ChartDirector 7.1 (.NET Edition)

Multi-Line Chart (1)




This example demonstrates a chart with multiple lines of different styles. It also demonstrates using frame with rounded corners, title with glass shading effect, both vertical and horizontal grid lines, and a legend at the top of the plot area.

Source Code Listing

[Windows Forms - C# version] NetWinCharts\CSharpWinCharts\multiline.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpChartExplorer { public class multiline : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Multi-Line Chart (1)"; } //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 line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 51, 46, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 52, 37, 34, 51, 56, 56, 60, 70, 76, 63, 67, 75, 64, 51}; double[] data1 = {50, 55, 47, 34, 42, 49, 63, 62, 73, 59, 56, 50, 64, 60, 67, 67, 58, 59, 73, 77, 84, 82, 80, 84, 98}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 33, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24, 28, 15, 21, 26, 46, 42, 48, 45, 43, 52, 64, 60, 70}; // The labels for the line chart string[] labels = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24"}; // Create an XYChart object of size 600 x 300 pixels, with a light blue (EEEEFF) // background, black border, 1 pxiel 3D border effect and rounded corners XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 300, 0xeeeeff, 0x000000, 1); c.setRoundedFrame(); // Set the plotarea at (55, 58) and of size 520 x 195 pixels, with white background. // Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xcccccc) c.setPlotArea(55, 58, 520, 195, 0xffffff, -1, -1, 0xcccccc, 0xcccccc); // Add a legend box at (50, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 9pt Arial // Bold font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. c.addLegend(50, 30, false, "Arial Bold", 9).setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Add a title box to the chart using 15pt Times Bold Italic font, on a light blue // (CCCCFF) background with glass effect. white (0xffffff) on a dark red (0x800000) // background, with a 1 pixel 3D border. c.addTitle("Application Server Throughput", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15 ).setBackground(0xccccff, 0x000000, Chart.glassEffect()); // Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes per hour"); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3); // Add a title to the x axis c.xAxis().setTitle("Jun 12, 2006"); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the default line width to 2 pixels layer.setLineWidth(2); // Add the three data sets to the line layer. For demo purpose, we use a dash line color // for the last line layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Server #1"); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x008800, "Server #2"); layer.addDataSet(data2, c.dashLineColor(0x3333ff, Chart.DashLine), "Server #3"); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='[{dataSetName}] Hour {xLabel}: {value} MBytes'"); } } }

[Windows Forms - VB Version] NetWinCharts\VBNetWinCharts\multiline.vb
Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports ChartDirector Public Class multiline Implements DemoModule 'Name of demo module Public Function getName() As String Implements DemoModule.getName Return "Multi-Line Chart (1)" 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 line chart Dim data0() As Double = {42, 49, 33, 38, 51, 46, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 52, 37, 34, 51, 56, _ 56, 60, 70, 76, 63, 67, 75, 64, 51} Dim data1() As Double = {50, 55, 47, 34, 42, 49, 63, 62, 73, 59, 56, 50, 64, 60, 67, 67, _ 58, 59, 73, 77, 84, 82, 80, 84, 98} Dim data2() As Double = {36, 28, 25, 33, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24, 28, 15, 21, 26, _ 46, 42, 48, 45, 43, 52, 64, 60, 70} ' The labels for the line chart Dim labels() As String = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", _ "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24"} ' Create an XYChart object of size 600 x 300 pixels, with a light blue (EEEEFF) background, ' black border, 1 pxiel 3D border effect and rounded corners Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 300, &Heeeeff, &H000000, 1) c.setRoundedFrame() ' Set the plotarea at (55, 58) and of size 520 x 195 pixels, with white background. Turn on ' both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xcccccc) c.setPlotArea(55, 58, 520, 195, &Hffffff, -1, -1, &Hcccccc, &Hcccccc) ' Add a legend box at (50, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 9pt Arial Bold ' font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. c.addLegend(50, 30, False, "Arial Bold", 9).setBackground(Chart.Transparent) ' Add a title box to the chart using 15pt Times Bold Italic font, on a light blue (CCCCFF) ' background with glass effect. white (0xffffff) on a dark red (0x800000) background, with a ' 1 pixel 3D border. c.addTitle("Application Server Throughput", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15 _ ).setBackground(&Hccccff, &H000000, Chart.glassEffect()) ' Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes per hour") ' Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3) ' Add a title to the x axis c.xAxis().setTitle("Jun 12, 2006") ' Add a line layer to the chart Dim layer As LineLayer = c.addLineLayer2() ' Set the default line width to 2 pixels layer.setLineWidth(2) ' Add the three data sets to the line layer. For demo purpose, we use a dash line color for ' the last line layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hff0000, "Server #1") layer.addDataSet(data1, &H008800, "Server #2") layer.addDataSet(data2, c.dashLineColor(&H3333ff, Chart.DashLine), "Server #3") ' Output the chart viewer.Chart = c 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _ "title='[{dataSetName}] Hour {xLabel}: {value} MBytes'") End Sub End Class

