ChartDirector 5.1 (PHP Edition)

PolarChart


The PolarChart class represents polar charts (including radar charts). The PolarChart class is a subclass of BaseChart.

MethodInheritedDescription
PolarChart(Self)Creates a new PolarChart object.
setPlotArea(Self)Sets the position, background colors, border color and border width of the polar plot area.
setPlotAreaBg(Self)Sets alternating background colors for the polar plot area.
setGridColor(Self)Sets the grid colors and widths of the polar plot area.
setGridStyle(Self)Configure whether to use circular grids or polygon grids, and whether the grid lines are on top of the polar plot area or are at the back.
setStartAngle(Self)Sets the angle of the radial axis, and the layout direction of radial grid lines.
angularAxis(Self)Gets the AngularAxis object representing the angular axis of the polar chart.
radialAxis(Self)Gets the RadialAxis object representing the radial axis of the polar chart.
getXCoor(Self)Gets the x pixel coordinate of a point given its radial and angular coordinates.
getYCoor(Self)Gets the y pixel coordinate of a point given its radial and angular coordinates.
addLineLayer(Self)Adds a polar line layer to the polar chart.
addAreaLayer(Self)Adds a polar area layer to the polar chart.
addSplineLineLayer(Self)Adds a polar spline line layer to the polar chart.
addSplineAreaLayer(Self)Adds a polar spline area layer to the polar chart.
addVectorLayer(Self)Adds a vector layer to the chart.
setSizeBaseChartSets the size of the chart, exclusive of the drop shadow (if any).
getWidthBaseChartGets the width of the chart.
getHeightBaseChartGets the height of the chart.
getAbsOffsetXBaseChartGets the x offset of the chart relative to the outermost MultiChart container.
getAbsOffsetYBaseChartGets the y offset of the chart relative to the outermost MultiChart container.
setBackgroundBaseChartSets the background color, border color and 3D border effect of the chart.
setRoundedFrameBaseChartSets the border style of the chart to rounded corners.
setDropShadowBaseChartAdds a drop shadow to the chart.
setBorderBaseChartSets the border color of the chart.
setWallpaperBaseChartUses the image from the specified file as the wallpaper to repetitively fill the background of the chart.
setBgImageBaseChartUses the image from the specified file as the background image of the chart.
setSearchPathBaseChartSets the file system search path for loading image files.
setTransparentColorBaseChartSpecifies a certain color to mean transparent when creating a raster image output, or to include alpha transparency channel in the output.
setAntiAliasBaseChartControls whether anti-alias is used when drawing lines, shapes and text.
addTitleBaseChartAdds a title at the top center of the chart.
addTitle2BaseChartAdds a title to the chart.
addLegendBaseChartAdds a legend box to the chart.
addLegend2BaseChartAdds a legend box to the chart with grid layout.
getLegendBaseChartGets the LegendBox object representing the legend box in the chart.
layoutLegendBaseChartLays out and gets the LegendBox object representing the legend box in the chart.
getDrawAreaBaseChartRetrieves the internal DrawArea object that is used to draw the chart.
addTextBaseChartAdds a text box to the chart.
addTableBaseChartAdds a CDML table to the chart.
addLineBaseChartAdds a line to the chart.
addExtraFieldBaseChartAdds an array of text to be used as an extra field in various places.
addExtraField2BaseChartAdds an array of numbers/dates to be used as an extra field in various places.
setColorBaseChartChange the color at the specified position in the palette.
setColorsBaseChartChange the colors in the palette.
setColors2BaseChartChange the colors in the palette, starting from the specified position in the palette.
getColorBaseChartGets the color at the specified position of the palette.
adjustBrightnessBaseChartCreates a color that is a darkened or brightened version of the given color.
halfColorBaseChartCreates a color that is half the intensity of the given color.
dashLineColorBaseChartCreates a dash line color.
patternColorBaseChartCreates a pattern color using an array of colors as the bitmap pattern.
patternColor2BaseChartCreates a pattern color by loading the pattern from an image file.
linearGradientColorBaseChartCreates a two-point linear gradient color.
linearGradientColor2BaseChartCreates a multi-point linear gradient color.
radialGradientColorBaseChartCreates a two-point radial gradient color.
radialGradientColor2BaseChartCreates a multi-point radial gradient color.
gradientColorBaseChartCreates a two-point linear gradient color.
gradientColor2BaseChartCreates a multi-point linear gradient color.
setDefaultFontsBaseChartSets the defaults for normal, bold, italic and bold-italic fonts.
setFontTableBaseChartSets an entry in the font table to the specified font name.
formatValueBaseChartFormats a number/date using the ChartDirector formatting syntax as is in Parameter Substitution and Formatting.
setNumberFormatBaseChartSets the characters used for thousand separator, decimal point, and negative sign.
setMonthNamesBaseChartSets the names of the months for date/time formatting purposes.
setWeekDayNamesBaseChartSets the names of the week days for date/time formatting purposes.
setAMPMBaseChartSets the names to be used to denote morning and afternoon.
layoutBaseChartPerform auto-scaling of the axes (if any) and compute the positions of the various objects in the chart.
enableVectorOutputBaseChartEnables true vector graphics output.
makeChartBaseChartGenerates the chart image and save it into a file.
makeChart2BaseChartGenerates the chart as an image in memory.
makeChart3BaseChartGenerates the chart in internal format and return a DrawArea object to allow adding custom drawings on top of the chart.
makeSessionBaseChartGenerates the chart as an image and save it to a session variable.
initDynamicLayerBaseChartInitializes a dynamic layer for drawing text and shapes.
removeDynamicLayerBaseChartRemoves the dynamic layer if any.
getHTMLImageMapBaseChartGenerates an HTML image map for the chart.
getJsChartModelBaseChartGets the Javascript Chart Model for passing to WebChartViewer.setChartModel for the purpose of supporting track cursors in a web application.
getChartMetricsBaseChartGets the chart metrics for passing to WebChartViewer.setChartMetrics to support view ports for web applications.