ChartDirector 6.0 (ColdFusion Edition)

Linear Zone Meter




This example demonstrates a linear meter labelled with zones.

The meter in this example is achieved by using LinearMeter.addZone to add labelled zones. The black lines separating the zones are added by using BaseMeter.addLabel with empty spaces as labels.

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/linearzonemeter.cfm]
<cfscript>

// ChartDirector for ColdFusion API Access Point
cd = CreateObject("java", "ChartDirector.CFChart");

// A utility to allow us to create arrays with data in one line of code
function Array() {
    var result = ArrayNew(1);
    var i = 0;
    for (i = 1; i LTE ArrayLen(arguments); i = i + 1)
        result[i] = arguments[i];
    return result;
}

// The value to display on the meter
value = 85;

// Create an LinearMeter object of size 210 x 45 pixels, using silver background with a 2 pixel
// black 3D depressed border.
m = cd.LinearMeter(210, 45, cd.silverColor(), 0, -2);

// Set the scale region top-left corner at (5, 5), with size of 200 x 20 pixels. The scale labels
// are located on the bottom (implies horizontal meter)
m.setMeter(5, 5, 200, 20, cd.Bottom);

// Set meter scale from 0 - 100
m.setScale(0, 100);

// Add a title at the bottom of the meter with a 1 pixel raised 3D border
m.addTitle2(cd.Bottom, "Battery Level", "Arial Bold", 8).setBackground(cd.Transparent, -1, 1);

// Set 3 zones of different colors to represent Good/Weak/Bad data ranges
m.addZone(50, 100, "0x99ff99", "Good");
m.addZone(20, 50, "0xffff66", "Weak");
m.addZone(0, 20, "0xffcccc", "Bad");

// Add empty labels (just need the ticks) at 0/20/50/80 as separators for zones
m.addLabel(0, " ");
m.addLabel(20, " ");
m.addLabel(50, " ");
m.addLabel(100, " ");

// Add a semi-transparent blue (800000ff) pointer at the specified value, using triangular pointer
// shape
m.addPointer(value, "0x800000ff").setShape(cd.TriangularPointer);

// Output the chart
chart1URL = m.makeSession(GetPageContext(), "chart1");

</cfscript>
<html>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    Linear Zone Meter
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />
<cfoutput>
<div style="font-size:9pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em">
    <a href='viewsource.cfm?file=#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#'>View Source Code</a>
</div>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart1URL#" />
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>