ChartDirector 7.0 (ASP/COM/VB Edition)

Scatter Chart




This example demonstrates a scatter chart created using XYChart.addScatterLayer.

Source Code Listing

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\scatter.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %> <% Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API") ' The XY points for the scatter chart dataX0 = Array(10, 15, 6, 12, 14, 8, 13, 13, 16, 12, 10.5) dataY0 = Array(130, 150, 80, 110, 110, 105, 130, 115, 170, 125, 125) dataX1 = Array(6, 12, 4, 3.5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 11, 8) dataY1 = Array(65, 80, 40, 45, 70, 80, 80, 90, 100, 105, 60) ' Create a XYChart object of size 450 x 420 pixels Set c = cd.XYChart(450, 420) ' Set the plotarea at (55, 65) and of size 350 x 300 pixels, with a light grey border (0xc0c0c0). ' Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xc0c0c0) Call c.setPlotArea(55, 65, 350, 300, -1, -1, &Hc0c0c0, &Hc0c0c0, -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. Call 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. Call c.addTitle("Genetically Modified Predator", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18) ' Add a title to the y axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Length (cm)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12) ' Add a title to the x axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font Call c.xAxis().setTitle("Weight (kg)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12) ' Set the axes line width to 3 pixels Call c.xAxis().setWidth(3) Call c.yAxis().setWidth(3) ' Add an orange (0xff9933) scatter chart layer, using 13 pixel diamonds as symbols Call c.addScatterLayer(dataX0, dataY0, "Genetically Engineered", cd.DiamondSymbol, 13, &Hff9933) ' Add a green (0x33ff33) scatter chart layer, using 11 pixel triangles as symbols Call c.addScatterLayer(dataX1, dataY1, "Natural", cd.TriangleSymbol, 11, &H33ff33) ' 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='[{dataSetName}] Weight = {x} kg, Length = {value} cm'") %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Scatter 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;"> Scatter 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>

[Windows Version (in Visual Basic)] vbdemo\scatter.cls
Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer) Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API ' The XY points for the scatter chart Dim dataX0() dataX0 = Array(10, 15, 6, 12, 14, 8, 13, 13, 16, 12, 10.5) Dim dataY0() dataY0 = Array(130, 150, 80, 110, 110, 105, 130, 115, 170, 125, 125) Dim dataX1() dataX1 = Array(6, 12, 4, 3.5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 11, 8) Dim dataY1() dataY1 = Array(65, 80, 40, 45, 70, 80, 80, 90, 100, 105, 60) ' Create a XYChart object of size 450 x 420 pixels Dim c As XYChart Set c = cd.XYChart(450, 420) ' Set the plotarea at (55, 65) and of size 350 x 300 pixels, with a light grey border ' (0xc0c0c0). Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xc0c0c0) Call c.setPlotArea(55, 65, 350, 300, -1, -1, &Hc0c0c0, &Hc0c0c0, -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. Call c.addLegend(50, 30, False, "timesbi.ttf", 12).setBackground(cd.Transparent) ' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Itatic font. Call c.addTitle("Genetically Modified Predator", "timesbi.ttf", 18) ' Add a title to the y axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Length (cm)", "arialbi.ttf", 12) ' Add a title to the x axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font Call c.xAxis().setTitle("Weight (kg)", "arialbi.ttf", 12) ' Set the axes line width to 3 pixels Call c.xAxis().setWidth(3) Call c.yAxis().setWidth(3) ' Add an orange (0xff9933) scatter chart layer, using 13 pixel diamonds as symbols Call c.addScatterLayer(dataX0, dataY0, "Genetically Engineered", cd.DiamondSymbol, 13, _ &Hff9933) ' Add a green (0x33ff33) scatter chart layer, using 11 pixel triangles as symbols Call c.addScatterLayer(dataX1, dataY1, "Natural", cd.TriangleSymbol, 11, &H33ff33) ' Output the chart Set viewer.Picture = c.makePicture() 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _ "title='[{dataSetName}] Weight = {x} kg, Length = {value} cm'") End Sub