ChartDirector 7.1 (.NET Edition)

Borderless Bar Chart




This example demonstrates a horizontal bar chart with no axes, grid lines or and plot area border. It also demonstrates using gradient colors for the bars, and a number of other ChartDirector features.

The key features demonstrated in this example are:

Source Code Listing

[Windows Forms - C# version] NetWinCharts\CSharpWinCharts\hbar.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpChartExplorer { public class hbar : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Borderless Bar Chart"; } //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 = {3.9, 8.1, 10.9, 14.2, 18.1, 19.0, 21.2, 23.2, 25.7, 36}; // The labels for the bar chart string[] labels = {"Bastic Group", "Simpa", "YG Super", "CID", "Giga Tech", "Indo Digital", "Supreme", "Electech", "THP Thunder", "Flash Light"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 250 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 250); // Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Revenue Estimation - Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic"); // Set the plotarea at (100, 30) and of size 400 x 200 pixels. Set the plotarea border, // background and grid lines to Transparent c.setPlotArea(100, 30, 400, 200, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Add a bar chart layer using the given data. Use a gradient color for the bars, where // the gradient is from dark green (0x008000) to white (0xffffff) BarLayer layer = c.addBarLayer(data, c.gradientColor(100, 0, 500, 0, 0x008000, 0xffffff) ); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(true); // Set the bar gap to 10% layer.setBarGap(0.1); // Use the format "US$ xxx millions" as the bar label layer.setAggregateLabelFormat("US$ {value} millions"); // Set the bar label font to 10pt Times Bold Italic/dark red (0x663300) layer.setAggregateLabelStyle("Times New Roman Bold Italic", 10, 0x663300); // Set the labels on the x axis ChartDirector.TextBox textbox = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Set the x axis label font to 10pt Arial Bold Italic textbox.setFontStyle("Arial Bold Italic"); textbox.setFontSize(10); // Set the x axis to Transparent, with labels in dark red (0x663300) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, 0x663300); // Set the y axis and labels to Transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='{xLabel}: US${value} millions'"); } } }

[Windows Forms - VB Version] NetWinCharts\VBNetWinCharts\hbar.vb
Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports ChartDirector Public Class hbar Implements DemoModule 'Name of demo module Public Function getName() As String Implements DemoModule.getName Return "Borderless Bar Chart" 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 = {3.9, 8.1, 10.9, 14.2, 18.1, 19.0, 21.2, 23.2, 25.7, 36} ' The labels for the bar chart Dim labels() As String = {"Bastic Group", "Simpa", "YG Super", "CID", "Giga Tech", _ "Indo Digital", "Supreme", "Electech", "THP Thunder", "Flash Light"} ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 250 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 250) ' Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Revenue Estimation - Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic") ' Set the plotarea at (100, 30) and of size 400 x 200 pixels. Set the plotarea border, ' background and grid lines to Transparent c.setPlotArea(100, 30, 400, 200, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, _ Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent) ' Add a bar chart layer using the given data. Use a gradient color for the bars, where the ' gradient is from dark green (0x008000) to white (0xffffff) Dim layer As BarLayer = c.addBarLayer(data, c.gradientColor(100, 0, 500, 0, &H008000, _ &Hffffff)) ' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(True) ' Set the bar gap to 10% layer.setBarGap(0.1) ' Use the format "US$ xxx millions" as the bar label layer.setAggregateLabelFormat("US$ {value} millions") ' Set the bar label font to 10pt Times Bold Italic/dark red (0x663300) layer.setAggregateLabelStyle("Times New Roman Bold Italic", 10, &H663300) ' Set the labels on the x axis Dim textbox As ChartDirector.TextBox = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Set the x axis label font to 10pt Arial Bold Italic textbox.setFontStyle("Arial Bold Italic") textbox.setFontSize(10) ' Set the x axis to Transparent, with labels in dark red (0x663300) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, &H663300) ' Set the y axis and labels to Transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent) ' Output the chart viewer.Chart = c 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _ "title='{xLabel}: US${value} millions'") End Sub End Class

[WPF - C#] NetWPFCharts\CSharpWPFCharts\hbar.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpWPFCharts { public class hbar : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Borderless Bar Chart"; } //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 = {3.9, 8.1, 10.9, 14.2, 18.1, 19.0, 21.2, 23.2, 25.7, 36}; // The labels for the bar chart string[] labels = {"Bastic Group", "Simpa", "YG Super", "CID", "Giga Tech", "Indo Digital", "Supreme", "Electech", "THP Thunder", "Flash Light"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 250 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 250); // Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Revenue Estimation - Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic"); // Set the plotarea at (100, 30) and of size 400 x 200 pixels. Set the plotarea border, // background and grid lines to Transparent c.setPlotArea(100, 30, 400, 200, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Add a bar chart layer using the given data. Use a gradient color for the bars, where // the gradient is from dark green (0x008000) to white (0xffffff) BarLayer layer = c.addBarLayer(data, c.gradientColor(100, 0, 500, 0, 0x008000, 0xffffff) ); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(true); // Set the bar gap to 10% layer.setBarGap(0.1); // Use the format "US$ xxx millions" as the bar label layer.setAggregateLabelFormat("US$ {value} millions"); // Set the bar label font to 10pt Times Bold Italic/dark red (0x663300) layer.setAggregateLabelStyle("Times New Roman Bold Italic", 10, 0x663300); // Set the labels on the x axis ChartDirector.TextBox textbox = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Set the x axis label font to 10pt Arial Bold Italic textbox.setFontStyle("Arial Bold Italic"); textbox.setFontSize(10); // Set the x axis to Transparent, with labels in dark red (0x663300) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, 0x663300); // Set the y axis and labels to Transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='{xLabel}: US${value} millions'"); } } }

