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Programming in Origin

Origin is designed to meet the graphing and analysis needs of scientists and engineers in diverse areas of academics and industry. To accomplish this, Origin provides a broad range of tools for importing, analyzing, graphing, presenting, and exporting data. As you gain familiarity with Origin, you may want to customize Origin to meet your specific graphing and analysis needs. Common customization needs include:

Added Functionality: Create new importing, analysis, graphing, and exporting routines
Automation/Batch Processes: Create a routine that automatically performs the tasks you do in Origin
Simulations: Perform simulations with live feedback in Origin. For instance, you might want to execute a Monte Carlo Simulation that dynamically updates a graph.
Automation Server: Access Origin from other applications, such as Microsoft® Excel, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, and National Instruments™ LabVIEW™.
User-defined Fitting Functions: Create complex user-defined curve fitting functions using Origin’s Advanced Fitting Tool's direct link to Code Builder. This allows you to create and debug fitting functions quickly and easily.

Origin's Code Builder

These types of customizations can be achieved effectively using Origin's programming language, Origin C. Note: View our Origin C Examples section for specific examples.

Origin C - Programming Language
Origin C is a programming language that supports ANSI C plus some C++ features, including support for string, complex, vector and matrix data types, as well as internal Origin objects like worksheets and graphs.

Origin C - Programmable Dialog
Use a single Origin C command to create custom dialog boxes for your graphing and analysis routines. This new feature is a dynamically generated, easy-to-use, and powerful graphical user interface device.

Origin C - Tree Structures
Tree structures can be used to create: 1) entries in a programmable Origin C dialog, as well as in other dialogs which gather user input, 2) user-defined, tree-like data structures

Origin C - User-defined Classes
Origin C user-defined classes allow Origin C programmers to create objects of their own type with user-defined methods and data members.

Code Builder - Integrated Development Environment
Programs written in Origin C are compiled and linked in Code Builder, Origin’s built-in compiler. Code Builder provides users with a familiar programming language environment that includes color-coded editing and modern debugging capabilities.

NAG® Software Partner
Origin includes essential elements of the numerical computational routines from Numerical Algorithms Group, Inc. (NAG®). Over 300 built-in NAG routines have been selected from the NAG C Library. These routines offer a large selection of time-tested numerical algorithms, such as Statistics, Fourier Transforms, Linear Algebra, Regression, Multivariate Analysis including Principal Component Analysis, and more.

All NAG function calls are accessible from Origin C to allow you to develop applications that require advanced numerical computation.

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To learn more about how you can programmatically customize Origin, browse the pages offered in the Programming area by clicking on the desired link in the left navigation.