3.2 System Variable List

0 = Radians
1 = Degrees
2 = Gradians

Note:@AB=200 means the half-width of the break is equal to 1 percent of the entire axis length. @AB is only applied to version earlier than 9.1.

0 = Whether floating or docked, automatically position tabs horizontally or vertically as Gallery panel is resized.
1 = Whether floating or docked, fix tab position horizontally.

Note: You must set value of @ABO in Preferences: System Variables..., then restart Origin.

When @GVC=1,set back to auto, @ABW=0, object with auto color will follow plot color, @ABW=1, object will not follow plot color.
When @GVC=0, set back to auto, no matter @ABW=0 or 1, object will always follow plot color.

It will return 0 if Origin is active. If it return 1, web-based connectors cannot be accessed. See also this FAQ.

0 = Date increment is not rounding to day of week
1 = Date increment is rounding to day of week
Note:@AD is created especially for displaying weekly minor tick labels.

1 = Waterfall
2 = Cartesian
4 = Polar
8 = Ternary
16 = Ternary3D
32 = SmithChart
64 = Radar

@adl=bitxor(@adl,1); // roll back to old Axis DB for waterfall graphs
@adl=bitor(@adl,1); // restore new DB for waterfall graphs

0 = Do not show
1 = Show

-1 = Unspecified
0 = Forward only
1 = Keyset
2 = Dynamic
3 = Static

0 = Old behavior, when you delete a flat/report sheet which contains operations will delete both flat and report sheets
1 = New behavior, you can delete a single flat/report sheet

0 = no
1 = round tick
2 = round from/to
3 = round both

1 = skip hidden rows/columns. Note that for numbers and text with numeric suffix, auto-fill will be enumeration rather than duplication, which is different from Excel behavior.
0 = rollback to old behavior. That is, auto-fill all rows/columns even though some are hidden.

0 = Only look up the windows in current folder.
1 = Also look at other folders in current project.

Persistent

1 = show Add Apps icon on user's tab
2 = hide Data Connector tab
4 = hide All tab
Note: @AGO is a combination of these controlling bits which produces cumulative effects
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0 = Old behavior. When you right-click on the sheet tab to select Add Graph as Sheet, the Graph Browser will open to let you select a graph window and add into the workbook as a sheet.
1 = New behavior. When you right-click on the sheet tab to select Add Graph as Sheet, the hunt dialog will pop up. You can click on the desired graph window to select it and click on Done button to add the graph as a new sheet.

0 = automatically expand panels such as Project Explorer, "Messages Log" and Smart Hint Log when the mouse hovers over any of these tabs,
1 = Expand and fold panels such as Project Explorer, Messages Log and Smart Hint Log by clicking on the tabs
Note: The system variable should work after restart the Origin

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0 = Arrow head hot spot position does not depend on the shape
1 = Arrow head hot spot position depends on the shape

0 = do not ignore hidden column
1 = ignore hidden range

0 = do not skip hidden plots
1 = ignore hidden plots

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0 = the Audit Log is disable for the new project by default
1 = turn on the Audit Log on New project by default.

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0 = The labels attached to plots fix its translation mode, which means the labels won't change anymore even you changed the Label Source fo the legend.
1 = Old behavior. The labels atatched to plots will follow the change of legend.

0 = Test three linked cells in input columns
1 = Test all linked cells in input columns
Note: test all linked cells in input columns might be slow.

25 = Tiny
50 = Small
100 = Medium
150 = Large
Note: when you use Data Selector to select a range of data to perform analysis, you will see analysis marker appear on the plot.

0 = Disable rescan, the number of subheader lines is as default set in headerline settings
1 = Always rescan number of subheader lines

1 = minor ticks allow round date. Old behavior
0 = minor ticks prevent round date

0 = Hidden
1 = Show partial
2 = Show all
Note: when you use Data Selector to select a range of data to perform analysis, you will see analysis marker appear on the plot.

0 = Do not use update codes
1 = Use update codes
Note: new axis object update must be defined for @AOU to have effects.

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0 = Apply to active plot only
1 = Apply to all plots

0 = Attach to Layer Frame
1 = Attach to the Layer and Scales
Note: Lines created by the LabTalk Draw command will always be attached to layer/scale in regardless of the values of @AR.

0 = Draw patterns according to numerical order of reference lines (e.g draw fill between lines at X=1 and X=10 before drawing fill between lines X=5 and X=15).
1 = Draw patterns according to the order in which they appear in the Reference Lines table (Reference Lines tab of Axis dialog).

0 = Attach to Layer Frame
1 = Attach to the Layer and Scales

0 = old behavior. Do not rotate tick labels even the tick labels are overlapped
1 = Rotate tick labels when any labels are overlapped.
First, try to rotate tick labels from 0 to 45; if still overlapped, set the Rotate to 90; if still overlapped, hide some tick labels.

0 = Attach to Layer Frame.
1 = Attach to the Layer and Scales

1 = always save Categorical Map
0 = old behavior

0 = Do not allow ASCII import unless there is numeric data in the text
1 = Allow the import of all text regardless of the existence of numeric data

0 = keep the masking info while saving the Analysis Template
1 = clean the masking info while saving the Analysis Template

Notes: @ATDM and @ATDS have to be both satisfied in order for the column to be treated as text column. Value of @ATDM increased from 100 to 400 for Origin 9.3 (2016).

Note: @ATDM and @ATDS have to be both satisfied in order for the column to be treated as text column.

1 = enable axis table label drawing clipping,
0 = disable axis table label drawing clipping

0 = remove space before separator
1 = have one space before separator

1= Autoupdate must be on idle
0= On some Labtalk command
Note: @AU=0, change data will not result in auto calculation for column formula even if Recalculation Mode is Auto.

0 = do not auto-update Apps. You will need to open Help: App Center to update them manually.
1 = auto-update Apps that have an update available.

0 = Disable auto update message box upon updating opj
1 = Enable auto update message box upon updating opj
Note: this message box show time is the same as the execution time of auto recalculation. It can be only seen when recalculation time is long enough.

Note: when auto recalculation time is less than @AUBT ms, then message box will not show up.

0 = Check whether there is an operation in the column, if there is, keep the recalculate mode, otherwise set Auto as recalculate mode
1 = Always set to be auto update mode when update the formula label
2 = Always set as Manual
3 = Always set as None

0 = Do not auto update for column label change
1 = Auto update for column label change

1 = Disable send
2 = Disable post
4 = Disable processing post
Note: @AUM is a combination of these controlling bits which produces cumulative effects, for instance, @AUM = 7 (includes @AUM=1, @AUM=2, and @AUM=4) means disable send, post and processing post.

0 = do not convert lower case
1 = automatically convert lower case to upper case

0 = Disable progress box for auto update
1 = Enable progress box for auto update. When Origin is auto-updating, the updating progress will show in Command&Results window in Code Builder.
2 = Enable progress box for auto update. When Origin is auto-updating, the updating progress will show in Message Log.
3 = Enable progress box for auto update when Origin is auto-updating, the updating progress will show in script window.
Note: this system variable is updated in Origin 2017 SR1, adding values 2 and 3.

Note: for instance, if the operation takes 3 seconds to execute and in order for intelligent auto update of operation to happen, user must show time gap of 3*@AUT*10^-3 seconds.

0 = Disable all Origin C processing of worksheet message
1 = Disable Origin C processing of selection related message

-1 = Disable active window indicator.

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1 = default, solid line, outside window frame
2 = title bar frame
3 = title bar top line

add 4 to the above to use thin line
add 8 to the above to use dashed line

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0 = Disable executing LabTalk statements that begin with #!
1 = Enable executing LabTalk statements that begin with #!
Note: It is equivalent to System.Debug object property.

0 = Do not make down drawings for negative values from z=0 plane
1 = Make down drawings for negative values from z=0 plane
Note: for OpenGL graph, this option is replaced by a Draw Bars from drop down list in Plot Details dialog box.

0 = Do not color z=0 plane in black
1 = Color z=0 plane in black

0 = OperationManager is not batch processing
1 = OperationManager is batch processing

0 = turn off auto coloring
1 = auto change border to contrast color when border color and fill color are the same, which makes line and symbol inside box visible.
2 = always enable auto coloring for border

0 = Ignore errors
1 = Show warnings

0 = Show warnings
1 = Show run time error

0 = Do not output debug messages to script window
1 = Output debug message to script window

0 = Dock Data Display window
1 = Float Data Display window

0 = Hide Data Display window
1 = Show Data Display window

0 = missing value is allowed. For numeric data, 0 will still return 0, 1 will still return 1, any values other then 0 and 1 will return missing (“--”). For text, “yes” and “true” will return 1, “no” and “false” will return 0, any other texts will return missing.
1 = limit binary values to 1 and 0. No missing is allowed. For numeric, 0 will still return 0, any values > 0 will return 1. For text, “yes” and “true” will return 1, otherwise will return 0.  

