ChartDirector 6.0 (ColdFusion Edition)

Arbitrary XY Line Chart




This example demonstrates drawing a line chart with arbitrary x coordinates (not increasing or decreasing in one direction), and adding custom data labels to data points.

The x values of the data points are set into the chart using Layer.setXData. ChartDirector merely joins the points together with lines. It does not require the points to following any particular direction.

Note that this example has special labels for the start and end points of the lines. They are created using Layer.addCustomDataLabel.

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/xyline.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 (x, y) data for the first line
dataX0 = Array(20, 90, 40, 30, 12);
dataY0 = Array(10, 40, 75, 54, 20);

// The (x, y) data for the second line
dataX1 = Array(10, 40, 75, 54, 60);
dataY1 = Array(50, 90, 40, 30, 10);

// Create a XYChart object of size 450 x 450 pixels
c = cd.XYChart(450, 450);

// Set the plotarea at (55, 65) and of size 350 x 300 pixels, with white background and a light grey
// border (0xc0c0c0). Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color
// (0xc0c0c0)
c.setPlotArea(55, 65, 350, 300, "0xffffff", -1, "0xc0c0c0", "0xc0c0c0", -1);

// Add a legend box at (50, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 12pt Times Bold
// Italic font. Set the background and border color to Transparent.
c.addLegend(50, 30, False, "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12).setBackground(cd.Transparent);

// Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Itatic font
c.addTitle("Reaction Path", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18);

// Add a title to the y axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font
c.yAxis().setTitle("Temperature (Celcius)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12);

// Set the y axis line width to 3 pixels
c.yAxis().setWidth(3);

// Add a title to the x axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font
c.xAxis().setTitle("Pressure (Pa)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12);

// Set the x axis line width to 3 pixels
c.xAxis().setWidth(3);

// Add a red (0xff3333) line layer using dataX0 and dataY0
layer1 = c.addLineLayer(dataY0, "0xff3333", "Compound AAA");
layer1.setXData(dataX0);

// Set the line width to 3 pixels
layer1.setLineWidth(3);

// Use 9 pixel square symbols for the data points
layer1.getDataSet(0).setDataSymbol(cd.SquareSymbol, 9);

// Add custom text labels to the first and last point on the scatter plot using Arial Bold font
layer1.addCustomDataLabel(0, 0, "Start", "Arial Bold");
layer1.addCustomDataLabel(0, 4, "End", "Arial Bold");

// Add a green (0x33ff33) line layer using dataX1 and dataY1
layer2 = c.addLineLayer(dataY1, "0x33ff33", "Compound BBB");
layer2.setXData(dataX1);

// Set the line width to 3 pixels
layer2.setLineWidth(3);

// Use 11 pixel diamond symbols for the data points
layer2.getDataSet(0).setDataSymbol(cd.DiamondSymbol, 11);

// Add custom text labels to the first and last point on the scatter plot using Arial Bold font
layer2.addCustomDataLabel(0, 0, "Start", "Arial Bold");
layer2.addCustomDataLabel(0, 4, "End", "Arial Bold");

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

// Include tool tip for the chart
imageMap1 = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "",
    "title='[{dataSetName}] Pressure = {x} Pa, Temperature = {value} C'");

</cfscript>
<html>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    Arbitrary XY Line Chart
</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#" usemap="##map1" border="0" />
<map name="map1">#imageMap1#</map>
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>