ChartDirector 6.0 (ColdFusion Edition)

Round Meter




This example demonstrates the basic steps in creating a round meter.

A round meter can be created with the following steps:

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/roundmeter.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 = 72.3;

// Create an AngularMeter object of size 250 x 250 pixels with transparent background
m = cd.AngularMeter(250, 250, cd.Transparent);

// Center at (125, 125), scale radius = 111 pixels, scale angle -145 to +145 degrees
m.setMeter(125, 125, 111, -145, 145);

// Add a very light grey (0xeeeeee) circle with radius 123 pixels as background
m.addRing(0, 123, "0xeeeeee");
// Add a grey (0xcccccc) ring between radii 116 and 123 pixels as border
m.addRing(116, 123, "0xcccccc");

// Meter scale is 0 - 100, with major/minor/micro ticks every 10/5/1 units
m.setScale(0, 100, 10, 5, 1);

// Set the scale label style to 15pt Arial Italic. Set the major/minor/micro tick lengths to 12/9/6
// pixels pointing inwards, and their widths to 2/1/1 pixels.
m.setLabelStyle("Arial Italic", 15);
m.setTickLength(-12, -9, -6);
m.setLineWidth(0, 2, 1, 1);

// Add a smooth color scale to the meter
smoothColorScale = Array(0, "0x3333ff", 25, "0x0088ff", 50, "0x00ff00", 75, "0xdddd00", 100,
    "0xff0000");
m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale);

// Add a text label centered at (125, 175) with 15pt Arial Italic font
m.addText(125, 175, "CPU", "Arial Italic", 15, cd.TextColor, cd.Center);

// Add a red (0xff0000) pointer at the specified value
m.addPointer2(value, "0xff0000");

// 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">
    Round 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>