0 = Skip all invalid data but draw with valid data
1 = Do not draw if there exists any invalid data

0 = Do not print any LabTalk errors
1 = Print internally found errors

0 = Do not dump low level message
1 = Dump low level message

Note: @BG is identical to @BGV.

0 = Not Show the Fitted Curves in the left panel
1= Show the Fitted Curves in the left panel

0 = show strong blink immediately
between 0 and 100 = show strong blink after this time
100 or larger = not show strong blink

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-1= Do not hide any intermediate workbook (behavior before 2024 version)
0= Hide all intermediate workbooks.
N like 100 = Show only the first N books (N=100)

0 = Ignore LabTalk errors and continue
1 = Allow some errors (read value) and continue
2 = Stop LabTalk execution if any error was found

0 = Show invalid access as missing value
1 = Show error message for invalid access
Note: for instance in @BLD=0(default) if the index of cell/column/row is less than 1, use col(1)[0]=; to access cell will show as missing value col(1)[0]=-- where @BLD=1 will handle it as error and show error message as "Math cannot be performed on Text column:".

1 = Line use enhanced
2 = Symbol use enhanced
4 = Vector use enhanced
8 = Text use enhanced
16 = Contour do not use enhanced
Note: @BM is a combination of these controlling bits which produces cumulative effects, for instance @BM=7 (includes @BM=4, @BM=2, @BM=1) means Line, Symbol, Vector all use enhanced.

0 = Set base to zero as in version 8.0 and earlier
1 = Skip the data point

0 = Convert bitmaps to OIMAGE on double-clicking, and open in Image Window.
1 = Do not convert to OIMAGE and open Object Properties on double-click.

0 = always no save the settings;
1 = always save the settings;
-1 = pop up the save batch processing dialog settings into analysis template message box after clicking OK in the Batch Processing dialog to ask whether to save settings and where to save if you choose Yes.

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0 = Revert to old behavior
1 = Apply new behavior

0 = break width is same as break gap
1 = break width is same as current break width when Break gap=175
other = break width will be adjust to break width * @BW

0 = Revert to old behavior
1 = Apply new behavior only if X Position is not Auto and Subgroup Size is 0
2 = Always apply new behavior if only Subgroup Size is 0

0 = Do not check monotonicity
1 = Check monotonicity

0 = Use dither color
1 = Use pure color

Note:@CAI is created to enable aborting drawing upon using ESC key.

1 = entering a percent number will be auto recognized as numeric
0 = entering a percent number will be recognized as text, old behavior.

Note: if cell format is set to Text, percent number will always recognize as text.

0 = Disable Categorical check to disable Categorical conversion
1 = Enable Categorical check

0 = forbid to set locked columns as categorical
1 = allow to set locked columns as categorical

1 = Sort the labels
2 = Allow empty strings to be treated as one category
4 = Exclude Missing Values so that they are not treated as a category
8 = Treat missing values and empty cells as one category (2016 )

Note:

• @CATS is a combination of these controlling bits which produces cumulative effects, for instance, @CATS = 6 (includes @CATS=4 and @CATS=2) means do not sort, allow empty string and missing values will be excluded. @CATS = 10 (@CATS=2 and @CATS=8) means "allow empty strings as category" and "treat empty strings and missing values as the same category". @CATS = 0 means do not sort the labels, do not allow empty strings and do not exclude missing values for category map.
• @CATS effects all the analysis tools with group column.

1 = always use additional line as column/bar base,
0 = old behavior, unchecking additional line "Y=" will use bottom axis as column/bar base

0= Preserve the old behavior (no shifting).

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This system variable controls X-Functions: smooth, normalize, vnormalize, interp1, interp1trace, and interp1xy.

0 = Roll back to old behavior. missing value always shows as "--".
1 = missing value always show as blank cell.

Persistent

0 = Do not copy EMF to clipboard
1 = Copy EMF to clipboard

0 = OCefClient is not in debug, debug context menu not show
1 = OCefClient is in debug, debug context menu show

0 = go back to old way, not to consider column with all missing values to be empty
1 = consider column with all missing values to be empty

@CET=0, use default size of 250x250 pixels
@CET=1 to 29, disable this feature
@CET>=30 is user defined size in pixels, scale by DPI scale factor

Note that the preview will only show when CET > smallest cell dimension.

0 = it will ask to open as read-only or cancel
1 = it will ask to try to override the lock, or open as read-only, or cancel

0 = Edit Mode is off
1 = Edit Mode is on

0 = Copy (full precison) copies and pastes Origin's internal (binary) value.
1 = Copy (full precision) copies and pastes "full precision" decimal value.

Note that the conversion from binary (64-bit double-precision) to decimal ("full precision") may result in very small rounding discrepancies.

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1 = show LSP error
0 = do not show LSP error

0 = Do not keep size
1 = Keep size

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0 = Specify the tick position by original values. 1 = Specify the tick position by result values of direct formula. For example, if you want to show ticks in 1, 1000, 1000000 when using direct formula log(x)/log(1000), you can enter 0 1 2 in Position edit box.

See this FAQ for details.

0 = revert to pre-version 2021b code for placement of labels.

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0 = (default) Prevent drawing outside the layer (prevent cut off labels)
1 = Allow drawing of labels outside the layer (labels may appear cut off).

0 = Forcibly unclip data to frame
1 = Forcibly clip data to frame
Note: If Clip Data to Frame box is unchecked, @CLP can function as the switch to turn on/off clip data to frame.

0 = (default) No
1 = Yes

0 = yes 1 = no

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0 = Do not create new columns upon calling unknown columns
1 = Create new columns upon calling unknown columns

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0 = Do not use first line label as column long name
1 = Use first line label as column long name

0 = "type here"
1 = user
2 = user + date
3 = user + date + time

It controls how to deal with dot character in naming column through LabTalk:
0 = Allow using dot character in wks.addcol(""test.1"") and wks.col$(wks.ncols).name$=""test.1"";
1 = Remove dot character when using it in wks.addcol(""test.1"") and wks.col$(wks.ncols).name$=""test.1"";
2 = Output error message and break LabTalk execution

If you want to use the wks.addcol command to add a new column with specified name, you might need run the command page.xlcolname = 0; to turn off the Spreadsheet Cell Notation in the workbook, please see FAQ-849 for more information.

0 = Plain Text
1 = HTML
2 = Markdown
3 = OriginText

0 = Offset plots in layers
1 = Offset plots within each group

0 = Do not copy to clipboard as UNICODE
1 = Copy to clipboard as UTF16 format UNICODE
2 = UNICODE will be interpreted as @COPU=0 if Japanese is involved, otherwise same as @COPU=1
3 = Copy to clipboard as UTF8 format UNICODE

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0 = Revert tri-contour plot behavior back to version earlier than 8.1
1 = Apply new behavior for tri-contour plot in regard to change Y axis scale as not Linear type
Note: when @CPC=0 (old behavior), if you change Y axis scale to be not Linear for tri-contour plot, you will see some blank in the contour map.

If @CPE=0 (default), new Edit control is only used when codepage is Chinese or Japanese (932, 936, 950).
If @CPE>0, then new Edit Control is always used, otherwise if @CPE < 0 new Edit Control is never used.

When you Copy Graph as Picture to another application, controls whether DIB is available.
-1 = When you copy an OpenGL graph, or use remote desktop to perform a copy, DIB is included. In other situations, DIB is not copied.
0 = DIB is not supported when copy a graph page.
1 = copy DIB, EMF and COM object.
Note: @CPGD was changed for 2019b and 2022.

0 = CPackMethod_ggraph,
1 = CPackMethod_pmenzel,
2 = CPackMethod_Zanhung

0 = Use old behavior to draw contour plot labels
1 = Apply new behavior to draw contour plot labels
Note: when @CPL=0 (old behavior), double click on Labels tab under Plot Details:Color Map/Contours and choose Show All to show all contour labels will end up show no labels.

0 = Use old behavior to copy the data without keeping the mask status.
1 = Copy the data range with mask. But you won't be allowed to paste transpose/paste link/paste link transpose

0 = old behavior of single value copied only to first cell in selection, n values copied only to first n cells.
1 = (default) new behavior of single value copied to all cells in selection, n values copied to even multiples of n cells.

