Re: Problem with histogram stats when executing macros

From: <Chiara.Zampolli_at_bo.infn.it>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:56:12 +0100

Hi Antonio,

    try to draw the histogram in a canvas you first declare, then update it(canvas->Update();), and then with:

TPaveStats*
stat=(TPaveStats*)histo->GetListOfFunctions()->FindObject("stats");

you should get the canvas. Try this, it usually works for me.

    Cheers,

        Chiara

Quoting Antonio Bulgheroni <antonio.bulgheroni_at_gmail.com>:

> Dear ROOTers,
> in this days I'm preparing a macro in which several files are
> opened and histograms from different files are stacked together and
> compared. I'm having some problem getting the TPaveStats object from an
> histogram but only when commands are executed within a macro. Attached you
> can find both the macro and the ROOT file containing the histogram.
>
> If I load the macro (.L test.C) and execute the function test(), the
> TH1D::FindObject("stats") fails and the TPaveStats pointer is null, instead
> if I copy/paste all the instructions into an interactive ROOT session, I got
> a proper TPaveStats pointer. What's wrong? Can you reproduce the problem on
> your system?
>
> I'm using ROOT v5-11-06 on a SLC 4 box.
>
> Thanks in advance for you help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Antonio
>
> --
> Antonio Bulgheroni, PhD
>
> Computers have a lot in common with air conditioners:
> Once you open WINDOWS, they stop working properly.

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