ChartDirector 7.1 (.NET Edition)

Dual Horizontal Bar Charts




This example demonstrates combining two horizontal bar charts of opposite direction using a MultiChart, and a number of other ChartDirector features.

Source Code Listing

[Windows Forms - C# version] NetWinCharts\CSharpWinCharts\dualhbar.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpChartExplorer { public class dualhbar : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Dual Horizontal Bar Charts"; } //Number of charts produced in this demo module public int getNoOfCharts() { return 1; } //Main code for creating chart. //Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. public void createChart(WinChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // The age groups string[] labels = {"0 - 4", "5 - 9", "10 - 14", "15 - 19", "20 - 24", "24 - 29", "30 - 34", "35 - 39", "40 - 44", "44 - 49", "50 - 54", "55 - 59", "60 - 64", "65 - 69", "70 - 74", "75 - 79", "80+"}; // The male population (in thousands) double[] male = {215, 238, 225, 236, 235, 260, 286, 340, 363, 305, 259, 164, 135, 127, 102, 68, 66}; // The female population (in thousands) double[] female = {194, 203, 201, 220, 228, 271, 339, 401, 384, 304, 236, 137, 116, 122, 112, 85, 110}; //============================================================= // Draw the right bar chart //============================================================= // Create a XYChart object of size 320 x 300 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(320, 300); // Set the plotarea at (50, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pink (0xffdddd) as the // background. c.setPlotArea(50, 0, 250, 255, 0xffdddd); // Add a custom text label at the top right corner of the right bar chart c.addText(300, 0, "Female", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, 0xa07070).setAlignment( Chart.TopRight); // Add the pink (0xf0c0c0) bar chart layer using the female data BarLayer femaleLayer = c.addBarLayer(female, 0xf0c0c0, "Female"); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(true); // Set the bar to touch each others femaleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border femaleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1); // Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the male data. As it is Transparent, // only the female bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in // both left and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale // for both chart. c.addLineLayer(male, Chart.Transparent); // Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the labels between the two bar charts, which can be considered as the x-axis // labels for the right chart ChartDirector.TextBox tb = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Use a fix width of 50 for the labels (height = automatic) with center alignment tb.setSize(50, 0); tb.setAlignment(Chart.Center); // Set the label font to Arial Bold tb.setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick length to 0 c.xAxis().setTickLength(0); //============================================================= // Draw the left bar chart //============================================================= // Create a XYChart object of size 280 x 300 pixels with a transparent background. XYChart c2 = new XYChart(280, 300, Chart.Transparent); // Set the plotarea at (20, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pale blue (0xddddff) as // the background. c2.setPlotArea(20, 0, 250, 255, 0xddddff); // Add a custom text label at the top left corner of the left bar chart c2.addText(20, 0, "Male", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, 0x7070a0); // Add the pale blue (0xaaaaff) bar chart layer using the male data BarLayer maleLayer = c2.addBarLayer(male, 0xaaaaff, "Male"); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c2.swapXY(true); // Reverse the direction of the y-axis so it runs from right to left c2.yAxis().setReverse(); // Set the bar to touch each others maleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border maleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1); // Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the female data. As it is // Transparent, only the male bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female // data in both left and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same // scale for both chart. c2.addLineLayer(female, Chart.Transparent); // Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c2.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the x-axis labels for tool tip purposes. c2.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Hide the x-axis labels by setting them to Transparent. We only need to display the // x-axis labels for the right chart. c2.xAxis().setColors(0x000000, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent); //============================================================= // Use a MultiChart to contain both bar charts //============================================================= // Create a MultiChart object of size 590 x 320 pixels. MultiChart m = new MultiChart(590, 320); // Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle("Demographics Hong Kong Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic"); // Add another title at the bottom using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle2(Chart.Bottom, "Population (in thousands)", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); // Put the right chart at (270, 25) m.addChart(270, 25, c); // Put the left chart at (0, 25) m.addChart(0, 25, c2); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = m; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = m.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='{dataSetName} (Age {xLabel}): Population {value}K'"); } } }

