ChartDirector 7.0 (ASP/COM/VB Edition)

3D Bar Chart




This example demonstrates using Layer.set3D to set the bars to 3D style.

Source Code Listing

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\threedbar.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %> <% Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API") ' The data for the bar chart data = Array(85, 156, 179.5, 211, 123) ' The labels for the bar chart labels = Array("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri") ' Create a XYChart object of size 300 x 280 pixels Set c = cd.XYChart(300, 280) ' Set the plotarea at (45, 30) and of size 200 x 200 pixels Call c.setPlotArea(45, 30, 200, 200) ' Add a title to the chart Call c.addTitle("Weekly Server Load") ' Add a title to the y axis Call c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes") ' Add a title to the x axis Call c.xAxis().setTitle("Work Week 25") ' Add a bar chart layer with green (0x00ff00) bars using the given data Call c.addBarLayer(data, &H00ff00).set3D() ' Set the labels on the x axis. Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' 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}: {value} MBytes'") %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>3D 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;"> 3D 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\threedbar.cls
Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer) Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API ' The data for the bar chart Dim data() data = Array(85, 156, 179.5, 211, 123) ' The labels for the bar chart Dim labels() labels = Array("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri") ' Create a XYChart object of size 300 x 280 pixels Dim c As XYChart Set c = cd.XYChart(300, 280) ' Set the plotarea at (45, 30) and of size 200 x 200 pixels Call c.setPlotArea(45, 30, 200, 200) ' Add a title to the chart Call c.addTitle("Weekly Server Load") ' Add a title to the y axis Call c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes") ' Add a title to the x axis Call c.xAxis().setTitle("Work Week 25") ' Add a bar chart layer with green (0x00ff00) bars using the given data Call c.addBarLayer(data, &H00ff00).set3D() ' Set the labels on the x axis. Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Output the chart Set viewer.Picture = c.makePicture() 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='{xLabel}: {value} MBytes'") End Sub