ChartDirector 7.0 (Perl Edition)
Circular Bar Meter (2)
Source Code Listing
#!/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 = 85;
# The meter radius and angle
my $radius = 50;
my $angle = $value * 360.0 / 100;
# Create an AngularMeter with transparent background
my $m = new AngularMeter($radius * 2 + 10, $radius * 2 + 10, $perlchartdir::Transparent);
# Set the center, radius and angular range of the meter
$m->setMeter(int($m->getWidth() / 2), int($m->getHeight() / 2), $radius, 0, 360);
# For circular bar meters, we do not need pointer or graduation, so we hide them.
$m->setMeterColors($perlchartdir::Transparent, $perlchartdir::Transparent,
$perlchartdir::Transparent);
$m->setCap(0, $perlchartdir::Transparent);
# In this example, the circular bar has 20 segments
my $segmentCount = 20;
# The angular step
my $angleStep = 360.0 / $segmentCount;
# The gap between segments is 4.5 degrees
my $angleGap = 4.5;
#
# This example demonstrates several coloring styles
#
# Thd default fill and blank colors
my $fillColor = 0x336699;
my $blankColor = 0xeeeeee;
if ($chartIndex >= 4) {
# Use dark background style
$m->setColors($perlchartdir::whiteOnBlackPalette);
$fillColor = 0x6699ff;
$blankColor = 0x222222;
}
if ($chartIndex % 4 == 1) {
# Alternative fill color
$fillColor = 0x00ee33;
} elsif ($chartIndex % 4 == 2) {
# Use a smooth color scale as the fill color
my $smoothColorScale = [0, 0x0022ff, 15, 0x0088ff, 30, 0x00ff00, 55, 0xffff00, 80, 0xff0000,
100, 0xff0000];
$fillColor = $m->getDrawArea()->angleGradientColor(int($m->getWidth() / 2), int(
$m->getHeight() / 2), 0, 360, $radius, $radius - 20, $smoothColorScale);
} elsif ($chartIndex % 4 == 3) {
# Use a step color scale as the fill color
my $stepColorScale = [0, 0x0044ff, 20, 0x00ee00, 50, 0xeeee00, 70, 0xee0000, 100];
$fillColor = $m->getDrawArea()->angleGradientColor(int($m->getWidth() / 2), int(
$m->getHeight() / 2), -$angleGap / 2, 360 - $angleGap / 2, $radius, $radius - 20,
$stepColorScale);
}
#
# Now we draw the segments of the bar meter
#
# The segment that contains the value
my $currentSegment = int($angle / $angleStep);
# Segments after the current segment is colored with the blank color
for(my $i = $currentSegment + 1; $i < $segmentCount; ++$i) {
$m->addRingSector($radius, $radius - 20, $i * $angleStep, ($i + 1) * $angleStep - $angleGap,
$blankColor);
}
# Segments before the current segment is colored with the fill color
for(my $i = 0; $i < $currentSegment; ++$i) {
$m->addRingSector($radius, $radius - 20, $i * $angleStep, ($i + 1) * $angleStep - $angleGap,
$fillColor);
}
# Segment that contains the angle will be partially filled and partially blank. We need to
# adjust the angle to compensated for the angle gap.
my $adjustedAngle = $currentSegment * $angleStep + ($angle - $currentSegment * $angleStep) * (1
- $angleGap / $angleStep);
# The blank part of the segment
if (($currentSegment + 1) * $angleStep > $angle) {
$m->addRingSector($radius, $radius - 20, $adjustedAngle, ($currentSegment + 1) * $angleStep
- $angleGap, $blankColor);
}
# The filled part of the segment.
if ($angle > $currentSegment * $angleStep) {
$m->addRingSector($radius, $radius - 20, $currentSegment * $angleStep, $adjustedAngle,
$fillColor);
}
# Add a label at the center to display the value
$m->addText(int($m->getWidth() / 2), int($m->getHeight() / 2), $m->formatValue($value, "{value}"
), "Arial", 25, $perlchartdir::TextColor, $perlchartdir::Center)->setMargin(0);
# Output the chart
$m->makeChart("circularbarmeter2$chartIndex.png");
}
createChart(0);
createChart(1);
createChart(2);
createChart(3);
createChart(4);
createChart(5);
createChart(6);
createChart(7);