Soft Multi-Bar Chart

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\softmultibar.asp

<%@ language="vbscript" %>
<%
Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API")

' The data for the bar chart
data0 = Array(100, 125, 245, 147, 67)
data1 = Array(85, 156, 179, 211, 123)
data2 = Array(97, 87, 56, 267, 157)
labels = Array("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thur", "Fri")

' Create a XYChart object of size 540 x 375 pixels
Set c = cd.XYChart(540, 375)

' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font
Call c.addTitle("Average Weekly Network Load", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18)

' Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 440 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient color from
' light red (ffdddd) to dark red (880000) as background. Set border and grid lines to white
' (ffffff).
Call c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 440, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, &Hffdddd, &H880000), -1, _
    &Hffffff, &Hffffff)

' Add a legend box at (50, 25) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with
' transparent background.
Call c.addLegend(50, 25, False, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(cd.Transparent)

' Set the x axis labels
Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)

' Draw the ticks between label positions (instead of at label positions)
Call c.xAxis().setTickOffset(0.5)

' Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold
Call c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8)
Call c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8)

' Set axis line width to 2 pixels
Call c.xAxis().setWidth(2)
Call c.yAxis().setWidth(2)

' Add axis title
Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Throughput (MBytes Per Hour)")

' Add a multi-bar layer with 3 data sets and 4 pixels 3D depth
Set layer = c.addBarLayer2(cd.Side, 4)
Call layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hffff00, "Server #1")
Call layer.addDataSet(data1, &H00ff00, "Server #2")
Call layer.addDataSet(data2, &H9999ff, "Server #3")

' Set bar border to transparent. Use soft lighting effect with light direction from top.
Call layer.setBorderColor(cd.Transparent, cd.softLighting(cd.Top))

' Configure the bars within a group to touch each others (no gap)
Call layer.setBarGap(0.2, cd.TouchBar)

' 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} on {xLabel}: {value} MBytes/hour'")
%>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Soft Multi-Bar 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;">
        Soft Multi-Bar 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\softmultibar.cls

Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer)

    Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API

    ' The data for the bar chart
    Dim data0()
    data0 = Array(100, 125, 245, 147, 67)
    Dim data1()
    data1 = Array(85, 156, 179, 211, 123)
    Dim data2()
    data2 = Array(97, 87, 56, 267, 157)
    Dim labels()
    labels = Array("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thur", "Fri")

    ' Create a XYChart object of size 540 x 375 pixels
    Dim c As XYChart
    Set c = cd.XYChart(540, 375)

    ' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font
    Call c.addTitle("Average Weekly Network Load", "timesbi.ttf", 18)

    ' Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 440 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient color
    ' from light red (ffdddd) to dark red (880000) as background. Set border and grid lines to white
    ' (ffffff).
    Call c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 440, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, &Hffdddd, &H880000), _
        -1, &Hffffff, &Hffffff)

    ' Add a legend box at (50, 25) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with
    ' transparent background.
    Call c.addLegend(50, 25, False, "arialbd.ttf", 10).setBackground(cd.Transparent)

    ' Set the x axis labels
    Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)

    ' Draw the ticks between label positions (instead of at label positions)
    Call c.xAxis().setTickOffset(0.5)

    ' Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold
    Call c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf", 8)
    Call c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf", 8)

    ' Set axis line width to 2 pixels
    Call c.xAxis().setWidth(2)
    Call c.yAxis().setWidth(2)

    ' Add axis title
    Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Throughput (MBytes Per Hour)")

    ' Add a multi-bar layer with 3 data sets and 4 pixels 3D depth
    Dim layer As BarLayer
    Set layer = c.addBarLayer2(cd.Side, 4)
    Call layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hffff00, "Server #1")
    Call layer.addDataSet(data1, &H00ff00, "Server #2")
    Call layer.addDataSet(data2, &H9999ff, "Server #3")

    ' Set bar border to transparent. Use soft lighting effect with light direction from top.
    Call layer.setBorderColor(cd.Transparent, cd.softLighting(cd.Top))

    ' Configure the bars within a group to touch each others (no gap)
    Call layer.setBarGap(0.2, cd.TouchBar)

    ' Output the chart
    Set viewer.Picture = c.makePicture()

    'include tool tip for the chart
    viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _
        "title='{dataSetName} on {xLabel}: {value} MBytes/hour'")

End Sub