EXANPROF: Demo Examples

Basic Information

Name of Program

EXANPROF

Version-Date

February 2001

Description-Date

February 2001

Catchwords

Excel-application
spreadsheet
VBA
graphical postprocessor
visualization of profile-data

Short Description of Functionality

The application EXANPROF can be used to visualize calculated results (synoptic data) along profiles. The program is able to generate the following diagrams :

scalar physical data along profiles (see example-fig.)
vectorial physical data along profiles (see example-fig.)
difference of scalar physical data along profiles (see example-fig.)

Program-Options :

Common presentation of data belonging to different variants
Presentation of profiles with an inverse kilometre-scale (see example-fig.)
Additional graph(s) of bathymetry-data (see example-fig.)

Input:

synoptic data along profiles (filetype excel.dat)

Output:

Graphic in form of an Excel-diagram

Way of function:

EXANPROF is a macro-package, which is included in a so-called Excel-Map. After opening the map EXANPROF-Tools to generate a diagram are found on the menubar. An Info-text with a description of the program-operation are found here too.
Knowledge of Excel is not required !

Method to generate a diagram :

Read the profile-data into the Excel-map
Start visualization
- Choose type of evaluation
- Choose data
- Define profile-section

The generated graphic and its table of values will be placed in the Excel-map.
It is possible to edit the output with the functions offered by Excel !

Executable Program:

A file called "exan97prof.xlt" contains the required macro-package.
The internal user finds this file by opening a new excel-workbook under the register "BAW-Vorlagen".

Input-File:

bspprof.txt 60 kB ASCII-file of type excel.dat

Program(s) to run before this Program

XTRDATA

Program(s) to run after this Program

ANIMATION

Additional Information

Language

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Additional software

Excel 97 incl. VBA

Original Version

S. Spohr

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