0 = (default) Better support for copying and pasting graph format but no support for pasting data to worksheet
1 = restore old behavior

0 = restore old behavior
1 = use raster only

-1 = System
932 = Japanese
936 = Simplified Chinese
949 = Korean
950 = Traditional Chinese
1252 = US ANSI
1361 = Korean Johab

N = Threshold number of messages to trigger attention message. Default is 30000 entries.
0 = suppress the attention message.

0 = Use default maximum column width
1 = Use new maximum column width if the imported data has bigger size than default column width limit.
Note: @CS=0, default maximum column width is 3800.@CS=1, use new maximum size 5848.

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1 = Skip blank cell at the beginning of selection for copy case. Old behavior.
0 = Do not skip blank cell at the beginning.

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0 = Peek message
1 = Separate thread
2 = None

0 = turn off dark mode 1 = turn on dark mode 2 = follow OS (default)

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1 = enable
0 = disable

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0 = Copy Link as script format
1 = Copy Link> as its actual value
Note: if we copy the cell from Book 1, sheet 1, column A, cell 1, Paste Link will display the cell as: cell://[Book1]Sheet1!A[1] rather than its actual value if @CVC=0.

0 = Disable cell to info value linking
1 = Enable cell to info value linking

0= Do not show the option
1= Show the Show Columns as Rows (&Hide Data) option

0 = It is not in the middle of closing windows
1 = It is closing all windows, but not for Exit purpose
2 = It is closing all windows, and it is for Exit purpose
Note:@CW is used in profiler.ogs

1 = Use Ctrl+C as accelerator for Copy(full precision), use Ctrl+Alt+C as accelerator for Copy.
0 = Use Ctrl+Alt+C as accelerator for Copy(full precision), use Ctrl+C as accelerator for Copy.

0 = disable Command Window if double-click
1 = do not auto show command window on startup
2 = old behavior
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1 = Only worksheet with same Column Designation will show
2 = Only worksheet with same Column Long Name will show
4 = Only worksheet with same Column Short Name will show
8 = Only worksheet with same Column Index will show
Note: @CWS is a combination of these controlling bits which produces cumulative effects, for instance, @CWS=13 (includes @CWS=8, @CWS=4, and @CWS=1) means worksheet with same Column Designation, Column Short Name and Column index will show.

0 = Command window is invisible upon start
1 = Command window is visible at start
Note: After you started Origin, close command window @CWV will still be 1.

Use the $(@D,Dn) notation to display the nth date and time format from the Date Display drop-down list in the Worksheet Column Format dialog box (numbered from zero).
For example ...

type $(@D,D10);

... returns the date format as MM/dd/YY HH:MM:ss in the Script window. (Note: The "D" in Dn must be uppercase.) Origin supports the associated Julian day values for the range 1/1/0100 to 12/31/9999.

Use the $(@D,Tn)notation to display the nth time format from the Time Display drop-down list in the Worksheet Column Format dialog box (numbered from zero).
For example ...

type $(@D,T5);

... returns the time format as HH:mm PM (such as 07:23 PM) in the Script window.
Two additional time formats are supported: $(@D,t5) - 07:23 pm
$(@D,t5*) - 7:23 pm

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0 = None
1 = Auto
2 = Manual

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Note: @DASL is a combination of these controlling bits which produces cumulative effects

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0 = Enable
1 = Disable.

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0 = Enable debug messages to script window
1 = Disable debug messages to script window

0 = Enable axis metafile
1 = Disable axis metafile to draw axis immediately

0 = Do not use EMF for tick label caching
1 = Use EMF for tick label caching

Persistent

0 = Disable OGS debugging speed improvement
1 = Enable OGS debugging speed improvement
Note: when debugging a large OGS file, the entire file has to be loaded in order to find out line number of current section name, which is not necessary and slow. @DBO is introduced to improve the speed in this situation.

0 = Use old behavior. Result tables in embedded graphs will maintain links to original source data when copied or cloned.
1 = Update result table links in copied or cloned books to point to analysis results in the containing workbook.

Note: See system variable @UCM.

0 = (default) Hide table views
1 = Show table views

Note that in Origin 2021b and later, you can toggle views in the SQL Editor by clicking View: Show Views in Table List.

0 = Do not active parent worksheet upon double clicking
1 = Active parent worksheet that contains the embedded graph upon double clicking
Note:@DCAW=0, double click on embedded graph will open the graph window directly.

0 = Disable text correction for text object
1 = Enable text correction for text object

0 = show error;
1 = Don't show error.

0 = double-clicking will not switch to text mode,
1 = double-clicking will switch from render mode to text mode.

Note: this system variable only takes effect on new created Notes window. Once a Notes window has been converted to render mode, changing @DCEH value after that will not change the double-clicking switching mode for this Notes.

0 = Do not remove user defined labels even if all values are empty
1 = Remove user defined labels if all values are empty

0 = the new behavior. Take both data and label rows into consideration when check if a column is empty or not.
1 = the old behavior. Only data section is checked and also disable merged label checking when consider column to be empty or not.

0 = Disable color reversal
1 = Only Black color
2 = Only Black/White color
3 = All gray
4 = All color
5 = Follow the Dark Mode Color Mapping worksheet color list
If you use Colormap in the plot, it will not reverse color in any situation.
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0 = neither axes nor reference lines fill patterns are reversed.
1 = axes are reversed as if @DCR = 4 ; reference lines fill patterns are not touched,
2 = reference lines fill patterns are reversed as if @DCR = 4 ; axes are not touched,
3 = both axes and reference lines fill patterns are reversed as if @DCR = 4.

0 = convert layer background color according to the .ini file if the current color not “really dark” i.e. @GLD (this is the old behavior).
1 = convert layer background color as if @DCR = 4

0 = check reduce Saturation, and use HSL to reverse color
1 = HSL
2 = LCH
3 = LAB
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0 = Enable translation for operation related escaped cell string
1 = Disable translation for operation related escaped cell string
Note: operation related escaped cell string is like ?$OP:A=1. The effect can be seen in the analysis report worksheet when you set @DCT=1.

Set it to 0 to disable the feature.

0 = do not run website scripts
1 = enable Direct URL Access (without using a local file cache)
2 = enable Run Website Scripts

Note:

1. Bit values are additive.
2. You will need to set @DCW before connecting to web.

Note that the style of column label rows has this feature on by default.

0 = For data type that can be imported by both Data Connector and old import method (imprt X-Functions), Data Connector will be used by default. This is default behavior.
1 = Exclude *.dat files for the default behavior (i.e. when drag and drop a *.dat file into a worksheet, CSV Connector will be used).
2 = Exclude *.xls(x) files for the default behavior (i.e. when drag and drop a *.xlsx file into a worksheet, Excel Connector will be used).
4 = Exclude *.txt files for the default behavior (i.e. when drag and drop a *.txt file into a worksheet, CSV Connector will be used).
8 = Exclude *.csv files for the default behavior (i.e. when drag and drop a *.csv file into a worksheet, CSV Connector will be used).
-1 = Exclude all file types for the default behavior (i.e. always use the old import method to import file when drag-and-drop. This is Origin's behavior before version 2019.

Note:

• When drag and drop a file into an analysis template with data import settings saved, the old import method (import X-Functions) will always be used.
• To control whether to use System filter when drag-and-drop files, refer to @IFS

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0 = old behavior
1 = enable the window
2 = skip enable check
These controlling bits can be combined to produce cumulative effects

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0 = Show the prompt
1 = Do not show the prompt and assume “Yes” as answer
2 = Do not show the prompt and assume “No” as answer

0 = Show the dialog box if necessary
1 = Do not show the dialog box, assume “Yes” as answer to the dialog
2 = Do not show the dialog box, assume “No” answer to the dialog
3 = Do not show the dialog, assume “No and Remove it “as answer to the dialog

• Set @DDEN = 1 before launching an Origin project with DDE links to inaccessible Excel file. When open such project, you can then choose menu Edit: Remove Links to convert all links to values. And then resave the project for futter use.
• Default @DDEN = 0 will turn off this feature. When you open such project, Start DDE Link dialog will pop up for each link. If there are too many DDE links, it will be very annoying and even unable to open the project.

100 = always check data plot that has DDE link, which is the old behavior
0 = always disable checking

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0 = Allow all graphs to draw upon opening the project.
1 = To speed opening of projects, prevent graphs from drawing upon opening.

0 = enable conversion of EMF to EMF+
1 = disable conversion

0 = Do not enable Apply upon editing in edit box or editable combo box
1 = Enable Apply once user gets to editing in edit box or editable combo box Note: it is originally developed only for Axis dialog box. @DECE=1 will immediately enable Apply option with no delay. Upon activating Axis dialog box, @DECE was temporarily set to 1. @ETG is introduced later to implement all Apply editable box.