[ASP.NET Web Forms - C# version] NetWebCharts\CSharpASP\hbar.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 = {3.9, 8.1, 10.9, 14.2, 18.1, 19.0, 21.2, 23.2, 25.7, 36}; // The labels for the bar chart string[] labels = {"Bastic Group", "Simpa", "YG Super", "CID", "Giga Tech", "Indo Digital", "Supreme", "Electech", "THP Thunder", "Flash Light"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 250 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 250); // Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Revenue Estimation - Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic"); // Set the plotarea at (100, 30) and of size 400 x 200 pixels. Set the plotarea border, // background and grid lines to Transparent c.setPlotArea(100, 30, 400, 200, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Add a bar chart layer using the given data. Use a gradient color for the bars, where the // gradient is from dark green (0x008000) to white (0xffffff) BarLayer layer = c.addBarLayer(data, c.gradientColor(100, 0, 500, 0, 0x008000, 0xffffff)); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(true); // Set the bar gap to 10% layer.setBarGap(0.1); // Use the format "US$ xxx millions" as the bar label layer.setAggregateLabelFormat("US$ {value} millions"); // Set the bar label font to 10pt Times Bold Italic/dark red (0x663300) layer.setAggregateLabelStyle("Times New Roman Bold Italic", 10, 0x663300); // Set the labels on the x axis ChartDirector.TextBox textbox = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Set the x axis label font to 10pt Arial Bold Italic textbox.setFontStyle("Arial Bold Italic"); textbox.setFontSize(10); // Set the x axis to Transparent, with labels in dark red (0x663300) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, 0x663300); // Set the y axis and labels to Transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel}: US${value} millions'"); } </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\hbar.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 = {3.9, 8.1, 10.9, 14.2, 18.1, 19.0, 21.2, 23.2, 25.7, 36} ' The labels for the bar chart Dim labels() As String = {"Bastic Group", "Simpa", "YG Super", "CID", "Giga Tech", _ "Indo Digital", "Supreme", "Electech", "THP Thunder", "Flash Light"} ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 250 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 250) ' Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Revenue Estimation - Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic") ' Set the plotarea at (100, 30) and of size 400 x 200 pixels. Set the plotarea border, ' background and grid lines to Transparent c.setPlotArea(100, 30, 400, 200, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, _ Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent) ' Add a bar chart layer using the given data. Use a gradient color for the bars, where the ' gradient is from dark green (0x008000) to white (0xffffff) Dim layer As BarLayer = c.addBarLayer(data, c.gradientColor(100, 0, 500, 0, &H008000, &Hffffff)) ' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(True) ' Set the bar gap to 10% layer.setBarGap(0.1) ' Use the format "US$ xxx millions" as the bar label layer.setAggregateLabelFormat("US$ {value} millions") ' Set the bar label font to 10pt Times Bold Italic/dark red (0x663300) layer.setAggregateLabelStyle("Times New Roman Bold Italic", 10, &H663300) ' Set the labels on the x axis Dim textbox As ChartDirector.TextBox = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Set the x axis label font to 10pt Arial Bold Italic textbox.setFontStyle("Arial Bold Italic") textbox.setFontSize(10) ' Set the x axis to Transparent, with labels in dark red (0x663300) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, &H663300) ' Set the y axis and labels to Transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent) ' Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG) ' Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel}: US${value} millions'") 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\HbarController.cs
using System; using System.Web.Mvc; using ChartDirector; namespace NetMvcCharts.Controllers { public class HbarController : Controller { // // Default Action // public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Title = "Borderless Bar Chart"; 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 = {3.9, 8.1, 10.9, 14.2, 18.1, 19.0, 21.2, 23.2, 25.7, 36}; // The labels for the bar chart string[] labels = {"Bastic Group", "Simpa", "YG Super", "CID", "Giga Tech", "Indo Digital", "Supreme", "Electech", "THP Thunder", "Flash Light"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 250 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 250); // Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Revenue Estimation - Year 2002", "Arial Bold Italic"); // Set the plotarea at (100, 30) and of size 400 x 200 pixels. Set the plotarea border, // background and grid lines to Transparent c.setPlotArea(100, 30, 400, 200, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Add a bar chart layer using the given data. Use a gradient color for the bars, where the // gradient is from dark green (0x008000) to white (0xffffff) BarLayer layer = c.addBarLayer(data, c.gradientColor(100, 0, 500, 0, 0x008000, 0xffffff)); // Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally c.swapXY(true); // Set the bar gap to 10% layer.setBarGap(0.1); // Use the format "US$ xxx millions" as the bar label layer.setAggregateLabelFormat("US$ {value} millions"); // Set the bar label font to 10pt Times Bold Italic/dark red (0x663300) layer.setAggregateLabelStyle("Times New Roman Bold Italic", 10, 0x663300); // Set the labels on the x axis ChartDirector.TextBox textbox = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Set the x axis label font to 10pt Arial Bold Italic textbox.setFontStyle("Arial Bold Italic"); textbox.setFontSize(10); // Set the x axis to Transparent, with labels in dark red (0x663300) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, 0x663300); // Set the y axis and labels to Transparent c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.Transparent); // Output the chart viewer.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel}: US${value} millions'") ; } } }

[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>