ChartDirector 7.0 (ASP/COM/VB Edition)
Multi-Layer Gantt Chart
Source Code Listing
<%@ language="vbscript" %>
<%
Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API")
' the names of the tasks
labels = Array("Market Research", "Define Specifications", "Overall Archiecture", _
"Project Planning", "Detail Design", "Software Development", "Test Plan", "Testing and QA", _
"User Documentation")
' the planned start dates and end dates for the tasks
startDate = Array(DateSerial(2004, 8, 16), DateSerial(2004, 8, 30), DateSerial(2004, 9, 13), _
DateSerial(2004, 9, 20), DateSerial(2004, 9, 27), DateSerial(2004, 10, 4), DateSerial(2004, _
10, 25), DateSerial(2004, 11, 1), DateSerial(2004, 11, 8))
endDate = Array(DateSerial(2004, 8, 30), DateSerial(2004, 9, 13), DateSerial(2004, 9, 27), _
DateSerial(2004, 10, 4), DateSerial(2004, 10, 11), DateSerial(2004, 11, 8), DateSerial(2004, _
11, 8), DateSerial(2004, 11, 22), DateSerial(2004, 11, 22))
' the actual start dates and end dates for the tasks up to now
actualStartDate = Array(DateSerial(2004, 8, 16), DateSerial(2004, 8, 27), DateSerial(2004, 9, 9), _
DateSerial(2004, 9, 18), DateSerial(2004, 9, 22))
actualEndDate = Array(DateSerial(2004, 8, 27), DateSerial(2004, 9, 9), DateSerial(2004, 9, 27), _
DateSerial(2004, 10, 2), DateSerial(2004, 10, 8))
' Create a XYChart object of size 620 x 280 pixels. Set background color to light green (ccffcc)
' with 1 pixel 3D border effect.
Set c = cd.XYChart(620, 280, &Hccffcc, &H000000, 1)
' Add a title to the chart using 15 points Times Bold Itatic font, with white (ffffff) text on a
' dark green (0x6000) background
Call c.addTitle("Multi-Layer Gantt Chart Demo", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15, &Hffffff _
).setBackground(&H006000)
' Set the plotarea at (140, 55) and of size 460 x 200 pixels. Use alternative white/grey background.
' Enable both horizontal and vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (c0c0c0). Set vertical
' major grid (represents month boundaries) 2 pixels in width
Call c.setPlotArea(140, 55, 460, 200, &Hffffff, &Heeeeee, cd.LineColor, &Hc0c0c0, &Hc0c0c0 _
).setGridWidth(2, 1, 1, 1)
' swap the x and y axes to create a horziontal box-whisker chart
Call c.swapXY()
' Set the y-axis scale to be date scale from Aug 16, 2004 to Nov 22, 2004, with ticks every 7 days
' (1 week)
Call c.yAxis().setDateScale(DateSerial(2004, 8, 16), DateSerial(2004, 11, 22), 86400 * 7)
' Add a red (ff0000) dash line to represent the current day
Call c.yAxis().addMark(DateSerial(2004, 10, 8), c.dashLineColor(&Hff0000, cd.DashLine))
' Set multi-style axis label formatting. Month labels are in Arial Bold font in "mmm d" format.
' Weekly labels just show the day of month and use minor tick (by using '-' as first character of
' format string).
Call c.yAxis().setMultiFormat(cd.StartOfMonthFilter(), "<*font=Arial Bold*>{value|mmm d}", _
cd.StartOfDayFilter(), "-{value|d}")
' Set the y-axis to shown on the top (right + swapXY = top)
Call c.setYAxisOnRight()
' Set the labels on the x axis
Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)
' Reverse the x-axis scale so that it points downwards.
Call c.xAxis().setReverse()
' Set the horizontal ticks and grid lines to be between the bars
Call c.xAxis().setTickOffset(0.5)
' Use blue (0000aa) as the color for the planned schedule
plannedColor = &H0000aa
' Use a red hash pattern as the color for the actual dates. The pattern is created as a 4 x 4 bitmap
' defined in memory as an array of colors.
hashPattern = Array(&Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hff0000, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hff0000, _
&Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hff0000, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hff0000, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hffffff)
actualColor = c.patternColor(hashPattern, 4)
' Add a box whisker layer to represent the actual dates. We add the actual dates layer first, so it
' will be the top layer.
Set actualLayer = c.addBoxLayer(actualStartDate, actualEndDate, actualColor, "Actual")
' Set the bar height to 8 pixels so they will not block the bottom bar
Call actualLayer.setDataWidth(8)
' Add a box-whisker layer to represent the planned schedule date
Call c.addBoxLayer(startDate, endDate, plannedColor, "Planned").setBorderColor(cd.SameAsMainColor)
' Add a legend box on the top right corner (595, 60) of the plot area with 8 pt Arial Bold font. Use
' a semi-transparent grey (80808080) background.