0 = (default) Formula update is enabled.
1 = Formula update is disabled.
Note: certain conditions used in creating the column formula will effectively set @DEFU=1 for the column. See A Note: When Column Formulas do not Automatically Update.

0 = disable guessing
1 = enable guessing
2 = try opening the file as binary first to check BOM (used by OC: ReadFileLines())
4 = if two consecutive zeros are found in the file, treat as ANSI

Notes: Bit values are additive (i.e. 1+2+4=7). In addition, for other bits (2, 4) to take effect, you must enable guessing.

100 = Always take the end value specified
0 = end value only as a stop
>=1 = Tolerance of distance of stop value and the last value (in percent). It is to compare with (last- stop)/increment and decide to take stop value or last value as end value. For example. col(1)={1:2.1:10}, if @DET=28, end value is 9.4 because (last value(10) - stop value(9.4) )>28%. if @DET=29, end value is 10

0 = Old behavior, double clicking outside will bring up unwanted dialog, etc
1 = New behavior, double clicking will quite in-place edit mode

1 = Data filter will use the worksheet's maximum row (LabTalk command: wks.maxrows) as input range. If columns in a worksheet have different length, all cells after that column range will be considered empty.
0 = Data filter will use the maximum row of the column to which filter is applied as input range. The old behavior.

0 = (default) Show message box to ask: Answering "Yes" will set @DFC=2, "No" set @DFC=1
1 = Proceed and fill with cell formula
2 = Convert cell formula to column (F(x)=) formula


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0 = show a message box to ask
1 = duplicate the recalculate operation and associated output
2 = simply exclude the output in the duplicated graph

Default -1 means no limitation.

0 = Do not show Data Info dialog box
1 = Show Data Info dialog box

0 = use Increment Editor 1 = use Build Color Dialog

0 = By default choose Query Builder-Create/Edit graphically option in Attention dialog box
1 = By default choose SQL Editor-Enter/Edit SQL strings option in Attention dialog box
Note:this value is read and written to ini file, section Database, key DialogMode.

0 = Data Info dialog box is closed
1 = Data Info dialog box is open
Note: If you manually close Data Info dialog box later, @DIO will not become 0.

1 = keep cell link, cell formula etc upon duplicating
0 = old behavior. Wipe out cell link, cell formula etc upon duplicating

0 = Disable “Break” command in doc –e loop
1 = Enable “Break” command in doc –e loop
Note: @DLB=0,

doc -e L 
{
      %H = ; 
      break;
};

Will not break from looping.

0 = Disable loose dataset destruction.
1 = (default) Enable loose dataset destruction.

Persistent

0 = do not take error bar into account when adding labels
1 = take error bar into account so the added labels won't overlap with error bar

0 = old behavior, Label as dataset in Plot Details.
1 = (default) do not plot the designated Label columns as a label dataset but use the Label tab of the plotted data points in Plot Details to control the data label.

0 = Enable use of Plot Details > (page) Layers tab > Common Display controls
1 = Disable use of Plot Details > (page) Layers tab > Common Display controls

Persistent

0 = wait for MikTeX checking when open OPJ
1 = open OPJ quickly without waiting for MikTeX checking

0 = old behavior, cannot roll up dialog if the roll-up button is missing
1 = roll up the dialog using the minimize button

0 = unknow
1 = MM/dd/yyyy
2 = dd/MM/yyyy

2 = Disable the New Workbook dialog, i.e. you will open New Worksheet dialog to construct a new worksheet
4 = Switch to the old New dialog for pressing the hotkey "Ctrl + N"
16 = New Book Dialog

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0 = For data files, check @FSE; for web data check @FSEW
1 = Always save imported data with the project
2 = For data files, check @FSE; for web data always save with project

See system variables @FSE and @FSEW.

Persistent

0 = Enable Origin Events
1 = Disable Origin Events
Note: Origin Events here refer to events defined in oEvents.h located in <System Path+”OriginC/OriginLab”>. If @DOE=1, origin events will be disabled so that functions response to this event will no longer work.

0 = the message dialog will pop up when delete an operation
1 = disable the message dialog when delete an operation

0 = same as normal operation;
1 = new book to hold all results;
2 = new hidden book to hold all results.

0 = Copy operation or repeat operation for other data or plots will ignore source data subrange information
1 = Copy operation or repeat operatio for other data or plots will carry source data subrange information

0 = (default) Use a simple edit box for Value, To and From fields.
1 = Revert to use of date-picker control.

Note: grid lines density reduction towards center is controlled via system variable @DPA. It means % of DPI as a minimum distance between closest grids. E.g. if @DPA=3 (default) and page.resX=600dpi, then closest grids will guarantee at least 18 dots spacing. To turn off this feature set @DPA=0.

0 = enable graph drawing and some updates when OPJ loading and seaching
1 = disable graph drawing and some updates when OPJ loading and seaching

0 = Auto scale the font size to show the panel name properly
1 = Turn off auto scaling
other value = Customize the scaling factor as desired

0 = (default) Plot Popup Menu enabled
1 = Plot Popup Menu disabled

0 = disable this feature

200 = LINE
201 = SCATTER
202 = LINE+SYMBOL

Note: @DRD should be used in combination with @DRM, @DRT, @DRI. Refer to @DRI for detailed explanation.

Note: SHIFT key acceleration can be initiated by holding SHIFT+Arrow key. The effect can be seen more clearly for large data plot. By holding SHIFT+Arrow keys, data reader Increment starts at 5 points and then gradually accelerates controlled by @DRI [% of previous step] in every @DRT [msec] until @DRM [% of data plot size] is reached. These numbers are relative to data plot size normalized with @DRD=10000 points by default. The normalization means slower acceleration rate for smaller data plots (<@DRD points) and higher acceleration rate for larger data plots (>@DRD points). This dependency is logarithmic.

Note: @DRM should be used in combination with @DRD, @DRT, @DRI. Refer to @DRI for detailed explanation.

Note:@DRP=-1 (default), data reader will display data point’s original decimal places. @DRP=0 data reader will display no decimal places. @DRP=1, data reader will display one decimal place.

Note: @DRT should be used in combination with @DRM, @DRD, @DRI. Refer to @DRI for detailed explanation.

0 = disable this behavior
For any value > 0 (incl. the default = 16), enable this feature only if dataset size is smaller than @DRX.

0 = (default) show Start menu and enable F1 for search
1 = Hide Start menu and disable F1 for search

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0 = Old behavior. New created project uses Origin's long-time adjusted Julian Day system with "0" at midnight on January 1, 4713 BCE (12 hours later than true Julian Day).
1 = Turn on high precision time. Set @ds =1 or any value > 0, and then import CSV data with higher precision and save the project. The project level system variable @dsp will be set to 1970. When sharing the file with others with @ds=0 (default value), the project will still keep the higher precision date since project level @dsp is 1970. It is useful for instrument data that is prior to 2018.
2018 = If the project is already set to @dsp=2018 (2018 date system, where "0" is Jan 1 2018 00:00), you can still set @ds=2018 for the compatibility.

Persistent

For more information, see Dates and Times in Origin and @DSP below.

0 = show column index ahead of column Short Name in Column List View
1 = not show column index

2415018 = Default adjusted Julian Day
2415018.5 = True Julian Day
-43101 = 2018 Date

0 = (default) Origin's long-time adjusted Julian Day system with "zero" at midnight on January 1, 4713 BCE (12 hours later than true Julian Day).
1 = True Julian Day ("zero" is January 1, 4713, BCE at 12:00 GMT).
2018 = 2018 date system, where "zero" is Jan 1 2018 00:00. Use this "2018" system to maximize numeric precision.

See @DSO, above.

1 = display 00:00
0 = old behavior, display 24:00

Persistent

0 = Learning Center does not open on startup
1 = Learning Center opens on startup

0 = Light Mode
1 = Dark Mode

0 = Axis selection works in old behavior (before version 8)
1 = Axis selection works in new behavior

Note: it is used for data plot hit-test. For grouped data plot, a single hit on any data point will highlight @DTB number of un-overlapped data points from all data plots within the group.

0 = Do not create data plot cache (old data plot hit-test)
1 = Create data plot cache
Note: create data plot cache can improve the speed of data hit-test.

Note: @DTD=640 makes the actual bitmap resolution proportional to screen resolution (640*1280, 800*1600), so that 2-3 pixel symbols are selectable.

