This sample program demonstrates a track cursor programmed with the following features:
- A vertical line that follows the mouse cursor on the plot area and snaps to the nearest x data value, with a label on the x-axis displaying that value.
- Small dots that shows the data points at the nearest x data value.
- >Labels beside the small dots displaying the values of the data points.
On the server side, the code draws the chart as usual, and outputs both the image and the
Javascript Chart Model of the chart.
On the browser side, in the window onload event handler, Javascript is used to set up the event handler for the
MouseMovePlotArea,
TouchStartPlotArea,
TouchMovePlotArea and
ChartMove events. The event handler calls
trackLineLabel to draw the track cursor. It also calls
JsChartViewer.setAutoHide to automatically hide the track cursor when the
MouseOutPlotArea or
TouchEndPlotArea event occurs.
The
trackLineLabel Javascript function is the routine that draws the track cursor. Its key elements are:
[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\tracklabel.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %>
<%
Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API")
' Data for the chart as 3 random data series
Set r = cd.RanSeries(127)
data0 = r.getSeries(100, 100, -15, 15)
data1 = r.getSeries(100, 150, -15, 15)
data2 = r.getSeries(100, 200, -15, 15)
timeStamps = r.getDateSeries(100, DateSerial(2011, 1, 1), 86400)
' Create a XYChart object of size 640 x 400 pixels
Set c = cd.XYChart(640, 400)
' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times New Roman Bold Italic font
Call c.addTitle(" Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18)
' Set the plotarea at (50, 55) with width 70 pixels less than chart width, and height 90 pixels less
' than chart height. Use a vertical gradient from light blue (f0f6ff) to sky blue (a0c0ff) as
' background. Set border to transparent and grid lines to white (ffffff).
Call c.setPlotArea(50, 55, c.getWidth() - 70, c.getHeight() - 90, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, _
c.getHeight() - 35, &Hf0f6ff, &Ha0c0ff), -1, cd.Transparent, &Hffffff, &Hffffff)
' Add a legend box at (50, 25) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font. Set the
' background and border color to Transparent.
Call c.addLegend(50, 25, False, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(cd.Transparent)
' Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold
Call c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8)
Call c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8)
' Set the axis stem to transparent
Call c.xAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent)
Call c.yAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent)
' Configure x-axis label format
Call c.xAxis().setMultiFormat(cd.StartOfYearFilter(), "{value|mm/yyyy} ", cd.StartOfMonthFilter(), _
"{value|mm}")
' Add axis title using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font
Call c.yAxis().setTitle("USD millions", "Arial Bold Italic", 10)
' Add a line layer to the chart using a line width of 2 pixels.
Set layer = c.addLineLayer2()
Call layer.setLineWidth(2)
' Add 3 data series to the line layer
Call layer.setXData(timeStamps)
Call layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hff3333, "Alpha")
Call layer.addDataSet(data1, &H008800, "Beta")
Call layer.addDataSet(data2, &H3333cc, "Gamma")
' Create the WebChartViewer object
Set viewer = cd.WebChartViewer(Request, "chart1")
' Output the chart
Call viewer.setChart(c, cd.SVG)
' Output Javascript chart model to the browser to support tracking cursor
viewer.ChartModel = c.getJsChartModel()
%>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Track Line with Data Labels</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script>
</head>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<script type="text/javascript">
//
// Use the window load event to set up the MouseMovePlotArea event handler
//
JsChartViewer.addEventListener(window, 'load', function() {
var viewer = JsChartViewer.get('<%=viewer.Id%>');
// Draw track cursor when mouse is moving over plotarea. Hide it when mouse leaves plot area.
viewer.attachHandler(["MouseMovePlotArea", "TouchStartPlotArea", "TouchMovePlotArea", "ChartMove"],
function(e) {
this.preventDefault(e); // Prevent the browser from using touch events for other actions
trackLineLabel(viewer, viewer.getPlotAreaMouseX());
viewer.setAutoHide("all", ["MouseOutPlotArea", "TouchEndPlotArea"]);
});
});
//
// Draw track line with data labels
//
function trackLineLabel(viewer, mouseX)
{
// Remove all previously drawn tracking object
viewer.hideObj("all");
// The chart and its plot area
var c = viewer.getChart();
var plotArea = c.getPlotArea();
// Get the data x-value that is nearest to the mouse, and find its pixel coordinate.
var xValue = c.getNearestXValue(mouseX);
var xCoor = c.getXCoor(xValue);
// Draw a vertical track line at the x-position
viewer.drawVLine("trackLine", xCoor, plotArea.getTopY(), plotArea.getBottomY(), "black 1px dotted");
// Draw a label on the x-axis to show the track line position
viewer.showTextBox("xAxisLabel", xCoor, plotArea.getBottomY() + 4, JsChartViewer.Top,
c.xAxis().getFormattedLabel(xValue, "mmm dd, yyyy"),
"font:bold 11px Arial;color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#000000;padding:0px 3px");
// Iterate through all layers to draw the data labels
for (var i = 0; i < c.getLayerCount(); ++i)
{
var layer = c.getLayerByZ(i);
// The data array index of the x-value
var xIndex = layer.getXIndexOf(xValue);
// Iterate through all the data sets in the layer
for (var j = 0; j < layer.getDataSetCount(); ++j)
{
var dataSet = layer.getDataSetByZ(j);
// Get the color and position of the data label
var color = dataSet.getDataColor();
var yCoor = c.getYCoor(dataSet.getPosition(xIndex), dataSet.getUseYAxis());
// Draw a track dot with a label next to it for visible data points in the plot area
if ((yCoor != null) && (yCoor >= plotArea.getTopY()) && (yCoor <= plotArea.getBottomY()) &&
(color != null))
{
viewer.showTextBox("dataPoint" + i + "_" + j, xCoor, yCoor, JsChartViewer.Center,
viewer.htmlRect(7, 7, color));
viewer.showTextBox("dataLabel" + i + "_" + j, xCoor + 5, yCoor, JsChartViewer.Left,
dataSet.getValue(xIndex).toPrecision(4), "padding:0px 3px;font:bold 11px Arial;" +
"background-color:" + color + ";color:#FFFFFF;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;");
}
}
}
}
</script>
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
Track Line with Data Labels
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />
<div style="font-size:10pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em">
<a href="viewsource.asp?file=<%=Request("SCRIPT_NAME")%>">View Source Code</a>
</div>
<!-- ****** Here is the chart image ****** -->
<%=viewer.renderHTML()%>
</body>
</html>
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