ChartDirector 7.1 (.NET Edition)

Gradient Bar Shading




This example demonstrates using bar gradient shading for a horizontal bar chart. It also demonstrates using gradient color background, partially rounded frame, and automatic resizing of the plot area to fit the chart.

Source Code Listing

[Windows Forms - C# version] NetWinCharts\CSharpWinCharts\gradientbar.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpChartExplorer { public class gradientbar : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Gradient Bar Shading"; } //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 data for the bar chart double[] data = {1350, 1600, 1950, 2300, 2700}; // The labels for the bar chart string[] labels = {"2001", "2002", "2003", "2004", "2005"}; // The colors for the bars int[] colors = {0xcc0000, 0x66aaee, 0xeebb22, 0xcccccc, 0xcc88ff}; // Create a PieChart object of size 600 x 380 pixels. XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 380); // Use the white on black palette, which means the default text and line colors are // white c.setColors(Chart.whiteOnBlackPalette); // Use a vertical gradient color from blue (0000cc) to deep blue (000044) as background. // Use rounded corners of 30 pixels radius for the top-left and bottom-right corners. c.setBackground(c.linearGradientColor(0, 0, 0, c.getHeight(), 0x0000cc, 0x000044)); c.setRoundedFrame(0xffffff, 30, 0, 30, 0); // Add a title using 18pt Times New Roman Bold Italic font. Add 6 pixels top and bottom // margins to the title. ChartDirector.TextBox title = c.addTitle("Annual Revenue for Star Tech", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); title.setMargin2(0, 0, 6, 6); // Add a separator line in white color just under the title c.addLine(20, title.getHeight(), c.getWidth() - 21, title.getHeight(), 0xffffff); // Tentatively set the plotarea at (70, 80) and of 480 x 240 pixels in size. Use // transparent border and white grid lines c.setPlotArea(70, 80, 480, 240, -1, -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xffffff); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(); // Add a multi-color bar chart layer using the supplied data. Use bar gradient lighting // with the light intensity from 0.75 to 2.0 c.addBarLayer3(data, colors).setBorderColor(Chart.Transparent, Chart.barLighting(0.75, 2.0)); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Show the same scale on the left and right y-axes c.syncYAxis(); // Set the bottom y-axis title using 10pt Arial Bold font c.yAxis().setTitle("USD (millions)", "Arial Bold", 10); // Set y-axes to transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); c.yAxis2().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick color to transparent c.xAxis().setTickColor(Chart.Transparent); // Set the label styles of all axes to 8pt Arial Bold font c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis2().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); // Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 30 // pixels from the left edge, 25 pixels below the title, 50 pixels from the right edge, // and 25 pixels from the bottom edge. c.packPlotArea(30, title.getHeight() + 25, c.getWidth() - 50, c.getHeight() - 25); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='Year {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'"); } } }

