This example extends the
Multi-Color Bar Chart (1) example by decorating the the bars with rounded corners and gradient shading.
The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/colorbar2". The MFC version of the code is in "mfcdemo/mfcdemo". The Qt Widgets version of the code is in "qtdemo/qtdemo". The QML/Qt Quick version of the code is in "qmldemo/qmldemo".
#include "chartdir.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// The data for the bar chart
double data[] = {85, 156, 179, 211, 123, 189, 166};
const int data_size = (int)(sizeof(data)/sizeof(*data));
// The labels for the bar chart
const char* labels[] = {"Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"};
const int labels_size = (int)(sizeof(labels)/sizeof(*labels));
// The colors for the bars
int colors[] = {0x5588bb, 0x66bbbb, 0xaa6644, 0x99bb55, 0xee9944, 0x444466, 0xbb5555};
const int colors_size = (int)(sizeof(colors)/sizeof(*colors));
// Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels
XYChart* c = new XYChart(600, 360);
// Set the plotarea at (70, 20) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and
// border and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines
c->setPlotArea(70, 20, 500, 300, Chart::Transparent, -1, Chart::Transparent, 0xcccccc);
// Set the x and y axis stems to transparent and the label font to 12pt Arial
c->xAxis()->setColors(Chart::Transparent);
c->yAxis()->setColors(Chart::Transparent);
c->xAxis()->setLabelStyle("Arial", 12);
c->yAxis()->setLabelStyle("Arial", 12);
// Add a multi-color bar chart layer using the given data
BarLayer* layer = c->addBarLayer(DoubleArray(data, data_size), IntArray(colors, colors_size));
// Use bar gradient lighting with the light intensity from 0.8 to 1.15
layer->setBorderColor(Chart::Transparent, Chart::barLighting(0.8, 1.15));
// Set rounded corners for bars
layer->setRoundedCorners();
// Set the labels on the x axis.
c->xAxis()->setLabels(StringArray(labels, labels_size));
// For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels.
c->yAxis()->setTickDensity(40);
// Add a title to the y axis using dark grey (0x555555) 14pt Arial font
c->yAxis()->setTitle("Y-Axis Title Placeholder", "Arial", 14, 0x555555);
// Output the chart
c->makeChart("colorbar2.png");
//free up resources
delete c;
return 0;
}
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