Linear Zone Meter

perldemo\linearzonemeter.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;

# The value to display on the meter
my $value = 85;

# Create an LinearMeter object of size 210 x 45 pixels, using silver background with a 2 pixel black
# 3D depressed border.
my $m = new LinearMeter(210, 45, perlchartdir::silverColor(), 0, -2);

# Set the scale region top-left corner at (5, 5), with size of 200 x 20 pixels. The scale labels are
# located on the bottom (implies horizontal meter)
$m->setMeter(5, 5, 200, 20, $perlchartdir::Bottom);

# Set meter scale from 0 - 100
$m->setScale(0, 100);

# Add a title at the bottom of the meter with a 1 pixel raised 3D border
$m->addTitle2($perlchartdir::Bottom, "Battery Level", "Arial Bold", 8)->setBackground(
    $perlchartdir::Transparent, -1, 1);

# Set 3 zones of different colors to represent Good/Weak/Bad data ranges
$m->addZone(50, 100, 0x99ff99, "Good");
$m->addZone(20, 50, 0xffff66, "Weak");
$m->addZone(0, 20, 0xffcccc, "Bad");

# Add empty labels (just need the ticks) at 0/20/50/80 as separators for zones
$m->addLabel(0, " ");
$m->addLabel(20, " ");
$m->addLabel(50, " ");
$m->addLabel(100, " ");

# Add a semi-transparent blue (800000ff) pointer at the specified value, using triangular pointer
# shape
$m->addPointer($value, 0x800000ff)->setShape($perlchartdir::TriangularPointer);

# Output the chart
$m->makeChart("linearzonemeter.png");