[Windows Forms - VB Version] NetWinCharts\VBNetWinCharts\gradientbar.vb
Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports ChartDirector Public Class gradientbar Implements DemoModule 'Name of demo module Public Function getName() As String Implements DemoModule.getName Return "Gradient Bar Shading" 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 data for the bar chart Dim data() As Double = {1350, 1600, 1950, 2300, 2700} ' The labels for the bar chart Dim labels() As String = {"2001", "2002", "2003", "2004", "2005"} ' The colors for the bars Dim colors() As Integer = {&Hcc0000, &H66aaee, &Heebb22, &Hcccccc, &Hcc88ff} ' Create a PieChart object of size 600 x 380 pixels. Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 380) ' Use the white on black palette, which means the default text and line colors are white c.setColors(Chart.whiteOnBlackPalette) ' Use a vertical gradient color from blue (0000cc) to deep blue (000044) as background. Use ' rounded corners of 30 pixels radius for the top-left and bottom-right corners. c.setBackground(c.linearGradientColor(0, 0, 0, c.getHeight(), &H0000cc, &H000044)) c.setRoundedFrame(&Hffffff, 30, 0, 30, 0) ' Add a title using 18pt Times New Roman Bold Italic font. Add 6 pixels top and bottom ' margins to the title. Dim title As ChartDirector.TextBox = c.addTitle("Annual Revenue for Star Tech", _ "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18) title.setMargin2(0, 0, 6, 6) ' Add a separator line in white color just under the title c.addLine(20, title.getHeight(), c.getWidth() - 21, title.getHeight(), &Hffffff) ' Tentatively set the plotarea at (70, 80) and of 480 x 240 pixels in size. Use transparent ' border and white grid lines c.setPlotArea(70, 80, 480, 240, -1, -1, Chart.Transparent, &Hffffff) ' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY() ' Add a multi-color bar chart layer using the supplied data. Use bar gradient lighting with ' the light intensity from 0.75 to 2.0 c.addBarLayer3(data, colors).setBorderColor(Chart.Transparent, Chart.barLighting(0.75, 2.0)) ' Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Show the same scale on the left and right y-axes c.syncYAxis() ' Set the bottom y-axis title using 10pt Arial Bold font c.yAxis().setTitle("USD (millions)", "Arial Bold", 10) ' Set y-axes to transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent) c.yAxis2().setColors(Chart.Transparent) ' Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick color to transparent c.xAxis().setTickColor(Chart.Transparent) ' Set the label styles of all axes to 8pt Arial Bold font c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) c.yAxis2().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) ' Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 30 pixels ' from the left edge, 25 pixels below the title, 50 pixels from the right edge, and 25 ' pixels from the bottom edge. c.packPlotArea(30, title.getHeight() + 25, c.getWidth() - 50, c.getHeight() - 25) ' Output the chart viewer.Chart = c 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='Year {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'") End Sub End Class

[WPF - C#] NetWPFCharts\CSharpWPFCharts\gradientbar.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpWPFCharts { public class gradientbar : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Gradient Bar Shading"; } //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 data for the bar chart double[] data = {1350, 1600, 1950, 2300, 2700}; // The labels for the bar chart string[] labels = {"2001", "2002", "2003", "2004", "2005"}; // The colors for the bars int[] colors = {0xcc0000, 0x66aaee, 0xeebb22, 0xcccccc, 0xcc88ff}; // Create a PieChart object of size 600 x 380 pixels. XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 380); // Use the white on black palette, which means the default text and line colors are // white c.setColors(Chart.whiteOnBlackPalette); // Use a vertical gradient color from blue (0000cc) to deep blue (000044) as background. // Use rounded corners of 30 pixels radius for the top-left and bottom-right corners. c.setBackground(c.linearGradientColor(0, 0, 0, c.getHeight(), 0x0000cc, 0x000044)); c.setRoundedFrame(0xffffff, 30, 0, 30, 0); // Add a title using 18pt Times New Roman Bold Italic font. Add 6 pixels top and bottom // margins to the title. ChartDirector.TextBox title = c.addTitle("Annual Revenue for Star Tech", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); title.setMargin2(0, 0, 6, 6); // Add a separator line in white color just under the title c.addLine(20, title.getHeight(), c.getWidth() - 21, title.getHeight(), 0xffffff); // Tentatively set the plotarea at (70, 80) and of 480 x 240 pixels in size. Use // transparent border and white grid lines c.setPlotArea(70, 80, 480, 240, -1, -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xffffff); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(); // Add a multi-color bar chart layer using the supplied data. Use bar gradient lighting // with the light intensity from 0.75 to 2.0 c.addBarLayer3(data, colors).setBorderColor(Chart.Transparent, Chart.barLighting(0.75, 2.0)); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Show the same scale on the left and right y-axes c.syncYAxis(); // Set the bottom y-axis title using 10pt Arial Bold font c.yAxis().setTitle("USD (millions)", "Arial Bold", 10); // Set y-axes to transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); c.yAxis2().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick color to transparent c.xAxis().setTickColor(Chart.Transparent); // Set the label styles of all axes to 8pt Arial Bold font c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis2().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); // Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 30 // pixels from the left edge, 25 pixels below the title, 50 pixels from the right edge, // and 25 pixels from the bottom edge. c.packPlotArea(30, title.getHeight() + 25, c.getWidth() - 50, c.getHeight() - 25); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='Year {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'"); } } }

