Black Vertical Linear Meters

perldemo\blackvlinearmeter.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl

# The ChartDirector for Perl module is assumed to be in "../lib"
use File::Basename;
use lib (dirname($0)."/../lib") =~ /(.*)/;

use perlchartdir;

sub createChart
{
    my $chartIndex = shift;

    # The value to display on the meter
    my $value = 74.25;

    # Create a LinearMeter object of size 70 x 260 pixels with black background and rounded corners
    my $m = new LinearMeter(70, 260, 0x000000);
    $m->setRoundedFrame($perlchartdir::Transparent);

    # Set the default text and line colors to white (0xffffff)
    $m->setColor($perlchartdir::TextColor, 0xffffff);
    $m->setColor($perlchartdir::LineColor, 0xffffff);

    # Set the scale region top-left corner at (28, 30), with size of 20 x 196 pixels. The scale
    # labels are located on the left (default - implies vertical meter)
    $m->setMeter(28, 30, 20, 196);

    # Set meter scale from 0 - 100, with a tick every 10 units
    $m->setScale(0, 100, 10);

    # The tick line width to 1 pixel
    $m->setLineWidth(0, 1);

    # Demostrate different types of color scales and putting them at different positions
    my $smoothColorScale = [0, 0x0000ff, 25, 0x0088ff, 50, 0x00ff00, 75, 0xdddd00, 100, 0xff0000];
    my $stepColorScale = [0, 0x00cc00, 50, 0xeecc00, 80, 0xdd0000, 100];
    my $highLowColorScale = [0, 0x0000ff, 70, $perlchartdir::Transparent, 100, 0xff0000];

    if ($chartIndex == 0) {
        # Add the smooth color scale at the default position
        $m->addColorScale($smoothColorScale);
    } elsif ($chartIndex == 1) {
        # Add the step color scale at the default position
        $m->addColorScale($stepColorScale);
    } elsif ($chartIndex == 2) {
        # Add the high low scale at the default position
        $m->addColorScale($highLowColorScale);
    } elsif ($chartIndex == 3) {
        # Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 28 (left of scale) with zero width and ending
        # at x = 28 with 20 pixels width
        $m->addColorScale($smoothColorScale, 28, 0, 28, 20);
    } elsif ($chartIndex == 4) {
        # Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 38 (center of scale) with zero width and ending
        # at x = 28 with 20 pixels width
        $m->addColorScale($smoothColorScale, 38, 0, 28, 20);
    } else {
        # Add the smooth color scale starting at x = 48 (right of scale) with zero width and ending
        # at x = 28 with 20 pixels width
        $m->addColorScale($smoothColorScale, 48, 0, 28, 20);
    }

    # Add a blue (0x0000cc) pointer with white (0xffffff) border at the specified value
    $m->addPointer($value, 0x0000cc, 0xffffff);

    # Add a label at the top-center using 8pt Arial Bold font
    $m->addText($m->getWidth() / 2, 5, "Temp C", "Arial Bold", 8, $perlchartdir::TextColor,
        $perlchartdir::Top);

    # Add a text box at the bottom-center. Display the value using white (0xffffff) 8pt Arial Bold
    # font on a black (0x000000) background with depressed grey (0x444444) rounded border.
    my $t = $m->addText($m->getWidth() / 2, $m->getHeight() - 7, $m->formatValue($value, "2"),
        "Arial Bold", 8, 0xffffff, $perlchartdir::Bottom);
    $t->setBackground(0x000000, 0x444444, -1);
    $t->setRoundedCorners(3);

    # Output the chart
    $m->makeChart("blackvlinearmeter$chartIndex.png");
}

createChart(0);
createChart(1);
createChart(2);
createChart(3);
createChart(4);
createChart(5);