[Windows Forms - VB Version] NetWinCharts\VBNetWinCharts\dualhbar.vb
Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports ChartDirector Public Class dualhbar Implements DemoModule 'Name of demo module Public Function getName() As String Implements DemoModule.getName Return "Dual Horizontal Bar Charts" End Function 'Number of charts produced in this demo module Public Function getNoOfCharts() As Integer Implements DemoModule.getNoOfCharts Return 1 End Function 'Main code for creating chart. 'Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. Public Sub createChart(viewer As WinChartViewer, chartIndex As Integer) _ Implements DemoModule.createChart ' The age groups Dim labels() As String = {"0 - 4", "5 - 9", "10 - 14", "15 - 19", "20 - 24", "24 - 29", _ "30 - 34", "35 - 39", "40 - 44", "44 - 49", "50 - 54", "55 - 59", "60 - 64", _ "65 - 69", "70 - 74", "75 - 79", "80+"} ' The male population (in thousands) Dim male() As Double = {215, 238, 225, 236, 235, 260, 286, 340, 363, 305, 259, 164, 135, _ 127, 102, 68, 66} ' The female population (in thousands) Dim female() As Double = {194, 203, 201, 220, 228, 271, 339, 401, 384, 304, 236, 137, 116, _ 122, 112, 85, 110} '============================================================= ' Draw the right bar chart '============================================================= ' Create a XYChart object of size 320 x 300 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(320, 300) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pink (0xffdddd) as the ' background. c.setPlotArea(50, 0, 250, 255, &Hffdddd) ' Add a custom text label at the top right corner of the right bar chart c.addText(300, 0, "Female", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, &Ha07070).setAlignment( _ Chart.TopRight) ' Add the pink (0xf0c0c0) bar chart layer using the female data Dim femaleLayer As BarLayer = c.addBarLayer(female, &Hf0c0c0, "Female") ' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(True) ' Set the bar to touch each others femaleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar) ' Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border femaleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1) ' Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the male data. As it is Transparent, only ' the female bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in both left ' and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale for both chart. c.addLineLayer(male, Chart.Transparent) ' Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold") ' Set the labels between the two bar charts, which can be considered as the x-axis labels ' for the right chart Dim tb As ChartDirector.TextBox = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Use a fix width of 50 for the labels (height = automatic) with center alignment tb.setSize(50, 0) tb.setAlignment(Chart.Center) ' Set the label font to Arial Bold tb.setFontStyle("Arial Bold") ' Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick length to 0 c.xAxis().setTickLength(0) '============================================================= ' Draw the left bar chart '============================================================= ' Create a XYChart object of size 280 x 300 pixels with a transparent background. Dim c2 As XYChart = New XYChart(280, 300, Chart.Transparent) ' Set the plotarea at (20, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pale blue (0xddddff) as the ' background. c2.setPlotArea(20, 0, 250, 255, &Hddddff) ' Add a custom text label at the top left corner of the left bar chart c2.addText(20, 0, "Male", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, &H7070a0) ' Add the pale blue (0xaaaaff) bar chart layer using the male data Dim maleLayer As BarLayer = c2.addBarLayer(male, &Haaaaff, "Male") ' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c2.swapXY(True) ' Reverse the direction of the y-axis so it runs from right to left c2.yAxis().setReverse() ' Set the bar to touch each others maleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar) ' Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border maleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1) ' Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the female data. As it is Transparent, ' only the male bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in both left ' and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale for both chart. c2.addLineLayer(female, Chart.Transparent) ' Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c2.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold") ' Set the x-axis labels for tool tip purposes. c2.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Hide the x-axis labels by setting them to Transparent. We only need to display the x-axis ' labels for the right chart. c2.xAxis().setColors(&H000000, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent) '============================================================= ' Use a MultiChart to contain both bar charts '============================================================= ' Create a MultiChart object of size 590 x 320 pixels. Dim m As MultiChart = New MultiChart(590, 320) ' Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle("Demographics Hong Kong Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic") ' Add another title at the bottom using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle2(Chart.Bottom, "Population (in thousands)", "Arial Bold Italic", 10) ' Put the right chart at (270, 25) m.addChart(270, 25, c) ' Put the left chart at (0, 25) m.addChart(0, 25, c2) ' Output the chart viewer.Chart = m 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = m.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _ "title='{dataSetName} (Age {xLabel}): Population {value}K'") End Sub End Class