[ASP.NET Web Forms - C# version] NetWebCharts\CSharpASP\gradientbar.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 data for the bar chart double[] data = {1350, 1600, 1950, 2300, 2700}; // The labels for the bar chart string[] labels = {"2001", "2002", "2003", "2004", "2005"}; // The colors for the bars int[] colors = {0xcc0000, 0x66aaee, 0xeebb22, 0xcccccc, 0xcc88ff}; // Create a PieChart object of size 600 x 380 pixels. XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 380); // Use the white on black palette, which means the default text and line colors are white c.setColors(Chart.whiteOnBlackPalette); // Use a vertical gradient color from blue (0000cc) to deep blue (000044) as background. Use // rounded corners of 30 pixels radius for the top-left and bottom-right corners. c.setBackground(c.linearGradientColor(0, 0, 0, c.getHeight(), 0x0000cc, 0x000044)); c.setRoundedFrame(0xffffff, 30, 0, 30, 0); // Add a title using 18pt Times New Roman Bold Italic font. Add 6 pixels top and bottom margins // to the title. ChartDirector.TextBox title = c.addTitle("Annual Revenue for Star Tech", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); title.setMargin2(0, 0, 6, 6); // Add a separator line in white color just under the title c.addLine(20, title.getHeight(), c.getWidth() - 21, title.getHeight(), 0xffffff); // Tentatively set the plotarea at (70, 80) and of 480 x 240 pixels in size. Use transparent // border and white grid lines c.setPlotArea(70, 80, 480, 240, -1, -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xffffff); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(); // Add a multi-color bar chart layer using the supplied data. Use bar gradient lighting with the // light intensity from 0.75 to 2.0 c.addBarLayer3(data, colors).setBorderColor(Chart.Transparent, Chart.barLighting(0.75, 2.0)); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Show the same scale on the left and right y-axes c.syncYAxis(); // Set the bottom y-axis title using 10pt Arial Bold font c.yAxis().setTitle("USD (millions)", "Arial Bold", 10); // Set y-axes to transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); c.yAxis2().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick color to transparent c.xAxis().setTickColor(Chart.Transparent); // Set the label styles of all axes to 8pt Arial Bold font c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis2().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); // Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 30 pixels from // the left edge, 25 pixels below the title, 50 pixels from the right edge, and 25 pixels from // the bottom edge. c.packPlotArea(30, title.getHeight() + 25, c.getWidth() - 50, c.getHeight() - 25); // Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Year {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'"); } </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\gradientbar.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 data for the bar chart Dim data() As Double = {1350, 1600, 1950, 2300, 2700} ' The labels for the bar chart Dim labels() As String = {"2001", "2002", "2003", "2004", "2005"} ' The colors for the bars Dim colors() As Integer = {&Hcc0000, &H66aaee, &Heebb22, &Hcccccc, &Hcc88ff} ' Create a PieChart object of size 600 x 380 pixels. Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 380) ' Use the white on black palette, which means the default text and line colors are white c.setColors(Chart.whiteOnBlackPalette) ' Use a vertical gradient color from blue (0000cc) to deep blue (000044) as background. Use ' rounded corners of 30 pixels radius for the top-left and bottom-right corners. c.setBackground(c.linearGradientColor(0, 0, 0, c.getHeight(), &H0000cc, &H000044)) c.setRoundedFrame(&Hffffff, 30, 0, 30, 0) ' Add a title using 18pt Times New Roman Bold Italic font. Add 6 pixels top and bottom margins ' to the title. Dim title As ChartDirector.TextBox = c.addTitle("Annual Revenue for Star Tech", _ "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18) title.setMargin2(0, 0, 6, 6) ' Add a separator line in white color just under the title c.addLine(20, title.getHeight(), c.getWidth() - 21, title.getHeight(), &Hffffff) ' Tentatively set the plotarea at (70, 80) and of 480 x 240 pixels in size. Use transparent ' border and white grid lines c.setPlotArea(70, 80, 480, 240, -1, -1, Chart.Transparent, &Hffffff) ' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY() ' Add a multi-color bar chart layer using the supplied data. Use bar gradient lighting with the ' light