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.
- Small dots that shows the data points at the nearest x data value.
- Dynamically updated legend entries that shows the value of the data points at the nearest x data value.
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
trackVLegend to draw the track cursor. It also calls
JsChartViewer.setAutoHide to automatically hide the track cursor when the
MouseOutPlotArea or
TouchEndPlotArea event occurs.
The
trackVLegend Javascript function is the routine that draws the track cursor. Its key elements are:
[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\trackvlegend.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %>
<%
Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API")
' In this example, we simply use random data for the 2 data series.
Set r = cd.RanSeries(127)
data0 = r.getSeries(180, 70, -5, 5)
data1 = r.getSeries(180, 150, -15, 15)
timeStamps = r.getDateSeries(180, DateSerial(2014, 3, 1), 86400)
' Create a XYChart object of size 640 x 420 pixels
Set c = cd.XYChart(640, 420)
' Add a title to the chart using 20pt Arial font
Call c.addTitle(" Plasma Stabilizer Energy Usage", "Arial", 20)
' Set the plotarea at (55, 60) and of size 560 x 330 pixels, with transparent background and border
' and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines
Call c.setPlotArea(55, 60, 560, 330, -1, -1, cd.Transparent, &Hcccccc)
' Add a legend box at (55, 30) using horizontal layout, with 10pt Arial Bold as font and transparent
' background and border.
Call c.addLegend(55, 30, False, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(cd.Transparent)
' Set axis label style to 10pt Arial
Call c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 10)
Call c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 10)
' Set the x and y axis stems to transparent, and the x-axis tick color to grey (0xcccccc)
Call c.xAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent, cd.TextColor, cd.TextColor, &Hcccccc)
Call c.yAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent)
' Configure the x-axis tick lengtht to 10 pixels internal to the plot area
Call c.xAxis().setTickLength(-10, 0)
' With the ticks internal to the plot area, the x-axis labels will come very close to the axis stem,
' so we configure a wider gap.
Call c.xAxis().setLabelGap(10)
' For the automatic axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 80/40 pixels for the x/y axis.
Call c.xAxis().setTickDensity(80)
Call c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40)
' Use "mm/yyyy" as the x-axis label format for the first plotted month of a year, and "mm" for other
' months
Call c.xAxis().setMultiFormat(cd.StartOfYearFilter(), "{value|mm/yyyy} ", cd.StartOfMonthFilter(), _
"{value|mm}")
' Add a title to the y axis using dark grey (0x555555) 12pt Arial Bold font
Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Energy (kWh)", "Arial Bold", 14, &H555555)
' Add a line layer with 2-pixel line width
Set layer0 = c.addLineLayer(data0, &Hcc0000, "Power Usage")
Call layer0.setXData(timeStamps)
Call layer0.setLineWidth(2)
' Add an area layer using semi-transparent blue (0x7f0044cc) as the fill color
Set layer1 = c.addAreaLayer(data1, &H7f0044cc, "Effective Load")
Call layer1.setXData(timeStamps)
Call layer1.setBorderColor(cd.SameAsMainColor)
' 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 Vertical Legend</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script>
<style>
.legend {border:solid 1px #888888; black;background:#eeeeee; font:13px Arial; padding:2px;
border-radius:4px; white-space:nowrap;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;}
.legend_caption {text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold; padding-bottom:2px;}
.legend_table {border-spacing:0px;}
.legend_table td {padding:1px 0px 1px 3px;}
.legend_slide {-webkit-transition:left 0.3s;}
</style>
</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
trackVLegend(viewer, viewer.getPlotAreaMouseX());
viewer.setAutoHide("all", ["MouseOutPlotArea", "TouchEndPlotArea"]);
});
});
//
// Draw track line with axis labels
//
function trackVLegend(viewer, mouseX)
{
// Remember whether we are displaying the legend initially or updating the display.
var legendIsVisible = viewer.isVisible("legend");
// 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");
// Array to hold the legend entries
var legendEntries = [];
// Iterate through all layers to draw the axis labels for the data points
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);
// Only visible data sets with names are included in the legend.
var dataName = dataSet.getDataName();
var color = dataSet.getDataColor();
var dataValue = dataSet.getValue(xIndex);
if ((!dataName) || (color == null) || (dataValue == null))
continue;
// Build the legend entry, consist of a colored square box, the name and the data value.
legendEntries.push("<tr><td>" + viewer.htmlRect(7, 7, color, "black 1px solid") + " " +
dataSet.getDataName() + ":</td><td>" + dataValue.toPrecision(4) + "</td></tr>");
// Draw a track dot for data points within the plot area
var yCoor = c.getYCoor(dataSet.getPosition(xIndex));
if ((yCoor != null) && (yCoor >= plotArea.getTopY()) && (yCoor <= plotArea.getBottomY()))
{
viewer.showTextBox("dataPoint" + i + "_" + j, xCoor, yCoor, JsChartViewer.Center,
viewer.htmlRect(7, 7, color, "black 1px solid"));
}
}
}
if (legendEntries.length > 0)
{
// Create the legend by joining the legend entries
var legend = "<div class='legend_caption'>" + c.xAxis().getFormattedLabel(xValue, "yyyy-mm-dd")
+ "</div><table class='legend_table'>" + legendEntries.reverse().join("") + "</table>";
// Put the legend box at the opposite side of the mouse
var mouseOnRight = xCoor >= (plotArea.getLeftX() + plotArea.getRightX()) / 2;
var legendX = mouseOnRight ? (plotArea.getLeftX() + 1) : (plotArea.getRightX() - 1);
var alignment = mouseOnRight ? JsChartViewer.TopLeft : JsChartViewer.TopRight;
var legendStyle = "class:legend" + (legendIsVisible ? " legend_slide" : "") + ";";
var legendBox = viewer.showClickableTextBox("legend", legendX, plotArea.getTopY(),
alignment, legend, legendStyle);
}
}
</script>
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
Track Line with Vertical Legend
</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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