ChartDirector 7.0 (ASP/COM/VB Edition)

Black Vertical Linear Meters


          

This example demonstrates vertical bar meters in a black coloring scheme.

Source Code Listing

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\blackvlinearmeter.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %> <% Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API") ' This script can draw different charts depending on the chartIndex Sub createChart(viewer, chartIndex) ' The value to display on the meter value = 74.25 ' Create a LinearMeter object of size 70 x 260 pixels with black background and rounded corners Set m = cd.LinearMeter(70, 260, &H000000) Call m.setRoundedFrame(cd.Transparent) ' Set the default text and line colors to white (0xffffff) Call m.setColor(cd.TextColor, &Hffffff) Call m.setColor(cd.LineColor, &Hffffff) ' Set the scale region top-left corner at (28, 30), with size of 20 x 196 pixels. The scale ' labels are located on the left (default - implies vertical meter) Call m.setMeter(28, 30, 20, 196) ' Set meter scale from 0 - 100, with a tick every 10 units Call m.setScale(0, 100, 10) ' The tick line width to 1 pixel Call m.setLineWidth(0, 1) ' Demostrate different types of color scales and putting them at different positions smoothColorScale = Array(0, &H0000ff, 25, &H0088ff, 50, &H00ff00, 75, &Hdddd00, 100, &Hff0000) stepColorScale = Array(0, &H00cc00, 50, &Heecc00, 80, &Hdd0000, 100) highLowColorScale = Array(0, &H0000ff, 70, cd.Transparent, 100, &Hff0000) If chartIndex = 0 Then ' Add the smooth color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 1 Then ' Add the step color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(stepColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 2 Then ' Add the high low scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(highLowColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 3 Then ' Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 28 (left of scale) with zero width and ending ' at x = 28 with 20 pixels width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 28, 0, 28, 20) ElseIf chartIndex = 4 Then ' Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 38 (center of scale) with zero width and ending ' at x = 28 with 20 pixels width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 38, 0, 28, 20) Else ' Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 48 (right of scale) with zero width and ending ' at x = 28 with 20 pixels width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 48, 0, 28, 20) End If ' Add a blue (0x0000cc) pointer with white (0xffffff) border at the specified value Call m.addPointer(value, &H0000cc, &Hffffff) ' Add a label at the top-center using 8pt Arial Bold font Call m.addText(m.getWidth() / 2, 5, "Temp C", "Arial Bold", 8, cd.TextColor, cd.Top) ' Add a text box at the bottom-center. Display the value using white (0xffffff) 8pt Arial Bold ' font on a black (0x000000) background with depressed grey (0x444444) rounded border. Set t = m.addText(m.getWidth() / 2, m.getHeight() - 7, m.formatValue(value, "2"), _ "Arial Bold", 8, &Hffffff, cd.Bottom) Call t.setBackground(&H000000, &H444444, -1) Call t.setRoundedCorners(3) ' Output the chart Call viewer.setChart(m, cd.SVG) End Sub ' This example includes 6 charts Dim viewers(5) For i = 0 To Ubound(viewers) Set viewers(i) = cd.WebChartViewer(Request, "chart" & i) Call createChart(viewers(i), i) Next %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Black Vertical Linear Meters</title> <!-- Include ChartDirector Javascript Library to support chart interactions --> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> Black Vertical Linear Meters </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.asp?file=<%= Request("SCRIPT_NAME") %>">View Chart Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here are the chart images ****** --> <% For i = 0 To Ubound(viewers) Call Response.Write(viewers(i).renderHTML()) Call Response.Write(" ") Next %> </body> </html>

[Windows Version (in Visual Basic)] vbdemo\blackvlinearmeter.cls
Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer) Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API ' The value to display on the meter Dim value As Double value = 74.25 ' Create a LinearMeter object of size 70 x 260 pixels with black background and rounded corners Dim m As LinearMeter Set m = cd.LinearMeter(70, 260, &H000000) Call m.setRoundedFrame() ' Set the default text and line colors to white (0xffffff) Call m.setColor(cd.TextColor, &Hffffff) Call m.setColor(cd.LineColor, &Hffffff) ' Set the scale region top-left corner at (28, 30), with size of 20 x 196 pixels. The scale ' labels are located on the left (default - implies vertical meter) Call m.setMeter(28, 30, 20, 196) ' Set meter scale from 0 - 100, with a tick every 10 units Call m.setScale(0, 100, 10) ' The tick line width to 1 pixel Call m.setLineWidth(0, 1) ' Demostrate different types of color scales and putting them at different positions Dim smoothColorScale() smoothColorScale = Array(0, &H0000ff, 25, &H0088ff, 50, &H00ff00, 75, &Hdddd00, 100, &Hff0000) Dim stepColorScale() stepColorScale = Array(0, &H00cc00, 50, &Heecc00, 80, &Hdd0000, 100) Dim highLowColorScale() highLowColorScale = Array(0, &H0000ff, 70, cd.Transparent, 100, &Hff0000) If chartIndex = 0 Then ' Add the smooth color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 1 Then ' Add the step color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(stepColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 2 Then ' Add the high low scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(highLowColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 3 Then ' Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 28 (left of scale) with zero width and ending ' at x = 28 with 20 pixels width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 28, 0, 28, 20) ElseIf chartIndex = 4 Then ' Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 38 (center of scale) with zero width and ending ' at x = 28 with 20 pixels width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 38, 0, 28, 20) Else ' Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 48 (right of scale) with zero width and ending ' at x = 28 with 20 pixels width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 48, 0, 28, 20) End If ' Add a blue (0x0000cc) pointer with white (0xffffff) border at the specified value Call m.addPointer(value, &H0000cc, &Hffffff) ' Add a label at the top-center using 8pt Arial Bold font Call m.addText(m.getWidth() / 2, 5, "Temp C", "arialbd.ttf", 8, cd.TextColor, cd.Top) ' Add a text box at the bottom-center. Display the value using white (0xffffff) 8pt Arial Bold ' font on a black (0x000000) background with depressed grey (0x444444) rounded border. Dim t As ChartDirector.TextBox Set t = m.addText(m.getWidth() / 2, m.getHeight() - 7, m.formatValue(value, "2"), _ "arialbd.ttf", 8, &Hffffff, cd.Bottom) Call t.setBackground(&H000000, &H444444, -1) Call t.setRoundedCorners(3) ' Output the chart Set viewer.Picture = m.makePicture() End Sub