Note: @DTF can be regarded as the resolution of freehand drawing tool. The smaller @DTF is, the smoother the freehand drawing would be. If set @DTF=100, freehand drawing looks similar to plot with data points connected by lines.

Note: when click to select a graphic object, there are some green square handles around the object which can be used to adjust the position and shape of the graphic object. These green squares are the draw tool handles mentioned above.

Note: refer to @DTO for the meaning of click free area.

Note: @DTN=0, select an object and press arrow key, it still moves and accelerates when you hold the arrow key still. When @DTN is negative, it will move in opposite direction to arrow key direction. @DTN can also be used as step size for Zoom-Panning Tool and rotation for 3D object.

Note: click free area refers to area within which single or double click will have no effects, such as to select, bring up dialog box. Point of click defines the region within which Origin object can be clicked to select.

Note: refer to @DTO for the meaning of click free area.

Note: refer to @DTO for the meaning of click free area.

Note: refer to @DTO for the meaning of click free area. Since axis minor grid selection is no longer available, @DTOG will not function as before.

Note: refer to @DTO for the meaning of click free area.

Note: refer to @DTO for the meaning of click free area. Since axis major grid selection is no longer available, @DTOM will not function as before.

Note: within the region defined by @DTOS, single click will bring the data reader cursor to corresponding data point.

Note: This dynamically allocating new count can save space and improve efficiency where directly allocate a large number of counts could be redundant.

Note: This dynamically allocating new count can save space and improve efficiency where directly allocate a large number of counts could be redundant.

Note: @DTR=10, the ellipse drawing is not smooth anymore. @DTR actually defines the resolution of ellipse object.

Note: @DTS=5, the curved arrow drawing is not smooth anymore. @DTS actually defines the resolution of curved arrow drawing.

Note: beyond the region mentioned above while still inside legend box, a single hit will select the border and along with text inside meanwhile displays green handles around the box.

Note: For example, RGB(0,64,255) = RGB(00,40,FF), you can use LabTalk command hex3Dec to convert it to decimal number as following: hex2Dec(FF4000)=16728064. The default color is Blue in transient state.

The default value is an internal color code of RGB(255,255,255). You can use the color function to get this internal color code for the desired color.

Note: for the legend of a plot, substitution level is 1. If you set it as 0, when you copy the legend it becomes %(1) instead of the text label.

Negative values = Auto zoom (from 10% to 1000%)
0 = No zoom
Positive values = Fixed zoom factor (e.g. 500 means 500% zoom)

0 = plot according to the plot designation in selection, no matter X column is on the left or right side of Y.
1 = X column must be on the left side of Y in selection.

0 = Displays the trailing zeros if not set to the default decimal digits.
1 = Remove trailing zero for set decimal digits
2 = Remove trailing zero for set significant digits
3 = Remove trailing zero for set decimal digits or set significant digits

0 = Advanced dialog box remains hidden
1 = Double click within any box chart will bring up a new Plot Details dialog box
Note: with the new Plot Details dialog box created in version 5.0, you have additional settings for Box Charts as below:
1. The Histogram Plot checkbox adds a scatter histogram to the plot.
2. The Adjacent checkbox moves the scatter histogram to the side of the Box Chart
3. Of the two Symbol Size drop-down lists: The first controls the size of the five 'features' located at the bottom of the dialog The second controls the size of the scatter histogram (and uses its own relative sizing)

0 = the Apply button becomes inactive after first click and won't be active unless a change is made in the GetN dialog
1 = the Apply button is always active

0 = Show error message only in Message Log window
1 = Show error message in both Message Log and as Smart Hint
2 = Show warning messages in both Message Log and as Hint
3 = Show information/attention messages in both Message Log and as Hint

Persistent

0 = (default) Close the project, exit the program normally
1 = Do not close current project
2 = Do not exit current Origin instance
4 = Suppress dumping of warning to Messages Log

See: ProjectEvents Script

0 = Build Colors dialog
1 = PalEdit X-Function
2 = Simpler Palette Editor
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0 = Using right side Ctrl+Shift+ Mouse left click to bring up corresponding system OGS file
1 = Using left side Ctrl+Shift+ Mouse left click to bring up corresponding system OGS file
2 = Using either side Ctrl+Shift+ Mouse left click to bring up corresponding system OGS file
Note: For instance, create a scatter plot, hold Ctrl+Shift keys and use mouse to click on the “New Legend” icon on the toolbar, It will open Standard.ogs file and the yellow cursor will stop at [Legend] section and meanwhile output few lines in script window.

1 = Set Save Load
2 = Show Tree Lines
4 = Show All Plot Details Tabs

Note: @EDGEBUNDLING is a combination of these controlling bits which produces cumulative effects

0 = not to call DLL function if any input is NANUM
1 = disable this checking before calling the DLL when passed in NANUM

0 = do not exclude the empty sheets
1 = exclude the empty sheets

0 = Treated as text
1 = Treated as numeric

1 = when double click on a worksheet cell or press F2 to enter in-place edit mode, edit box becomes bigger and spills to left
0 = disable this "auto expand size" behavior

0 = Do not duplicate workbook as self-contained book
1 = Duplicate workbook as self-contained book
Note: @EGDCD is used to check whether duplicated embedded graph contains any plot from parent book, and if yes, the duplication will duplicate the workbook as self-contained book.

0 = Disable the selection of drop-down list
1 = Enable the selection of drop-down list
Note: Run

string grname$ = ""; 
getn (Col) grname$:@BBColumn (Test @BB);

with a workbook window active, @ELD=0, the … button drop-down list selection in column browser dialog box is disabled.

0 = turn off the speed up improvement
1 = turn on the speed up improvement
Note: in version 2017 and later, Origin has largely improved the close speed. You don't need to set this system variable to troggle the speed up improvement.

Note: @EMC=0 will disable the limit and export all the columns in the worksheet.

1 = GDIPlus
2 = Try GDIPlus
4 = Force GDIPlus
Note: GDI stands for Graphics Device Interface. These controlling bits can be combined to produce cumulative effects. For example, the default value 7 is combination of @EMP=1, @EMP=2, @EMP=4.

Note: @EMR=0 will disable the limit and export all the rows in the worksheet.

0 = Do not draw text via polygons
1 = When doing vector export of either EPS or PDF, the value of the system variable @TO will be temporarily switching to 1, which causes any text drawing to be done using polygonal drawing
2 = Similar to 1, except that the text is drawn using polygonal drawing for any EMF generation (not just EPS and PDF).
Note:@EMRD is a combination of these controlling bits to produce cumulative effects, for instance, @EMRD=3 (includes @EMRD=1 and @EMRD=2) it will draw Origin text via polygon with AA enabled for all vector exports (by temporarily setting @TO=2)

0 = Keep Origin graph size when copy paste page into Microsoft Word
1 = Do not keep Origin graph size

0 = use gid drawing dib
1 = use gdiplus drawing dib
2 = use gdiplus drawing dib and copy page with TextOutModeSimulateWithAAWhenDrawGlyph(same as @TO = 2)

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0 = Disable export WMF as placeable metafile
1 = Enable export WMF as placeable metafile

0 = SQL leading to no rows is not an error and normal operation will proceed and data range will be added, so worksheet is still locked.
1 = Old behavior. Empty result will generate error and worksheet will not be locked.

0 = This eliminates empty space in raster exports for very elongated bitmaps (when one dimension is much longer than the other with Margin control being Border or Tight)
1 = Export raster in isotropic mode which produce correct text labels

0 = Smart expand mode
1 = Relative expand mode
Note: relative expand mode will add extra @ERP%*current row number rows to the worksheet.

0 = Disable worksheet cell formulas.
1 = Enable worksheet cell formulas.

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0 = Allow the selection to be interrupted by blank cells/missing values (behaves as in MS Excel).
1 = Extend the selection beyond blank cells or missing values.

0 = Auto determine the number of digits in exponents display for tick label, based on Min and Max digits of input data. It is equivalent to set Scientific: 1E3 Display as to 1E+03 in Preferences: Options dialog > Axis tab. For example, if the input data range is from 1E05 to 1E11. By default @ETE = 0, 1E+11 will be shown as 2E+11 in tick label, and 1E+05 will be displayed as 1E+05. If the input data range is from 1E+05 to 1E09, then all tick labels show 1 digit only. To show leading 0 as in the old version, please set @SED = 2.
1 = Always remove the leading 0 for Scientific display. It is equivalent to set Scientific: 1E3 Display as to 1E+3 in Preferences: Options dialog > Axis tab.

