Re: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
Lynne,
Irvine, Lynne schrieb:
Dear Thomas,
Thanks for the speedy reply, your help is much appreciated.
What I would like to do is to set up a mechanism for dynamically displaying graphs created using R, from data held in an Oracle database. I am using VB.NET to build the application.
So far, I have not made much progress, I have built a test application which attempts to use the R(D)Com Server to display a graph on a web page. I looked on the web for example code for the test, and came up with the following:
Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
xconnector.Init("R")
Dim mygfx As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
this line should be the problem. You're creating a graphics device but
this device is never shown. Do not create mygfx using New but drop it on
a form. Or otherwise, add mygfx to some form (or whatever).
xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx", mygfx.GetGFX())
xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("mygfx")
xconnector.Close()
The rest of the code looks fine.
When I run the test, there are no errors reported but no graph displayed either.
Any ideas on where I am going wrong?
Hope this helps
Thomas
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RE: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
Hi there Lynne,
Is there a specific reason why you are building this application using VB.Net
or R(D)Com for that matter?
I it to build an application for a client?
There is a package available from CRAN called "RODBC" which allows R to
directly connect to odbc data sources!
You can set your oracle db as an odbc data source in windows by navigating to
"Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Data Sources (ODBC)"
Once you have set up the odbc data connection with your oracle db you can query
the database directly from R using commands like:
>channel <- odbcDriverConnect("my.db")
>my.df<-sqlQuery(channel,"select * from table1")
There is no reason why you still cant use RODBC from within VB.NET.
Once the data is available in R then you can output plots in anyway you
please, using such devices as jpeg or "png" ( png is the preferred method for
web pages).
However, I would like to suggest a package called "animation" also available
from
CRAN which automatically builds a html web page animation of the graphs you
have supplied!
Regards,
Wayne
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: 07 October 2008 16:12
To: R (D)COM and RExcel server related issues
Subject: Re: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
Do you really want to create a graphics device,
or would you rather have R create a bitmap graphics file
which you then can include in the displayed web page.
Irvine, Lynne wrote:
> Dear Thomas,
> Thanks for the speedy reply, your help is much appreciated.
> What I would like to do is to set up a mechanism for dynamically displaying
> graphs created using R, from data held in an Oracle database. I am using
> VB.NET to build the application.
> So far, I have not made much progress, I have built a test application which
> attempts to use the R(D)Com Server to display a graph on a web page. I looked
> on the web for example code for the test, and came up with the following:
>
> Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
> xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
> xconnector.Init("R")
> Dim mygfx As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
> xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx", mygfx.GetGFX())
> xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
> xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("mygfx")
> xconnector.Close()
>
> When I run the test, there are no errors reported but no graph displayed
> either.
> Any ideas on where I am going wrong?
> Best wishes,
> Lynne
>
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Thomas Baier
> Sent: Mon 06/10/2008 19:37
> To: R (D)COM and RExcel server related issues
> Subject: Re: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
>
>
>
> Dear Lynne,
>
> please elaborate on what your code should do, and what it is doing.
>
> Thomas
>
> Irvine, Lynne schrieb:
>> I think R is great and I would really like to use it generate graphics from
>> my VB.NET application, but I am having a really hard time trying to get it
>> work. It appears to run ok, but I can't generate any plots at all, either
>> directly to the web page or to a plot file. Looking through the list it
>> appears that others have trodden this path before me, so I am hoping that
>> someone can help me get on the right track.
>>
>> I am using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, R V 2.6.1 and R(D)COM Server
>> V1.35.
>>
>> The test code I am using is:
>> Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
>> xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
>> xconnector.Init("R")
>> Dim StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1 As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
>> Dim mygfx As StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
>> mygfx = StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1
>> xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx",
>> StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1.GetGFX())
>> xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
>> xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("gfx")
>> xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("Finish")
>> xconnector.Close()
>>
>> With initial Imports statements:
>>
>> Imports STATCONNECTORCLNTLib
>> Imports STATCONNECTORSRVLib
>> Imports StatConnControls.GraphicsDeviceClass
>>
>> The Build is ok and everything appears to execute ok, but no plot. Any ideas
>> please?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> __
Re: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
Do you really want to create a graphics device,
or would you rather have R create a bitmap graphics file
which you then can include in the displayed web page.
Irvine, Lynne wrote:
> Dear Thomas,
> Thanks for the speedy reply, your help is much appreciated.
> What I would like to do is to set up a mechanism for dynamically displaying
> graphs created using R, from data held in an Oracle database. I am using
> VB.NET to build the application.
> So far, I have not made much progress, I have built a test application which
> attempts to use the R(D)Com Server to display a graph on a web page. I looked
> on the web for example code for the test, and came up with the following:
>
> Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
> xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
> xconnector.Init("R")
> Dim mygfx As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
> xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx", mygfx.GetGFX())
> xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
> xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("mygfx")
> xconnector.Close()
>
> When I run the test, there are no errors reported but no graph displayed
> either.
> Any ideas on where I am going wrong?
> Best wishes,
> Lynne
>
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Thomas Baier
> Sent: Mon 06/10/2008 19:37
> To: R (D)COM and RExcel server related issues
> Subject: Re: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
>
>
>
> Dear Lynne,
>
> please elaborate on what your code should do, and what it is doing.
