ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)
Multi-Cylinder Chart
Source Code Listing
#include "chartdir.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// Data for the chart
double data0[] = {100, 125, 245, 147, 67, 96, 160, 145, 97, 167, 220, 125};
const int data0_size = (int)(sizeof(data0)/sizeof(*data0));
double data1[] = {85, 156, 179, 211, 123, 225, 127, 99, 111, 260, 175, 156};
const int data1_size = (int)(sizeof(data1)/sizeof(*data1));
double data2[] = {97, 87, 56, 267, 157, 157, 67, 156, 77, 87, 197, 87};
const int data2_size = (int)(sizeof(data2)/sizeof(*data2));
const char* labels[] = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct",
"Nov", "Dec"};
const int labels_size = (int)(sizeof(labels)/sizeof(*labels));
// Create a XYChart object of size 560 x 280 pixels.
XYChart* c = new XYChart(560, 280);
// Add a title to the chart using 14pt Arial Bold Italic font
c->addTitle(" Average Weekly Network Load", "Arial Bold Italic", 14);
// Set the plotarea at (50, 50) and of 500 x 200 pixels in size. Use alternating light grey
// (f8f8f8) / white (ffffff) background. Set border to transparent and use grey (CCCCCC) dotted
// lines as horizontal and vertical grid lines
c->setPlotArea(50, 50, 500, 200, 0xffffff, 0xf8f8f8, Chart::Transparent, c->dashLineColor(
0xcccccc, Chart::DotLine), c->dashLineColor(0xcccccc, Chart::DotLine));
// Add a legend box at (50, 22) using horizontal layout. Use 10 pt Arial Bold Italic font, with
// transparent background
c->addLegend(50, 22, false, "Arial Bold Italic", 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);
// Add axis title
c->yAxis()->setTitle("Throughput (MBytes Per Hour)");
// Set axis line width to 2 pixels
c->xAxis()->setWidth(2);
c->yAxis()->setWidth(2);
// Add a multi-bar layer with 3 data sets
BarLayer* layer = c->addBarLayer(Chart::Side);
layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data0, data0_size), 0xff0000, "Server #1");
layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data1, data1_size), 0x00ff00, "Server #2");
layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data2, data2_size), 0x0000ff, "Server #3");
// Set bar shape to circular (cylinder)
layer->setBarShape(Chart::CircleShape);
// Configure the bars within a group to touch each others (no gap)
layer->setBarGap(0.2, Chart::TouchBar);
// Output the chart
c->makeChart("multicylinder.png");
//free up resources
delete c;
return 0;
}