[WPF - C#] NetWPFCharts\CSharpWPFCharts\dualhbar.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpWPFCharts { public class dualhbar : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Dual Horizontal Bar Charts"; } //Number of charts produced in this demo module public int getNoOfCharts() { return 1; } //Main code for creating chart. //Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. public void createChart(WPFChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // The age groups string[] labels = {"0 - 4", "5 - 9", "10 - 14", "15 - 19", "20 - 24", "24 - 29", "30 - 34", "35 - 39", "40 - 44", "44 - 49", "50 - 54", "55 - 59", "60 - 64", "65 - 69", "70 - 74", "75 - 79", "80+"}; // The male population (in thousands) double[] male = {215, 238, 225, 236, 235, 260, 286, 340, 363, 305, 259, 164, 135, 127, 102, 68, 66}; // The female population (in thousands) double[] female = {194, 203, 201, 220, 228, 271, 339, 401, 384, 304, 236, 137, 116, 122, 112, 85, 110}; //============================================================= // Draw the right bar chart //============================================================= // Create a XYChart object of size 320 x 300 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(320, 300); // Set the plotarea at (50, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pink (0xffdddd) as the // background. c.setPlotArea(50, 0, 250, 255, 0xffdddd); // Add a custom text label at the top right corner of the right bar chart c.addText(300, 0, "Female", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, 0xa07070).setAlignment( Chart.TopRight); // Add the pink (0xf0c0c0) bar chart layer using the female data BarLayer femaleLayer = c.addBarLayer(female, 0xf0c0c0, "Female"); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(true); // Set the bar to touch each others femaleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border femaleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1); // Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the male data. As it is Transparent, // only the female bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in // both left and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale // for both chart. c.addLineLayer(male, Chart.Transparent); // Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the labels between the two bar charts, which can be considered as the x-axis // labels for the right chart ChartDirector.TextBox tb = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Use a fix width of 50 for the labels (height = automatic) with center alignment tb.setSize(50, 0); tb.setAlignment(Chart.Center); // Set the label font to Arial Bold tb.setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick length to 0 c.xAxis().setTickLength(0); //============================================================= // Draw the left bar chart //============================================================= // Create a XYChart object of size 280 x 300 pixels with a transparent background. XYChart c2 = new XYChart(280, 300, Chart.Transparent); // Set the plotarea at (20, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pale blue (0xddddff) as // the background. c2.setPlotArea(20, 0, 250, 255, 0xddddff); // Add a custom text label at the top left corner of the left bar chart c2.addText(20, 0, "Male", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, 0x7070a0); // Add the pale blue (0xaaaaff) bar chart layer using the male data BarLayer maleLayer = c2.addBarLayer(male, 0xaaaaff, "Male"); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c2.swapXY(true); // Reverse the direction of the y-axis so it runs from right to left c2.yAxis().setReverse(); // Set the bar to touch each others maleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border maleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1); // Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the female data. As it is // Transparent, only the male bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female // data in both left and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same // scale for both chart. c2.addLineLayer(female, Chart.Transparent); // Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c2.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the x-axis labels for tool tip purposes. c2.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Hide the x-axis labels by setting them to Transparent. We only need to display the // x-axis labels for the right chart. c2.xAxis().setColors(0x000000, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent); //============================================================= // Use a MultiChart to contain both bar charts //============================================================= // Create a MultiChart object of size 590 x 320 pixels. MultiChart m = new MultiChart(590, 320); // Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle("Demographics Hong Kong Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic"); // Add another title at the bottom using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle2(Chart.Bottom, "Population (in thousands)", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); // Put the right chart at (270, 25) m.addChart(270, 25, c); // Put the left chart at (0, 25) m.addChart(0, 25, c2); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = m; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = m.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='{dataSetName} (Age {xLabel}): Population {value}K'"); } } }

[ASP.NET Web Forms - C# version] NetWebCharts\CSharpASP\dualhbar.aspx