0 = Copy for edit control, eg, copy micro symbol as ‘u’
1 = Copy as what the unit is actually displayed and then displays it use localized customization.
Note: @EU=0, number 0.00002 will display as 20u instead of 20µ once formatted it as Engineering:1k.

0 = Do not use export library from Inso for ordinary metafile
1 = Use export library from Inso for ordinary metafile

0 = no dialog
1 = open dialog

0 = Show coordinates without divide by factor but true value
1 = Show coordinates with divide by factor
Note: @FA=1 will show the scaled value with a scaling factor, for instance 100, rather than its actual value in the format as: [Book1]Sheet1!B[16]: X=16,Y(/100)=0.16
while @FA=0 Data Display Window will show as Book1]Sheet1!B[16]: X=16, Y=16
This function no longer has effects on Version 9.1 but all versions earlier.

0 = Disable for both cell and column formulas
1 = Enable for cell formulas
2 = Enable for column formulas
3 = Enable for both cell and column formulas

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0 = prevent upper case and digits
1 = allow upper case
2 = allow digits

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0 = Apply old behavior where negative weight data will create an error message
1 = Fit with absolute weight for negative weight values

Persistent

0 = ...Path to open the browse folder dialog, ...Path2 to open the select folder dialog
1 = ...Path to open the select folder dialog, ...Path2 to open the browse folder dialog
See File path Dialog

0 = Filtering will not have effects on masked data
1 = Filtering will still be able to access data that is masked already

0 = Excel-like behavior. "Alt + Enter" will insert a new line in the worksheet cell in edit mode, while typing in a cell and pressing "Ctrl + Enter" will fill a pre-selected group of cells.
1 = old behavior. "Ctrl + Enter" will insert a new line in the worksheet cell in edit mode, while typing in a cell and pressing "Alt + Enter" will fill a pre-selected group of cells.

Persistent

0 = Use old behavior for Unicode code
1 = Enable the use of true Unicode code
Note: @FCU=1, type \(169) in Object Properties dialog will directly show CopyRight icon in a text label in regardless of codepage or charset.

0 = Disable faster single window datasets saving
1 = Enable faster single window datasets saving

0 = Disable new fast line drawing
1 = Enable new fast line drawing

0 = Do not fix dockable panels' tab positions so redocked panel will show on the bottom
1 = Fix dockable panels' tab positions as Project Explorer, Quick Help, Message Log, Smart Hint Log, Result Log, Command Window

It controls the behavior when clicking close button in Project Explorer:
0 = Will close Project Explorer so that you need to open it again to make it available again
1 = If the Project Explorer is unpinned, click close button will hide it
2 = Click close button will always hide Project Explorer

0 = Disable new virtual memory allocation
1 = Enable new virtual memory allocation

0 = Monday is the first day of a week;
1 = Sunday is the first day of a week.

Persistent

See also @FEDF.

See also @FEDA.

0 = disable cache.
1 = enable worksheet floating Graph cache.
2 = enable Layout linked Graph cache.
3 = enable cache for both worksheet floating graph and Layout linked graph.

@FL=5;
page –f;

is being used.

0 = Do not Fit Layer to Page for adding layer
1 = Fit Layer to Page for adding layer

Please see this FAQ page for more information.

0 = Do not search the end of structure marker (‘\n’)
1 = Search the end of structure marker (‘\n’)

0 = old behavior
1 = it will use the opening of the file by denying the modification to other programs; this option will not work (it will simply fall back to the old way) if the file is currently opened by another instance.
2 = it will make a temp copy of the source file into the temp. directory, and then read it.
If any of the method 1 or 2 fail, it will resort to the default (i.e. old) way of opening files for reading.

0 = text
1 = html
2 = markdown
3 = origin rich text (Default)

Persistent

0 = no function plot
1 = include function plot

500 = (default); Do not save if more than 500kB.

Persistent

0(x 100) = (default) Do not save any database data.

Persistent

2000 = (default); Do not save if more than 2MB.

Persistent

80(x 100) = (default) Do not save if more than 8000 worksheet cells.
0 = Never save data from Web, JSON, etc.
-1 = Always save data from Web, JSON, etc.

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0 = Normal mode, no acceleration
1 = Only NLFit uses fast mode
2 = All use fast mode

0 = Hide all windows regardless of Hide/Show status at the time of saving.
1 = (default) Preserve Hide/Show status of windows at the time inactive folder is saved.

0 = Find page by long name as default
1 = Force find page by short name first

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0= All drag directions enabled
1= Horizontal direction only
2= Vertical direction only

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0= Hide the Object Manager
1/2/3/4= Object Manager on top/left/right/bottom
5= Object Manager is floating

0 = auto unpin
1 = auto pin when drag out but will not auto unpin when drag in
2 = not auto pin when drag out. But if maually pin the floating window and drag in, it will not auto unpin
3 = auto pin when drag out and auto unpin when drag in

Persistent

0 = Week that has at least four days in the new year, which complies with ISO standard 8601, section 3.17;
1 = Week in which January 1 occurs

0 = display page color within the entire graph window.
1 = display page color outside page as gray.

0 = disable
1 = enable

• @GARH: graph aspect ratio high
• @GARL: graph aspect ratio low

Any graph which aspect ratio is larger than @GARH or smaller than @GARL will not be considered in determination of master page orientation.

• @GARH: graph aspect ratio high
• @GARL: graph aspect ratio low

0 = Dump normally generated scripts
1 = Dump all scripts about every XF variable

Notes:

• To apply customized color to Object Grid, set the value of @GC first and then go to View:Show to check Object Grid. Use LabTalk function "color" to convert standard RGB color scheme to corresponding decimal number. See @DTU for details. The default Object Grid color is #FC9FB2, that is, 11706364 = color(252,159,178,1).
• With Origin 2020, the "Object Grid" became the "Layer Grid."

0 = Turn off GDIPlus
1 = Turn on GDIPlus Note:refer to @EMP for definition of GDI.

0 = Disable blend bell shape in Gradient Fill
1 = Enable blend bell shape in Gradient Fill

0 = CompositingModeSourceOver
1 = CompositingModeSourceCopy

0 = CompositingQualityDefault
1 = CompositingQualityHighSpeed
2 = CompositingQualityHighQuality
3 = CompositingQualityGammaCorrected
4 = CompositingQualityAssumeLinear

0 = Turn off GDIPlus 
1 = Turn on GDIPlus Note:refer to @EMP for definition of GDI.

0 = Disable Gamma correction in Gradient Fill
1 = Enable Gamma correction in Gradient Fill

0 = InterpolationModeDefault
1 = InterpolationModeLowQuality
2 = InterpolationModeHighQuality
3 = InterpolationModeBilinear
4 = InterpolationModeBicubic
5 = InterpolationModeNearestNeighbor
6 = InterpolationModeHighQualityBilinear
7 = InterpolationModeHighQualityBicubic

0 = InterpolationModeDefault
1 = InterpolationModeLowQuality
2 = InterpolationModeHighQuality
3 = InterpolationModeBilinear
4 = InterpolationModeBicubic
5 = InterpolationModeNearestNeighbor
6 = InterpolationModeHighQualityBilinear
7 = InterpolationModeHighQualityBicubic

0 = PixelOffsetModeDefault
1 = PixelOffsetModeHighSpeed
2 = PixelOffsetModeHighQuality
3 = PixelOffsetModeNone (No pixel offset)
4 = PixelOffsetModeHalf (Offset by -0.5, -0.5 for fast anti-alias perf)

0 = TextureBrush
1 = iterating one by one
2 = use the new solution to fix the gap issue between periodic boundaries when export Geology pattern as PDF/EPS.

0 = do not draw with tight rectangle
1 = draw with tight rectangle

0 = SmoothingModeDefault
1 = SmoothingModeHighSpeed
2 = SmoothingModeHighQuality
3 = SmoothingModeNone
4 = SmoothingModeAntiAlias

0 = WrapModeTile
1 = WrapModeTileFlipX
2 = WrapModeTileFlipY
3 = WrapModeTileFlipXY
4 = WrapModeClamp

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0 = use leadTool, no EMF involved,
1 = export PNG and TIFF with transparent background, use EMF to convert,
2 = improve the text object's quality when export graph as PNG with transparency.
Persistent

0 = hide the "Description" label text on GetN dialog
1 = Go back to the old look - show the "Description" label text on GetN dialog.

Persistent

0 = Turn off Session scope for LabTalk.
1 = Force Session scope for LabTalk.
Note: @GLOB=1 will allow you to use variables or functions defined in an *.OGS file, at the command line in the Script Window.

0 = the old behavior, just copy argument %(1) of legend, no matter you changed the legend content to other text or not.
1 = get the current legend text.