[WPF - C#] NetWPFCharts\CSharpWPFCharts\multiline.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpWPFCharts { public class multiline : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Multi-Line Chart (1)"; } //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 line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 51, 46, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 52, 37, 34, 51, 56, 56, 60, 70, 76, 63, 67, 75, 64, 51}; double[] data1 = {50, 55, 47, 34, 42, 49, 63, 62, 73, 59, 56, 50, 64, 60, 67, 67, 58, 59, 73, 77, 84, 82, 80, 84, 98}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 33, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24, 28, 15, 21, 26, 46, 42, 48, 45, 43, 52, 64, 60, 70}; // The labels for the line chart string[] labels = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24"}; // Create an XYChart object of size 600 x 300 pixels, with a light blue (EEEEFF) // background, black border, 1 pxiel 3D border effect and rounded corners XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 300, 0xeeeeff, 0x000000, 1); c.setRoundedFrame(); // Set the plotarea at (55, 58) and of size 520 x 195 pixels, with white background. // Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xcccccc) c.setPlotArea(55, 58, 520, 195, 0xffffff, -1, -1, 0xcccccc, 0xcccccc); // Add a legend box at (50, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 9pt Arial // Bold font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. c.addLegend(50, 30, false, "Arial Bold", 9).setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Add a title box to the chart using 15pt Times Bold Italic font, on a light blue // (CCCCFF) background with glass effect. white (0xffffff) on a dark red (0x800000) // background, with a 1 pixel 3D border. c.addTitle("Application Server Throughput", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15 ).setBackground(0xccccff, 0x000000, Chart.glassEffect()); // Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes per hour"); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3); // Add a title to the x axis c.xAxis().setTitle("Jun 12, 2006"); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the default line width to 2 pixels layer.setLineWidth(2); // Add the three data sets to the line layer. For demo purpose, we use a dash line color // for the last line layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Server #1"); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x008800, "Server #2"); layer.addDataSet(data2, c.dashLineColor(0x3333ff, Chart.DashLine), "Server #3"); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='[{dataSetName}] Hour {xLabel}: {value} MBytes'"); } } }