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<%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" %> <%@ Import Namespace="ChartDirector" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="chart" Namespace="ChartDirector" Assembly="netchartdir" %> <!DOCTYPE html> <script runat="server"> // // Page Load event handler // protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // The age groups string[] labels = {"0 - 4", "5 - 9", "10 - 14", "15 - 19", "20 - 24", "24 - 29", "30 - 34", "35 - 39", "40 - 44", "44 - 49", "50 - 54", "55 - 59", "60 - 64", "65 - 69", "70 - 74", "75 - 79", "80+"}; // The male population (in thousands) double[] male = {215, 238, 225, 236, 235, 260, 286, 340, 363, 305, 259, 164, 135, 127, 102, 68, 66}; // The female population (in thousands) double[] female = {194, 203, 201, 220, 228, 271, 339, 401, 384, 304, 236, 137, 116, 122, 112, 85, 110}; //============================================================= // Draw the right bar chart //============================================================= // Create a XYChart object of size 320 x 300 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(320, 300); // Set the plotarea at (50, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pink (0xffdddd) as the // background. c.setPlotArea(50, 0, 250, 255, 0xffdddd); // Add a custom text label at the top right corner of the right bar chart c.addText(300, 0, "Female", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, 0xa07070).setAlignment( Chart.TopRight); // Add the pink (0xf0c0c0) bar chart layer using the female data BarLayer femaleLayer = c.addBarLayer(female, 0xf0c0c0, "Female"); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(true); // Set the bar to touch each others femaleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border femaleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1); // Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the male data. As it is Transparent, only the // female bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in both left and right // charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale for both chart. c.addLineLayer(male, Chart.Transparent); // Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the labels between the two bar charts, which can be considered as the x-axis labels for // the right chart ChartDirector.TextBox tb = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Use a fix width of 50 for the labels (height = automatic) with center alignment tb.setSize(50, 0); tb.setAlignment(Chart.Center); // Set the label font to Arial Bold tb.setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick length to 0 c.xAxis().setTickLength(0); //============================================================= // Draw the left bar chart //============================================================= // Create a XYChart object of size 280 x 300 pixels with a transparent background. XYChart c2 = new XYChart(280, 300, Chart.Transparent); // Set the plotarea at (20, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pale blue (0xddddff) as the // background. c2.setPlotArea(20, 0, 250, 255, 0xddddff); // Add a custom text label at the top left corner of the left bar chart c2.addText(20, 0, "Male", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, 0x7070a0); // Add the pale blue (0xaaaaff) bar chart layer using the male data BarLayer maleLayer = c2.addBarLayer(male, 0xaaaaff, "Male"); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c2.swapXY(true); // Reverse the direction of the y-axis so it runs from right to left c2.yAxis().setReverse(); // Set the bar to touch each others maleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border maleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1); // Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the female data. As it is Transparent, only // the male bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in both left and // right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale for both chart. c2.addLineLayer(female, Chart.Transparent); // Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c2.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the x-axis labels for tool tip purposes. c2.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Hide the x-axis labels by setting them to Transparent. We only need to display the x-axis // labels for the right chart. c2.xAxis().setColors(0x000000, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent); //============================================================= // Use a MultiChart to contain both bar charts //============================================================= // Create a MultiChart object of size 590 x 320 pixels. MultiChart m = new MultiChart(590, 320); // Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle("Demographics Hong Kong Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic"); // Add another title at the bottom using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle2(Chart.Bottom, "Population (in thousands)", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); // Put the right chart at (270, 25) m.addChart(270, 25, c); // Put the left chart at (0, 25) m.addChart(0, 25, c2); // Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = m.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = m.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{dataSetName} (Age {xLabel}): Population {value}K'"); } </script> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body> <chart:WebChartViewer id="WebChartViewer1" runat="server" /> </body> </html>

[ASP.NET Web Forms - VB Version] NetWebCharts\VBNetASP\dualhbar.aspx
