/** Used to find the global attributes that another inspector has set so I can share it. */
  ChartGenerator chartToUse(final String sName, Frame parent, final GUIState simulation) {
    Bag charts = new Bag();
    if (simulation.guiObjects != null)
      for (int i = 0; i < simulation.guiObjects.numObjs; i++)
        if (simulation.guiObjects.objs[i] instanceof ChartGenerator
            && validChartGenerator((ChartGenerator) (simulation.guiObjects.objs[i])))
          charts.add(simulation.guiObjects.objs[i]);
    if (charts.numObjs == 0) return createNewChart(simulation);

    // init the dialog panel
    JPanel p = new JPanel();
    p.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

    String[] chartNames = new String[charts.numObjs + 1];

    chartNames[0] = "[Create a New Chart]";
    for (int i = 0; i < charts.numObjs; i++)
      chartNames[i + 1] = ((ChartGenerator) (charts.objs[i])).getTitle();

    // add widgets
    JPanel panel2 = new JPanel();
    panel2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    panel2.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.TitledBorder("Plot on Chart..."));
    JComboBox encoding = new JComboBox(chartNames);
    panel2.add(encoding, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    p.add(panel2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

    // ask
    if (JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(
            parent, p, "Create a New Chart...", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION)
        != JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) return null;

    if (encoding.getSelectedIndex() == 0) return createNewChart(simulation);
    else return (ChartGenerator) (charts.objs[encoding.getSelectedIndex() - 1]);
  }