This example demonstrates a multi-bar chart with bar gradient shading and gradient color for plot area background.
The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/gradientmultibar". 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 data0[] = {100, 125, 245, 147, 67};
const int data0_size = (int)(sizeof(data0)/sizeof(*data0));
double data1[] = {85, 156, 179, 211, 123};
const int data1_size = (int)(sizeof(data1)/sizeof(*data1));
double data2[] = {97, 87, 56, 267, 157};
const int data2_size = (int)(sizeof(data2)/sizeof(*data2));
const char* labels[] = {"Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thur", "Fri"};
const int labels_size = (int)(sizeof(labels)/sizeof(*labels));
// Create a XYChart object of size 540 x 375 pixels
XYChart* c = new XYChart(540, 375);
// Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font
c->addTitle("Average Weekly Network Load", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18);
// Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 440 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient color
// from grey (888888) to black (000000) as background. Set border and grid lines to white
// (ffffff).
c->setPlotArea(50, 55, 440, 280, c->linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, 0x888888, 0x000000), -1,
0xffffff, 0xffffff);
// Add a legend box at (50, 25) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with
// transparent background.
c->addLegend(50, 25, false, "Arial Bold", 10)->setBackground(Chart::Transparent);
// Set the x axis labels
c->xAxis()->setLabels(StringArray(labels, labels_size));
// Draw the ticks between label positions (instead of at label positions)
c->xAxis()->setTickOffset(0.5);
// Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold
c->xAxis()->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8);
c->yAxis()->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8);
// Set axis line width to 2 pixels
c->xAxis()->setWidth(2);
c->yAxis()->setWidth(2);
// Add axis title
c->yAxis()->setTitle("Throughput (MBytes Per Hour)");
// Add a multi-bar layer with 3 data sets and 4 pixels 3D depth
BarLayer* layer = c->addBarLayer(Chart::Side, 4);
layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data0, data0_size), 0x66aaee, "Server #1");
layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data1, data1_size), 0xeebb22, "Server #2");
layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data2, data2_size), 0xcc0000, "Server #3");
// Set bar border to transparent. Use bar gradient lighting with light intensity from 0.75 to
// 1.75.
layer->setBorderColor(Chart::Transparent, Chart::barLighting(0.75, 1.75));
// Configure the bars within a group to touch each others (no gap)
layer->setBarGap(0.2, Chart::TouchBar);
// Output the chart
c->makeChart("gradientmultibar.png");
//free up resources
delete c;
return 0;
}
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