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<%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %> <%@ Import Namespace="ChartDirector" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="chart" Namespace="ChartDirector" Assembly="netchartdir" %> <!DOCTYPE html> <script runat="server"> ' ' Page Load event handler ' Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' The age groups Dim labels() As String = {"0 - 4", "5 - 9", "10 - 14", "15 - 19", "20 - 24", "24 - 29", _ "30 - 34", "35 - 39", "40 - 44", "44 - 49", "50 - 54", "55 - 59", "60 - 64", "65 - 69", _ "70 - 74", "75 - 79", "80+"} ' The male population (in thousands) Dim male() As Double = {215, 238, 225, 236, 235, 260, 286, 340, 363, 305, 259, 164, 135, 127, _ 102, 68, 66} ' The female population (in thousands) Dim female() As Double = {194, 203, 201, 220, 228, 271, 339, 401, 384, 304, 236, 137, 116, _ 122, 112, 85, 110} '============================================================= ' Draw the right bar chart '============================================================= ' Create a XYChart object of size 320 x 300 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(320, 300) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pink (0xffdddd) as the ' background. c.setPlotArea(50, 0, 250, 255, &Hffdddd) ' Add a custom text label at the top right corner of the right bar chart c.addText(300, 0, "Female", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, &Ha07070).setAlignment( _ Chart.TopRight) ' Add the pink (0xf0c0c0) bar chart layer using the female data Dim femaleLayer As BarLayer = c.addBarLayer(female, &Hf0c0c0, "Female") ' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(True) ' Set the bar to touch each others femaleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar) ' Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border femaleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1) ' Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the male data. As it is Transparent, only the ' female bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in both left and right ' charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale for both chart. c.addLineLayer(male, Chart.Transparent) ' Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold") ' Set the labels between the two bar charts, which can be considered as the x-axis labels for ' the right chart Dim tb As ChartDirector.TextBox = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Use a fix width of 50 for the labels (height = automatic) with center alignment tb.setSize(50, 0) tb.setAlignment(Chart.Center) ' Set the label font to Arial Bold tb.setFontStyle("Arial Bold") ' Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick length to 0 c.xAxis().setTickLength(0) '============================================================= ' Draw the left bar chart '============================================================= ' Create a XYChart object of size 280 x 300 pixels with a transparent background. Dim c2 As XYChart = New XYChart(280, 300, Chart.Transparent) ' Set the plotarea at (20, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pale blue (0xddddff) as the ' background. c2.setPlotArea(20, 0, 250, 255, &Hddddff) ' Add a custom text label at the top left corner of the left bar chart c2.addText(20, 0, "Male", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, &H7070a0) ' Add the pale blue (0xaaaaff) bar chart layer using the male data Dim maleLayer As BarLayer = c2.addBarLayer(male, &Haaaaff, "Male") ' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c2.swapXY(True) ' Reverse the direction of the y-axis so it runs from right to left c2.yAxis().setReverse() ' Set the bar to touch each others maleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar) ' Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border maleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1) ' Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the female data. As it is Transparent, only ' the male bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in both left and ' right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale for both chart. c2.addLineLayer(female, Chart.Transparent) ' Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c2.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold") ' Set the x-axis labels for tool tip purposes. c2.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Hide the x-axis labels by setting them to Transparent. We only need to display the x-axis ' labels for the right chart. c2.xAxis().setColors(&H000000, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent) '============================================================= ' Use a MultiChart to contain both bar charts '============================================================= ' Create a MultiChart object of size 590 x 320 pixels. Dim m As MultiChart = New MultiChart(590, 320) ' Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle("Demographics Hong Kong Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic") ' Add another title at the bottom using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle2(Chart.Bottom, "Population (in thousands)", "Arial Bold Italic", 10) ' Put the right chart at (270, 25) m.addChart(270, 25, c) ' Put the left chart at (0, 25) m.addChart(0, 25, c2) ' Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = m.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG) ' Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = m.getHTMLImageMap("", "", _ "title='{dataSetName} (Age {xLabel}): Population {value}K'") End Sub </script> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body> <chart:WebChartViewer id="WebChartViewer1" runat="server" /> </body> </html>

[ASP.NET MVC - Controller] NetMvcCharts\Controllers\DualhbarController.cs
