ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)
Multi-Color Gantt Chart
Source Code Listing
#include "chartdir.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// The tasks for the gantt chart
const char* labels[] = {"Market Research", "Define Specifications", "Overall Archiecture",
"Project Planning", "Detail Design", "Software Development", "Test Plan", "Testing and QA",
"User Documentation"};
const int labels_size = (int)(sizeof(labels)/sizeof(*labels));
// The task index, start date, end date and color for each bar
double taskNo[] = {0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8};
const int taskNo_size = (int)(sizeof(taskNo)/sizeof(*taskNo));
double startDate[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 8, 16), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4),
Chart::chartTime(2018, 8, 30), Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 13), Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 20),
Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 27), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4),
Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 25), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 1), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 18
), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 8)};
const int startDate_size = (int)(sizeof(startDate)/sizeof(*startDate));
double endDate[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 8, 30), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 18),
Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 13), Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 27), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4),
Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 11), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 8), Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 18
), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 8), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 22), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11,
1), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 22)};
const int endDate_size = (int)(sizeof(endDate)/sizeof(*endDate));
int colors[] = {0x00cc00, 0x00cc00, 0x00cc00, 0x0000cc, 0x0000cc, 0xcc0000, 0xcc0000, 0x0000cc,
0xcc0000, 0xcc0000, 0x00cc00, 0xcc0000};
const int colors_size = (int)(sizeof(colors)/sizeof(*colors));
// Create a XYChart object of size 620 x 325 pixels. Set background color to light red
// (0xffcccc), with 1 pixel 3D border effect.
XYChart* c = new XYChart(620, 325, 0xffcccc, 0x000000, 1);
// Add a title to the chart using 15 points Times Bold Itatic font, with white (ffffff) text on
// a dark red (800000) background
c->addTitle("Mutli-Color Gantt Chart Demo", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15, 0xffffff
)->setBackground(0x800000);
// Set the plotarea at (140, 55) and of size 460 x 200 pixels. Use alternative white/grey
// background. Enable both horizontal and vertical grids by setting their colors to grey
// (c0c0c0). Set vertical major grid (represents month boundaries) 2 pixels in width
c->setPlotArea(140, 55, 460, 200, 0xffffff, 0xeeeeee, Chart::LineColor, 0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0
)->setGridWidth(2, 1, 1, 1);
// swap the x and y axes to create a horziontal box-whisker chart
c->swapXY();
// Set the y-axis scale to be date scale from Aug 16, 2018 to Nov 22, 2018, with ticks every 7
// days (1 week)
c->yAxis()->setDateScale(Chart::chartTime(2018, 8, 16), Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 22), 86400 *
7);
// Set multi-style axis label formatting. Month labels are in Arial Bold font in "mmm d" format.
// Weekly labels just show the day of month and use minor tick (by using '-' as first character
// of format string).
c->yAxis()->setMultiFormat(Chart::StartOfMonthFilter(), "<*font=Arial Bold*>{value|mmm d}",
Chart::StartOfDayFilter(), "-{value|d}");
// Set the y-axis to shown on the top (right + swapXY = top)
c->setYAxisOnRight();
// Set the labels on the x axis
c->xAxis()->setLabels(StringArray(labels, labels_size));
// Reverse the x-axis scale so that it points downwards.
c->xAxis()->setReverse();
// Set the horizontal ticks and grid lines to be between the bars
c->xAxis()->setTickOffset(0.5);
// Add some symbols to the chart to represent milestones. The symbols are added using scatter
// layers. We need to specify the task index, date, name, symbol shape, size and color.
double mileStone1Task[] = {1};
double mileStone1Date[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 9, 13)};
c->addScatterLayer(DoubleArray(mileStone1Task, 1), DoubleArray(mileStone1Date, 1),
"Milestone 1", Chart::Cross2Shape(), 13, 0xffff00);
double mileStone2Task[] = {3};
double mileStone2Date[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 10, 4)};
c->addScatterLayer(DoubleArray(mileStone2Task, 1), DoubleArray(mileStone2Date, 1),
"Milestone 2", Chart::StarShape(5), 15, 0xff00ff);
double mileStone3Task[] = {5};
double mileStone3Date[] = {Chart::chartTime(2018, 11, 8)};
c->addScatterLayer(DoubleArray(mileStone3Task, 1), DoubleArray(mileStone3Date, 1),
"Milestone 3", Chart::TriangleSymbol, 13, 0xff9933);
// Add a multi-color box-whisker layer to represent the gantt bars
BoxWhiskerLayer* layer = c->addBoxWhiskerLayer2(DoubleArray(startDate, startDate_size),
DoubleArray(endDate, endDate_size), DoubleArray(), DoubleArray(), DoubleArray(), IntArray(
colors, colors_size));
layer->setXData(DoubleArray(taskNo, taskNo_size));
layer->setBorderColor(Chart::SameAsMainColor);
// Divide the plot area height ( = 200 in this chart) by the number of tasks to get the height
// of each slot. Use 80% of that as the bar height.
layer->setDataWidth((int)(200 * 0.8 / labels_size));
// Add a legend box at (140, 265) - bottom of the plot area. Use 8pt Arial Bold as the font with
// auto-grid layout. Set the width to the same width as the plot area. Set the backgorund to
// grey (dddddd).
LegendBox* legendBox = c->addLegend2(140, 265, Chart::AutoGrid, "Arial Bold", 8);
legendBox->setWidth(461);
legendBox->setBackground(0xdddddd);
// The keys for the scatter layers (milestone symbols) will automatically be added to the legend
// box. We just need to add keys to show the meanings of the bar colors.
legendBox->addKey("Market Team", 0x00cc00);
legendBox->addKey("Planning Team", 0x0000cc);
legendBox->addKey("Development Team", 0xcc0000);
// Output the chart
c->makeChart("colorgantt.png");
//free up resources
delete c;
return 0;
}