0 = If the graph contains Master Items, place an image object on the Clipboard.
1 = Place an Origin graph object on the Clipboard but ignore Master Items.

Persistent

-1 = (default) Follow wks.ignorehidden. Note that each sheet in the book can have a different setting.
0 = Do not skip hidden rows in plotting and analysis. Overrides individual sheet settings.
1 = Skip hidden rows in plotting and analysis. Overrides individual sheet settings.

Note: Introduced in 9.1 w/ default = 0. New default value = -1 added in 2017 .

0 = rearrange the increment list for the filtered data, the old behavior
1 = do not rearrange the increment list, which means the symbol properties (color, pattern, .etc) do not change after applying filter

0 = Use the original LabTalk GetN dialog box
1 = Use the Origin C GetN dialog

It accepts the values in percent of internal value, the default value is 100.

It accepts the values in percent of internal value, the default value is 100.

It accepts the values in percent of internal value, the default value is 100.

0 = Enable graphic object script execution upon movement by script rather than dragging by mouse
1 = Prevent graphic object script execution upon movement by script rather than dragging by mouse

Persistent

0 = disable
1 = link layer
2 = common display
4 = left-right link
8 = x-y link

Note: @GRL is a combination of these controlling bits which produces cumulative effects

0 = unselectable
1 = selectable

0 = Old behavior
1 = New behavior

0 = include
1 = not include

Note: 200 = Line
201 = Scatter
202 = Line+Symbol
230 = Unknown
Refer to Plot Type IDs for more details.

0 = Disable graph text font size correction
1 = Enable graph text font size correction

0 = Disable 1 = Enable

0 = Page use short name in GUI
1 = Page use long name in GUI

0 = keep it as white
1 = using virtual color
2 = follow GUI dark mode setting

0 = Show AI image type, same as previous verisons
1 = Hide AI image type

<=1 = disable this improvement
>=2 = @HBAS set the number of data to check if they are arithmetic sequences. If they are arithmetic sequences, assume the difference between consecutive terms is delta, bin size=delta, bin begin should be min-delta/2, bin end is max+delta/2.

Persistent

Note: the expression to calculate bin size is as: bin = (max - min) / (1 + factor * log10(npts)). If @HBS and @HBN are not specified, @HBF will be used to make automatic bin size estimate.

Note: @HBM is for number of bins that is not rounded so that it is the exact number of bins (could be non-integers). @HBM=0 means this global variable is not used. The priority of @HBM is behind @HBN.

Note: @HBN=0 means this global variable is not used. The priority of @HBN is behind @HBS.

Note: @HBS=-1 means this global variable is not being used and default auto bin size will be used.

0 = Call CListCtrl::GetHeaderCtrl
1 = Do not call CListCtrl::GetHeaderCtrl()

0 = prevent file from dropping onto HTML dialog
non-zero value = enable dropping file onto HTML dialog to open it

0 = no HTML Report menu
1 = bring back HTML Report menu

0 = E videos will always be installed, even if user doesn't install Help files. Localized videos (C, G, J) will only be installed with Help files. Learning Center should preferentially play locally-installed file if it exists. For C, G, J check for localized file, then for locally-installed E file. If localized file or locally-installed E file not found, go to video page on originlab.com.
1 = Force Learning Center to always open video page on originlab.com.

Persistent

0 = default value of bottom-left corner
1 = center of Origin workspace
2 = top-left corner
3 = top-right corner
4 = bottom-left corner
5 = bottom-right corner

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@IA = 1: always use the old impASC tool when you run it by

• File Menu
• Tool Bar
• LabTalk Script (run -xf impasc)
• Reimport (from old .ogw workbook created in Origin2017 or earlier version)
• Drag and Drop (with old .oif filter created in Origin2017 or earlier version)

@IA = 2: always use the new impASC tool when you run it by

• File Menu
• Tool Bar
• LabTalk Script (run -xf impasc)
• Reimport (from old .ogw workbook created in Origin2017 or earlier version)
• Drag and Drop (with old .oif filter created in Origin2017 or earlier version)

@IA = 1 or 2

• Reimport (from new .ogw workbook created in Origin2018 or later version): new impASC
• Drag and Drop (with new .oif filter created in Origin2018 or later version): new impASC
• Batch Process (with new .ogw/.oif created in Origin2018 or later version): new impASC
• Batch Process (with old .oif filter created in Origin2017 or earlier version): old impASC
• Import Wizard: old impASC

0 = all
1 = active only
Persistent

0 = Do not disable idle tasks upon using data reader
1 = Disable idle tasks upon using data reader

0 = no
1 = yes

By default (@IDD = 0), only when import Excel file with drag-n-drop, <last used> of Excel Sheet in Excel connector will be used. Other import methods (open Excel connector from menu, or use LabTalk/Python codes) will use first sheet in Excel file.

0 = Do not have extra points
1 = Have extra points

-1 = ask
0 = insert equation tool
1 = LaTeX app

Persistent

0 = (default) Use the user-defined filter if it exists, otherwise use the System filter. This is default behavior.
1 = Exclude *.dat files for the default behavior (i.e. if there is a user-defined filter for *.dat files, show the relative System filter in the Select Filter dialog to let user select, otherwise use the System filter).
2 = Exclude *.xls(x) files for the default behavior (i.e. if there is a user-defined filter for *.xls(x) files, show the relative System filter in the Select Filter dialog to let user select, otherwise, the System filter will be used).
4 = Exclude *.txt files for the default behavior (i.e. if there is a user-defined filter for *.txt files, show the relative system filter in the Select Filter dialog to let user select. If no any user-defined filter, the system filter will be used.
8 = Exclude *.csv files for the default behavior (i.e. if there is a user-defined filter for *.txt files, show the relative System filter in the Select Filter dialog to let user select, otherwise the System filter will be used.
-1 = Exclude all file types for the default behavior (i.e. always show relative System filter in the Select Filter dialog to let user select, otherwise the System filter will be used. This is Origin's behavior before version 2020b.

Persistent

0 = no
1 = yes
Persistent

0 = Append file name to workbook comments
1 = Prepend file name to workbook comments
2 = Replace workbook comments with file name

0 = Append file name to column comments
1 = Prepend file name to column comments
2 = Replace column comments with file name

0 = Append file name to worksheet comments
1 = Prepend file name to worksheet comments
2 = Replace worksheet comments with file name

0 = Unhide rows/columns
1 = Ignore hidden rows/columns

1 = enable interpolation
0 = disable this feature

0 = use bmp
1 = use media

1 = Clip axes
2 = Clip axis break
Note: @ILC=3 is a combination of @ILC=1 and @ILC=2, which means it will clip both axes and axis break.

4 = FRAME_GRID_AFTER
8 = FRAME_AXIS_AFTER
Note:@ILD is a combination of the controlling bits, @ILD=0 means both bits do not work. This system variable is no longer used anymore, the drawing sequence now is replaced by the corresponding check box Grid on Top of Data and Data on Top of Axes respectively in Data Drawing Options panel under Display in Plot Details dialog box.

0 = Show the label substitution as blank(default value)
1 = Show the label substitution as ###

0 = uncheck the checkbox by default
1 = check the checkbox by default

0 = Regular version (Origin)
1 = Image Analysis Module version
2 = Professional version (OriginPro)

-1 = Origin will check image bits per pixel and choose best format to use
1 = FILE_PCX
2 = FILE_GIF
3 = FILE_TIF
4 = FILE_TGA
5 = FILE_CMP
6 = FILE_BMP
10 = FILE_JPEG
15 = FILE_WMF
16 = FILE_EPS
Note: The allowed values for @IMG are any values defined by LEAD Tools for their supported image formats.

Persistent

0 = insert as OIMAGE
1 = insert as BMP

Persistent

0 = Copy image window will lost data type (Uint8). Old behavior.
1 = Copy image window should keep the data type same as source.

0 = open in matrix window
1 = open in Image window
Note: Files dropped onto a matrix window will import to the matrix window, regardless of the value of @IMGD.

0 = disable darkening

0 = double-click
1 = Ctrl+double-click

Persistent

-1 = PQ1 (Perfect Quality 1) for FILE_CMP format
2 = Highest quality
255 = Highest compression
Note: FILE_JPEG (@IMG=10) can also use quality factor 0 which is lossless compression. FILE_CMP (@IMG=5) can also use quality setting -9 to -1, with -1 being PQ1 (Perfect Quality 1). The quality settings are defined by LEAD Tools.

Persistent

Persistent

0 = Disable sparklines on import.
1 = (default) Allow user to add sparklines on import with CSV or Excel Connectors, via Other Options dialog (available from both Connector dialogs).