using System; using System.Web.Mvc; using ChartDirector; namespace NetMvcCharts.Controllers { public class DualhbarController : Controller { // // Default Action // public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Title = "Dual Horizontal Bar Charts"; createChart(ViewBag.Viewer = new RazorChartViewer(HttpContext, "chart1")); return View("~/Views/Shared/ChartView.cshtml"); } // // Create chart // private void createChart(RazorChartViewer viewer) { // The age groups string[] labels = {"0 - 4", "5 - 9", "10 - 14", "15 - 19", "20 - 24", "24 - 29", "30 - 34", "35 - 39", "40 - 44", "44 - 49", "50 - 54", "55 - 59", "60 - 64", "65 - 69", "70 - 74", "75 - 79", "80+"}; // The male population (in thousands) double[] male = {215, 238, 225, 236, 235, 260, 286, 340, 363, 305, 259, 164, 135, 127, 102, 68, 66}; // The female population (in thousands) double[] female = {194, 203, 201, 220, 228, 271, 339, 401, 384, 304, 236, 137, 116, 122, 112, 85, 110}; //============================================================= // Draw the right bar chart //============================================================= // Create a XYChart object of size 320 x 300 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(320, 300); // Set the plotarea at (50, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pink (0xffdddd) as the // background. c.setPlotArea(50, 0, 250, 255, 0xffdddd); // Add a custom text label at the top right corner of the right bar chart c.addText(300, 0, "Female", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, 0xa07070).setAlignment( Chart.TopRight); // Add the pink (0xf0c0c0) bar chart layer using the female data BarLayer femaleLayer = c.addBarLayer(female, 0xf0c0c0, "Female"); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(true); // Set the bar to touch each others femaleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border femaleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1); // Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the male data. As it is Transparent, only // the female bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in both left // and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale for both chart. c.addLineLayer(male, Chart.Transparent); // Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the labels between the two bar charts, which can be considered as the x-axis labels // for the right chart ChartDirector.TextBox tb = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Use a fix width of 50 for the labels (height = automatic) with center alignment tb.setSize(50, 0); tb.setAlignment(Chart.Center); // Set the label font to Arial Bold tb.setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick length to 0 c.xAxis().setTickLength(0); //============================================================= // Draw the left bar chart //============================================================= // Create a XYChart object of size 280 x 300 pixels with a transparent background. XYChart c2 = new XYChart(280, 300, Chart.Transparent); // Set the plotarea at (20, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pale blue (0xddddff) as the // background. c2.setPlotArea(20, 0, 250, 255, 0xddddff); // Add a custom text label at the top left corner of the left bar chart c2.addText(20, 0, "Male", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12, 0x7070a0); // Add the pale blue (0xaaaaff) bar chart layer using the male data BarLayer maleLayer = c2.addBarLayer(male, 0xaaaaff, "Male"); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c2.swapXY(true); // Reverse the direction of the y-axis so it runs from right to left c2.yAxis().setReverse(); // Set the bar to touch each others maleLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border maleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1); // Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the female data. As it is Transparent, // only the male bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and female data in both left // and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce the same scale for both chart. c2.addLineLayer(female, Chart.Transparent); // Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold c2.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the x-axis labels for tool tip purposes. c2.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Hide the x-axis labels by setting them to Transparent. We only need to display the x-axis // labels for the right chart. c2.xAxis().setColors(0x000000, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent); //============================================================= // Use a MultiChart to contain both bar charts //============================================================= // Create a MultiChart object of size 590 x 320 pixels. MultiChart m = new MultiChart(590, 320); // Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle("Demographics Hong Kong Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic"); // Add another title at the bottom using Arial Bold Italic font m.addTitle2(Chart.Bottom, "Population (in thousands)", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); // Put the right chart at (270, 25) m.addChart(270, 25, c); // Put the left chart at (0, 25) m.addChart(0, 25, c2); // Output the chart viewer.Image = m.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = m.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{dataSetName} (Age {xLabel}): Population {value}K'"); } } }

[ASP.NET MVC - View] NetMvcCharts\Views\Shared\ChartView.cshtml
@{ Layout = null; } <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> <title>@ViewBag.Title</title> <style> @ViewBag.Style </style> @Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/cdjcv.js") </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> @ViewBag.Title </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div> @{ if (ViewBag.Viewer is Array) { // Display multiple charts for (int i = 0; i < ViewBag.Viewer.Length; ++i) { @:@Html.Raw(ViewBag.Viewer[i].RenderHTML()) } } else { // Display one chart only @:@Html.Raw(ViewBag.Viewer.RenderHTML()) } } </div> </body> </html>