>
> Thomas
>
> Irvine, Lynne schrieb:
>> I think R is great and I would really like to use it generate graphics from
>> my VB.NET application, but I am having a really hard time trying to get it
>> work. It appears to run ok, but I can't generate any plots at all, either
>> directly to the web page or to a plot file. Looking through the list it
>> appears that others have trodden this path before me, so I am hoping that
>> someone can help me get on the right track.
>>
>> I am using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, R V 2.6.1 and R(D)COM Server
>> V1.35.
>>
>> The test code I am using is:
>> Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
>> xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
>> xconnector.Init("R")
>> Dim StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1 As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
>> Dim mygfx As StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
>> mygfx = StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1
>> xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx",
>> StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1.GetGFX())
>> xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
>> xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("gfx")
>> xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("Finish")
>> xconnector.Close()
>>
>> With initial Imports statements:
>>
>> Imports STATCONNECTORCLNTLib
>> Imports STATCONNECTORSRVLib
>> Imports StatConnControls.GraphicsDeviceClass
>>
>> The Build is ok and everything appears to execute ok, but no plot. Any ideas
>> please?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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RE: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
Dear Thomas,
Thanks for the speedy reply, your help is much appreciated.
What I would like to do is to set up a mechanism for dynamically displaying
graphs created using R, from data held in an Oracle database. I am using VB.NET
to build the application.
So far, I have not made much progress, I have built a test application which
attempts to use the R(D)Com Server to display a graph on a web page. I looked
on the web for example code for the test, and came up with the following:
Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
xconnector.Init("R")
Dim mygfx As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx", mygfx.GetGFX())
xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("mygfx")
xconnector.Close()
When I run the test, there are no errors reported but no graph displayed
either.
Any ideas on where I am going wrong?
Best wishes,
Lynne
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Thomas Baier
Sent: Mon 06/10/2008 19:37
To: R (D)COM and RExcel server related issues
Subject: Re: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
Dear Lynne,
please elaborate on what your code should do, and what it is doing.
Thomas
Irvine, Lynne schrieb:
> I think R is great and I would really like to use it generate graphics from
> my VB.NET application, but I am having a really hard time trying to get it
> work. It appears to run ok, but I can't generate any plots at all, either
> directly to the web page or to a plot file. Looking through the list it
> appears that others have trodden this path before me, so I am hoping that
> someone can help me get on the right track.
>
> I am using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, R V 2.6.1 and R(D)COM Server
> V1.35.
>
> The test code I am using is:
> Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
> xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
> xconnector.Init("R")
> Dim StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1 As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
> Dim mygfx As StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
> mygfx = StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1
> xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx",
> StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1.GetGFX())
> xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
> xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("gfx")
> xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("Finish")
> xconnector.Close()
>
> With initial Imports statements:
>
> Imports STATCONNECTORCLNTLib
> Imports STATCONNECTORSRVLib
> Imports StatConnControls.GraphicsDeviceClass
>
> The Build is ok and everything appears to execute ok, but no plot. Any ideas
> please?
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
Dear Lynne,
please elaborate on what your code should do, and what it is doing.
Thomas
Irvine, Lynne schrieb:
I think R is great and I would really like to use it generate graphics from my VB.NET application, but I am having a really hard time trying to get it work. It appears to run ok, but I can't generate any plots at all, either directly to the web page or to a plot file. Looking through the list it appears that others have trodden this path before me, so I am hoping that someone can help me get on the right track.
I am using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, R V 2.6.1 and R(D)COM Server V1.35.
The test code I am using is:
Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
xconnector.Init("R")
Dim StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1 As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
Dim mygfx As StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
mygfx = StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1
xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx",
StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1.GetGFX())
xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("gfx")
xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("Finish")
xconnector.Close()
With initial Imports statements:
Imports STATCONNECTORCLNTLib
Imports STATCONNECTORSRVLib
Imports StatConnControls.GraphicsDeviceClass
The Build is ok and everything appears to execute ok, but no plot. Any ideas please?
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[Rcom-l] Help for a Beginner please
I think R is great and I would really like to use it generate graphics from my
VB.NET application, but I am having a really hard time trying to get it work.
It appears to run ok, but I can't generate any plots at all, either directly to
the web page or to a plot file. Looking through the list it appears that
others have trodden this path before me, so I am hoping that someone can help
me get on the right track.
I am using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, R V 2.6.1 and R(D)COM Server
V1.35.
The test code I am using is:
Dim xconnector As STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
xconnector = New STATCONNECTORSRVLib.StatConnector
xconnector.Init("R")
Dim StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1 As New StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
Dim mygfx As StatConnectorGraphicsDevice
mygfx = StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1
xconnector.AddGraphicsDevice("mygfx",
StatConnectorGraphicsDevice1.GetGFX())
xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("plot(sin(1:100))")
xconnector.RemoveGraphicsDevice("gfx")
xconnector.EvaluateNoReturn("Finish")
xconnector.Close()
With initial Imports statements:
Imports STATCONNECTORCLNTLib
Imports STATCONNECTORSRVLib
Imports StatConnControls.GraphicsDeviceClass
The Build is ok and everything appears to execute ok, but no plot. Any ideas
please?
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