ChartDirector 7.0 (ASP/COM/VB Edition)

Symbol Line Chart (2)




This example demonstrates using symbols to represent data points and using gradient color for plot area background.

Source Code Listing

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\symbolline2.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %> <% Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API") ' The data for the line chart data0 = Array(42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42) data1 = Array(65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78) data2 = Array(36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24) labels = Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec") ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 375 pixels Set c = cd.XYChart(600, 375) ' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font Call c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 500 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient color from ' light blue (f9f9ff) to sky blue (aaccff) as background. Set border to transparent and grid lines ' to white (ffffff). Call c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, &Hf9fcff, &Haaccff), -1, _ cd.Transparent, &Hffffff) ' Add a legend box at (50, 28) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with ' transparent background. Call c.addLegend(50, 28, False, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(cd.Transparent) ' Set the x axis labels Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the guideline ' when putting ticks on the y-axis. Call c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30) ' 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 using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue in USD millions", "Arial Bold Italic", 10) ' Add a line layer to the chart Set layer = c.addLineLayer2() ' Set the line width to 3 pixels Call layer.setLineWidth(3) ' Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as symbols Call layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(cd.CircleSymbol, 9) Call layer.addDataSet(data1, &H00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(cd.DiamondSymbol, 11) Call layer.addDataSet(data2, &Hff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(cd.Cross2Shape(), 11) ' 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='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'") %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Symbol Line Chart (2)</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;"> Symbol Line Chart (2) </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\symbolline2.cls
Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer) Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API ' The data for the line chart Dim data0() data0 = Array(42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42) Dim data1() data1 = Array(65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78) Dim data2() data2 = Array(36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24) Dim labels() labels = Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", _ "Dec") ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 375 pixels Dim c As XYChart Set c = cd.XYChart(600, 375) ' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font Call c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "timesbi.ttf", 18) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 500 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient color ' from light blue (f9f9ff) to sky blue (aaccff) as background. Set border to transparent and ' grid lines to white (ffffff). Call c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, &Hf9fcff, &Haaccff), _ -1, cd.Transparent, &Hffffff) ' Add a legend box at (50, 28) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with ' transparent background. Call c.addLegend(50, 28, False, "arialbd.ttf", 10).setBackground(cd.Transparent) ' Set the x axis labels Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the ' guideline when putting ticks on the y-axis. Call c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30) ' 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 using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue in USD millions", "arialbi.ttf", 10) ' Add a line layer to the chart Dim layer As LineLayer Set layer = c.addLineLayer2() ' Set the line width to 3 pixels Call layer.setLineWidth(3) ' Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as symbols Call layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(cd.CircleSymbol, 9) Call layer.addDataSet(data1, &H00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(cd.DiamondSymbol, 11) Call layer.addDataSet(data2, &Hff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(cd.Cross2Shape(), 11) ' Output the chart Set viewer.Picture = c.makePicture() 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _ "title='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'") End Sub