Pathtofolder 
    Newmovie/P=Pathtofolder/F = 60 
    
     //create a new movie which will be a combination of the selected graphs
    Make/o/n=(dimsize(trace_matrix, 0), dimsize(trace_matrix, 1)) trace_sel
    
    //cicle to make the user select the desired traces to store in trace_sel
    for(ii=0;  ii < 4; ii+=1) //dimsize(trace_matrix, 1); ii +=1)

        
        //create the graph that will be shown for trace selection
        display/N=name0 trace_matrix[][ii]
        ModifyGraph axThick=2
        Label bottom "time, s"
        Label left "intensity a.u."
        ModifyGraph lsize=0.1
        ModifyGraph/W=name0 expand=3
        DoUpdate/W=name0
        
        
        
 
       
        
     
     
        
        
        
        Variable x 
        Prompt   x, "do not enter anything"
        Doprompt  "Press continue if you want to keep the trace",x
        
        
        
        if(V_flag == 0)
           
                trace_sel[][kk] = trace_matrix[p][ii]
                kk +=1
           
        endif
        
    //In the first option add the oppper graph and in the second the lower one to the frame.
         
         if(aa==0)
             //create the window that will be used as a frame in which two graphs will be displayed.
             display/Hide=1/W=(0,0,1050,700)
             display/W=(0,0,1050,350)/HOST=graph0 trace_sel[][ii]
             
             
            
            aa+=1
         else
            display/W=(0,350,1050,700)/HOST=graph0 trace_sel[][ii]
            
            
            DoUpdate/W=graph0            
            AddMovieFrame
            killwindow graph0
            aa = 0
         endif

        killwindow name0
        
    endfor
    
    
    
    //Not all the traces are loaded from trace_matrix to trace_sel then some rows will be empty 
    //delete empty traces
    DeletePoints (kk+1),(dimsize(trace_matrix,1)-(kk+1)), trace_sel
    killwaves trace_matrix,trace_sel
    closemovie 
    playmovie
    
    
    
end