0 = Import long string as note
1 = Import long string as truncated text
2 = Import long string as long element without truncation

0 = Do not allow LabTalk to access keyword “INF”
1 = Allow LabTalk to access keyword “INF”

Persistent

0 = disable support
1 = enable support

0 = no protection
1 = protected, except reorder
2 = protected

Notes:

• Changes to the default value must be made before data import.
  
• This system variable is NOT Persistent. See this FAQ on permanently changing the value of a system variable.

0 = no protection
1 = protected, except reorder
2 = protected

Notes:

• Changes to the default value must be made before data import.
  
• Data imported by CSV Connector can be reordered when @IPDC is default (=2).
  
• This system variable is NOT Persistent. See this FAQ on permanently changing the value of a system variable.
• To edit connected data after import see FAQ-1053:How to allow changing data when data connector is used?

0 = keep Date/Time Format type,
1 = keep Text/Date/Time Format type,
-1 = keep any column Format type.

0 = Ignore set Printer option for adding layer
1 = Default behavior for set Printer options for adding layer

0 = do not set column to Numeric in any case.

0 = Old behavior. Only the first sheet replace the existing data sheet. The rest will be imported into new sheets.
1 = All sheets in the new file will replace existing data in target sheets only by one.

0 = Disable intellisense
1 = Enable intellisense

-1 = Enable AutoSize column width for all columns
 0 = Disable Autosize for all columns

See also, wks.isc

0 = Use active book/sheet for imported data when no Template Name is given. When named template is specified, the first sheet in file will always use specified sheet in template (does not apply to GUI) and if not specified, use the 1st sheet in template; subsequent sheets will use the empty sheets in template for importing, if existing in template.
1 = Skip active empty book/sheet for import when no Template Name is given, instead creating a new sheet/book for import. When a named template is used, all sheets in file will use specified sheets in template (does not apply to GUI) and if not specified, use the 1st sheet in template for importing rather than the empty sheets if existing in template.
2 = When Template Name is given, all sheets in file will use empty sheets if existing in template for importing rather than specified sheet in template and if not specified, it is the 1st sheet in template.
3 = Find next existing sheet (exclude report sheets/single-cell sheets, etc.) to import into (not strictly empty) or if no sheet found, create a new one.

Persistent

Persistent

0 = get image's XY scale
1 = get layer's XY scale
Persistent

0 = There is no movable selection
1 = There is movable selection
Note: movable selection refers to situation where applied data reading tool’s markers are movable, such as when Data Selector is on then @J=1.

0 = Display missing value as double-dash (“--“)
2 = Display missing value as blank. Note: You must refresh the window when changing @JM.

0 = Button up
1 = Button down

Persistent

0 = Button up
1 = Button down

0 = Ctrl + Shift + Arrow will select cells till column or/and row end
1 = Ctrl + Shift + Arrow will select cells before first empty/missing values, hold Ctrl+Shift key again to hit arrow will select cells till next non-empty or non-missing values.

When the number of plotting data points is more than @KDM, both binned and interpolation will be used.
When the number of plotting data points is equal to or smaller than @KDM, no binned and no interpolation will be used.

0 = Empty column label rows are excluded.
1 = Empty column label rows are included when copying and pasting.

0 = old behavior
1 = keep only one connect

0 = Button up
1 = Button down

0 = Latex not initiated yet 1 = Latex initiate properly already -1, -2, etc = Attempted Latex initiation but ended in error

• positive value to shift LaTeX down a bit,
• negative to shift it up.

0=off
1= new workbook
2 = always
3 = never use, hide Use LaTeX checkbox in Worksheet Properties dialog as well
Note: if use LaTeX directly, LaTeX equation will show in axis title and legend, and show in the column label row if rich text is on
Persistent

Persistent

0 = do not change the bar width with scale type.
1 = change the bar width with scale type.

-1 = the line ends follow the default settings of that object itself. For example, drop line and connection line end in a semi-circle (protuberant), and vector has a square line cap by default.
0 = the line ends show as semi-circle (protuberant)
1 = the line ends show as square (protuberant)
2 = the line ends show as square (not protuberant)

0 = Line cap round
1 = Line cap square
2 = Line cap flat

-2 = square for Cartesian coordinates and polar radial (but not angular) axes; round for other coordinate systems.
-1 = axis line end follows the control of @LCA

0 = round-head arrow, old behavior
1 = sharp-head arrow

0 = Line cap round
1 = Line cap square
2 = Line cap flat

0 = the end of line to be round
1 = the end of line to be square
2 = the end of line to be flat

-1 = follow main plot 2 = flat

0 = Line cap round
1 = Line cap square
2 = Line cap flat
-1 = Use the value of @LCG when drawing rectangular objects

0 = Line cap round
1 = Line cap square
2 = Line cap flat

0 = double clicking on legend will enter the in-place edit mode
1 = double clicking on legend will open the Properties dialog

Persistent

Note: @LF(default 2500)/1000 is 2.5 pixels. Set @LF to be smaller will allow more data points to be used to draw a contour plot.

0 = Disable auto-load feature. When you open a project with linked image, a down arrow button will show on the graph. You can click the button to re-load the image manually.
1 = Auto-load image in all visible Graphs/Layouts of the project.
2 = Auto-load image in the active window only.

Persistent

1 = Image in graph is auto-updated when source image file has change.
0 = Image will not update. You will need to reimport the image manually to see the updates.

Persistent

0 = Bring up Layer Contents dialog box
1 = Bring up Plot Setup dialog box

0 = Bring up Plot Setup dialog box even if data already being selected
1 = Skip Plot Setup dialog box if data already being selected

0 = Directly uses string comparison to get the results. Old behavior in Origin 2020 and earlier versions.
1 = Internally convert the string argument to numeric and then do numeric comparison.

Note: @LL is calculated by divide the overlap area with total data area in percentage. The area is the product of x, y lengths.

@LLAB=0, show line entries only
@LLAB=1, show line entries and fill area entries both
@LLAB=2, show fill area entries only for Fill to Base; show line entries only for Fill to Next Plot
@LLAB=3, show fill area entries only for Fill to Base; show line entries and fill area entries both for Fill to Next Plot
Note: To see the effect, please reconstruct legend after changing the value.

Persistent

Note: it is defined similarly to @LL but only for NLSF to add data.

0 = Use short name for all display
1 = Use long name for all display

0 = no
1 = yes
Persistent

Set @LNS=1 to rollback to old behavior, that is, cannot define a string for worksheet name if there is only space difference with another sheet in the workbook.

0 = Logging disabled
1 = Generate separate log files for each instance, turn off logging after 3 sessions
2 = Multiple instances share the same log file
3 = Same as =1 but will not auto turn off after 3 sessions
10 = A value of 10 or larger will turn off logging after the @log number of sessions


Persistent

Note: @LP actually defines the resolution of polyline drawing.

0 = Turn off @LP for 3D plot
1 = Turn on @LP for 3D plot

Note: @LPS overrides the @LP when make a semitransparent line plot.

-1 = automatically turn on the speed improvement under specific condition (e.g. only when there’s one color modification and it is either increment or indexing).
0 = old behavior, which is simply do nothing
1 = force turn on the speed improvement

0 = legend symbol works like normal text.
1 = legend symbol need to start a new section for alignment( insert ^() before symbol )

1 = Horizontal direction should be along the circle of the same radius, vertical direction should go towards center of polar.
0 = turn off this feature

0 = Only strings longer than 252 characters will be saved in the map
1 = @LSSP percentage of long strings will be saved in the map
No less than 2 = The total number of elements in the dataset is compared with the value of @LSSM:
If the total number of elements in the dataset is smaller than @LSSM, it will work like @LSSM=0, otherwise it will work like @LSSM=1

Note: @LSSP is used in combination with @LSSM.

0 = Do not apply system theme when adding new layer
1 = Always apply system theme to newly added layer
Note: only if current graph's theme is set as system theme that adding new layers to it will apply the theme of existing graph.

0 = Treat a second semicolon as the beginning of the next script and delay execution of next script.
1 = Only allow a semicolon placed at the beginning of a script to delay execution of that script (See, Leading Semicolon for Delayed Execution).
2 = Starting with 2017 SR2, when script is protected inside { }, it will not trigger ErrorPro. However, if you want to restore the previous behavior, set @LT = 2.
3 = 1+2, i.e. Only allow a semicolon placed at the beginning of a script to delay execution of that script. And trigger ErrorPro when script is protected inside { }.

0 = not open
1 = open

1 = enable block
2 = explicit cast
Persistent