Set b = c.addLegend(595, 60, False, "Arial Bold", 8)
Call b.setAlignment(cd.TopRight)
Call b.setBackground(&H80808080, -1, 2)
' Output the chart
Set viewer = cd.WebChartViewer(Request, "chart1")
Call viewer.setChart(c, cd.SVG)
' Include tool tip for the chart
viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", _
"title='{xLabel} ({dataSetName}): {top|mmm dd, yyyy} to {bottom|mmm dd, yyyy}'")
%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Multi-Layer Gantt Chart</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;">
Multi-Layer Gantt Chart
</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 is the chart image ****** -->
<%= viewer.renderHTML() %>
</body>
</html>Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer)
Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API
' the names of the tasks
Dim labels()
labels = Array("Market Research", "Define Specifications", "Overall Archiecture", _
"Project Planning", "Detail Design", "Software Development", "Test Plan", _
"Testing and QA", "User Documentation")
' the planned start dates and end dates for the tasks
Dim startDate()
startDate = Array(DateSerial(2004, 8, 16), DateSerial(2004, 8, 30), DateSerial(2004, 9, 13), _
DateSerial(2004, 9, 20), DateSerial(2004, 9, 27), DateSerial(2004, 10, 4), DateSerial( _
2004, 10, 25), DateSerial(2004, 11, 1), DateSerial(2004, 11, 8))
Dim endDate()
endDate = Array(DateSerial(2004, 8, 30), DateSerial(2004, 9, 13), DateSerial(2004, 9, 27), _
DateSerial(2004, 10, 4), DateSerial(2004, 10, 11), DateSerial(2004, 11, 8), DateSerial( _
2004, 11, 8), DateSerial(2004, 11, 22), DateSerial(2004, 11, 22))
' the actual start dates and end dates for the tasks up to now
Dim actualStartDate()
actualStartDate = Array(DateSerial(2004, 8, 16), DateSerial(2004, 8, 27), DateSerial(2004, 9, _
9), DateSerial(2004, 9, 18), DateSerial(2004, 9, 22))
Dim actualEndDate()
actualEndDate = Array(DateSerial(2004, 8, 27), DateSerial(2004, 9, 9), DateSerial(2004, 9, 27 _
), DateSerial(2004, 10, 2), DateSerial(2004, 10, 8))
' Create a XYChart object of size 620 x 280 pixels. Set background color to light green (ccffcc)
' with 1 pixel 3D border effect.
Dim c As XYChart
Set c = cd.XYChart(620, 280, &Hccffcc, &H000000, 1)
' Add a title to the chart using 15 points Times Bold Itatic font, with white (ffffff) text on a
' dark green (0x6000) background
Call c.addTitle("Multi-Layer Gantt Chart Demo", "timesbi.ttf", 15, &Hffffff).setBackground( _
&H006000)
' Set the plotarea at (140, 55) and of size 460 x 200 pixels. Use alternative white/grey
' background. Enable both horizontal and vertical grids by setting their colors to grey
' (c0c0c0). Set vertical major grid (represents month boundaries) 2 pixels in width
Call c.setPlotArea(140, 55, 460, 200, &Hffffff, &Heeeeee, cd.LineColor, &Hc0c0c0, &Hc0c0c0 _
).setGridWidth(2, 1, 1, 1)
' swap the x and y axes to create a horziontal box-whisker chart
Call c.swapXY()
' Set the y-axis scale to be date scale from Aug 16, 2004 to Nov 22, 2004, with ticks every 7
' days (1 week)
Call c.yAxis().setDateScale(DateSerial(2004, 8, 16), DateSerial(2004, 11, 22), 86400 * 7)
' Add a red (ff0000) dash line to represent the current day
Call c.yAxis().addMark(DateSerial(2004, 10, 8), c.dashLineColor(&Hff0000, cd.DashLine))
' Set multi-style axis label formatting. Month labels are in Arial Bold font in "mmm d" format.
' Weekly labels just show the day of month and use minor tick (by using '-' as first character
' of format string).
Call c.yAxis().setMultiFormat(cd.StartOfMonthFilter(), "<*font=arialbd.ttf*>{value|mmm d}", _
cd.StartOfDayFilter(), "-{value|d}")
' Set the y-axis to shown on the top (right + swapXY = top)
Call c.setYAxisOnRight()
' Set the labels on the x axis
Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)
' Reverse the x-axis scale so that it points downwards.
Call c.xAxis().setReverse()
' Set the horizontal ticks and grid lines to be between the bars
Call c.xAxis().setTickOffset(0.5)
' Use blue (0000aa) as the color for the planned schedule
Dim plannedColor As Long
plannedColor = &H0000aa
' Use a red hash pattern as the color for the actual dates. The pattern is created as a 4 x 4
' bitmap defined in memory as an array of colors.
Dim actualColor As Long
actualColor = c.patternColor(Array(&Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hff0000, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, _
&Hff0000, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hff0000, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, &Hff0000, &Hffffff, &Hffffff, _
&Hffffff), 4)
' Add a box whisker layer to represent the actual dates. We add the actual dates layer first, so
' it will be the top layer.
Dim actualLayer As BoxWhiskerLayer
Set actualLayer = c.addBoxLayer(actualStartDate, actualEndDate, actualColor, "Actual")
' Set the bar height to 8 pixels so they will not block the bottom bar
Call actualLayer.setDataWidth(8)
' Add a box-whisker layer to represent the planned schedule date
Call c.addBoxLayer(startDate, endDate, plannedColor, "Planned").setBorderColor( _
cd.SameAsMainColor)
' Add a legend box on the top right corner (595, 60) of the plot area with 8 pt Arial Bold font.
' Use a semi-transparent grey (80808080) background.
Dim b As LegendBox
Set b = c.addLegend(595, 60, False, "arialbd.ttf", 8)
Call b.setAlignment(cd.TopRight)
Call b.setBackground(&H80808080, -1, 2)
' Output the chart
Set viewer.Picture = c.makePicture()
'include tool tip for the chart
viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _
"title='{xLabel} ({dataSetName}): {top|mmm dd, yyyy} to {bottom|mmm dd, yyyy}'")
End Sub