intensity from 0.75 to 2.0 c.addBarLayer3(data, colors).setBorderColor(Chart.Transparent, Chart.barLighting(0.75, 2.0)) ' Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Show the same scale on the left and right y-axes c.syncYAxis() ' Set the bottom y-axis title using 10pt Arial Bold font c.yAxis().setTitle("USD (millions)", "Arial Bold", 10) ' Set y-axes to transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent) c.yAxis2().setColors(Chart.Transparent) ' Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick color to transparent c.xAxis().setTickColor(Chart.Transparent) ' Set the label styles of all axes to 8pt Arial Bold font c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) c.yAxis2().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) ' Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 30 pixels from ' the left edge, 25 pixels below the title, 50 pixels from the right edge, and 25 pixels from ' the bottom edge. c.packPlotArea(30, title.getHeight() + 25, c.getWidth() - 50, c.getHeight() - 25) ' Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG) ' Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Year {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'") 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\GradientbarController.cs
using System; using System.Web.Mvc; using ChartDirector; namespace NetMvcCharts.Controllers { public class GradientbarController : Controller { // // Default Action // public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Title = "Gradient Bar Shading"; createChart(ViewBag.Viewer = new RazorChartViewer(HttpContext, "chart1")); return View("~/Views/Shared/ChartView.cshtml"); } // // Create chart // private void createChart(RazorChartViewer viewer) { // The data for the bar chart double[] data = {1350, 1600, 1950, 2300, 2700}; // The labels for the bar chart string[] labels = {"2001", "2002", "2003", "2004", "2005"}; // The colors for the bars int[] colors = {0xcc0000, 0x66aaee, 0xeebb22, 0xcccccc, 0xcc88ff}; // Create a PieChart object of size 600 x 380 pixels. XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 380); // Use the white on black palette, which means the default text and line colors are white c.setColors(Chart.whiteOnBlackPalette); // Use a vertical gradient color from blue (0000cc) to deep blue (000044) as background. Use // rounded corners of 30 pixels radius for the top-left and bottom-right corners. c.setBackground(c.linearGradientColor(0, 0, 0, c.getHeight(), 0x0000cc, 0x000044)); c.setRoundedFrame(0xffffff, 30, 0, 30, 0); // Add a title using 18pt Times New Roman Bold Italic font. Add 6 pixels top and bottom // margins to the title. ChartDirector.TextBox title = c.addTitle("Annual Revenue for Star Tech", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); title.setMargin2(0, 0, 6, 6); // Add a separator line in white color just under the title c.addLine(20, title.getHeight(), c.getWidth() - 21, title.getHeight(), 0xffffff); // Tentatively set the plotarea at (70, 80) and of 480 x 240 pixels in size. Use transparent // border and white grid lines c.setPlotArea(70, 80, 480, 240, -1, -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xffffff); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(); // Add a multi-color bar chart layer using the supplied data. Use bar gradient lighting with // the light intensity from 0.75 to 2.0 c.addBarLayer3(data, colors).setBorderColor(Chart.Transparent, Chart.barLighting(0.75, 2.0)); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Show the same scale on the left and right y-axes c.syncYAxis(); // Set the bottom y-axis title using 10pt Arial Bold font c.yAxis().setTitle("USD (millions)", "Arial Bold", 10); // Set y-axes to transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); c.yAxis2().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick color to transparent c.xAxis().setTickColor(Chart.Transparent); // Set the label styles of all axes to 8pt Arial Bold font c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis2().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); // Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 30 pixels // from the left edge, 25 pixels below the title, 50 pixels from the right edge, and 25 // pixels from the bottom edge. c.packPlotArea(30, title.getHeight() + 25, c.getWidth() - 50, c.getHeight() - 25); // Output the chart viewer.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Year {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'"); } } }

[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>