[ASP.NET Web Forms - C# version] NetWebCharts\CSharpASP\multiline.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 line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 51, 46, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 52, 37, 34, 51, 56, 56, 60, 70, 76, 63, 67, 75, 64, 51}; double[] data1 = {50, 55, 47, 34, 42, 49, 63, 62, 73, 59, 56, 50, 64, 60, 67, 67, 58, 59, 73, 77, 84, 82, 80, 84, 98}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 33, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24, 28, 15, 21, 26, 46, 42, 48, 45, 43, 52, 64, 60, 70}; // The labels for the line chart string[] labels = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24"}; // Create an XYChart object of size 600 x 300 pixels, with a light blue (EEEEFF) background, // black border, 1 pxiel 3D border effect and rounded corners XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 300, 0xeeeeff, 0x000000, 1); c.setRoundedFrame(); // Set the plotarea at (55, 58) and of size 520 x 195 pixels, with white background. Turn on // both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xcccccc) c.setPlotArea(55, 58, 520, 195, 0xffffff, -1, -1, 0xcccccc, 0xcccccc); // Add a legend box at (50, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 9pt Arial Bold // font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. c.addLegend(50, 30, false, "Arial Bold", 9).setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Add a title box to the chart using 15pt Times Bold Italic font, on a light blue (CCCCFF) // background with glass effect. white (0xffffff) on a dark red (0x800000) background, with a 1 // pixel 3D border. c.addTitle("Application Server Throughput", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15).setBackground( 0xccccff, 0x000000, Chart.glassEffect()); // Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes per hour"); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3); // Add a title to the x axis c.xAxis().setTitle("Jun 12, 2006"); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the default line width to 2 pixels layer.setLineWidth(2); // Add the three data sets to the line layer. For demo purpose, we use a dash line color for the // last line layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Server #1"); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x008800, "Server #2"); layer.addDataSet(data2, c.dashLineColor(0x3333ff, Chart.DashLine), "Server #3"); // Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='[{dataSetName}] Hour {xLabel}: {value} MBytes'"); } </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\multiline.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 line chart Dim data0() As Double = {42, 49, 33, 38, 51, 46, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 52, 37, 34, 51, 56, 56, _ 60, 70, 76, 63, 67, 75, 64, 51} Dim data1() As Double = {50, 55, 47, 34, 42, 49, 63, 62, 73, 59, 56, 50, 64, 60, 67, 67, 58, _ 59, 73, 77, 84, 82, 80, 84, 98} Dim data2() As Double = {36, 28, 25, 33, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24, 28, 15, 21, 26, 46, _ 42, 48, 45, 43, 52, 64, 60, 70} ' The labels for the line chart Dim labels() As String = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", _ "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24"} ' Create an XYChart object of size 600 x 300 pixels, with a light blue (EEEEFF) background, ' black border, 1 pxiel 3D border effect and rounded corners Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 300, &Heeeeff, &H000000, 1) c.setRoundedFrame() ' Set the plotarea at (55, 58) and of size 520 x 195 pixels, with white background. Turn on both ' horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xcccccc) c.setPlotArea(55, 58, 520, 195, &Hffffff, -1, -1, &Hcccccc, &Hcccccc) ' Add a legend box at (50, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 9pt Arial Bold ' font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. c.addLegend(50, 30, False, "Arial Bold", 9).setBackground(Chart.Transparent) ' Add a title box to the chart using 15pt Times Bold Italic font, on a light blue (CCCCFF) ' background with glass effect. white (0xffffff) on a dark red (0x800000) background, with a 1 ' pixel 3D border. c.addTitle("Application Server Throughput", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15).setBackground( _ &Hccccff, &H000000, Chart.glassEffect()) ' Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes per hour") ' Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3) ' Add a title to the x axis c.xAxis().setTitle("Jun 12, 2006") ' Add a line layer to the chart Dim layer As LineLayer = c.addLineLayer2() ' Set the default line width to 2 pixels layer.setLineWidth(2) ' Add the three data sets to the line layer. For demo purpose, we use a dash line color for the ' last line layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hff0000, "Server #1") layer.addDataSet(data1, &H008800, "Server #2") layer.addDataSet(data2, c.dashLineColor(&H3333ff, Chart.DashLine), "Server #3") ' Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG) ' Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", _ "title='[{dataSetName}] Hour {xLabel}: {value} MBytes'") 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\MultilineController.cs
using System; using System.Web.Mvc; using ChartDirector; namespace NetMvcCharts.Controllers { public class MultilineController : Controller { // // Default Action // public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Title = "Multi-Line Chart (1)"; createChart(ViewBag.Viewer = new RazorChartViewer(HttpContext, "chart1")); return View("~/Views/Shared/ChartView.cshtml"); } // // Create chart // private void createChart(RazorChartViewer viewer) { // The data for the line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 51, 46, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 52, 37, 34, 51, 56, 56, 60, 70, 76, 63, 67, 75, 64, 51}; double[] data1 = {50, 55, 47, 34, 42, 49, 63, 62, 73, 59, 56, 50, 64, 60, 67, 67, 58, 59, 73, 77, 84, 82, 80, 84, 98}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 33, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24, 28, 15, 21, 26, 46, 42, 48, 45, 43, 52, 64, 60, 70}; // The labels for the line chart string[] labels = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24"}; // Create an XYChart object of size 600 x 300 pixels, with a light blue (EEEEFF) background, // black border, 1 pxiel 3D border effect and rounded corners XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 300, 0xeeeeff, 0x000000, 1); c.setRoundedFrame(); // Set the plotarea at (55, 58) and of size 520 x 195 pixels, with white background. Turn on // both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xcccccc) c.setPlotArea(55, 58, 520, 195, 0xffffff, -1, -1, 0xcccccc, 0xcccccc); // Add a legend box at (50, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 9pt Arial Bold // font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. c.addLegend(50, 30, false, "Arial Bold", 9).setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Add a title box to the chart using 15pt Times Bold Italic font, on a light blue (CCCCFF) // background with glass effect. white (0xffffff) on a dark red (0x800000) background, with a // 1 pixel 3D border. c.addTitle("Application Server Throughput", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15).setBackground( 0xccccff, 0x000000, Chart.glassEffect()); // Add a title to the y axis c.yAxis().setTitle("MBytes per hour"); // Set the labels on the x axis. c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis. c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3); // Add a title to the x axis c.xAxis().setTitle("Jun 12, 2006"); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the default line width to 2 pixels layer.setLineWidth(2); // Add the three data sets to the line layer. For demo purpose, we use a dash line color for // the last line layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Server #1"); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x008800, "Server #2"); layer.addDataSet(data2, c.dashLineColor(0x3333ff, Chart.DashLine), "Server #3"); // Output the chart viewer.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='[{dataSetName}] Hour {xLabel}: {value} MBytes'"); } } }

[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>