ChartDirector 6.0 (Perl Edition)

Multi-Layer Gantt Chart



This example demonstrates a gantt chart containing two layers for the planned and actual dates.

The two layers are created using XYChart.addBoxWhiskerLayer. The bar width of the top layer is set using BaseBoxLayer.setDataWidth to a narrow width so that it will not block the bottom layer.

In this example, the color of the top layer is a pattern color created using an 4 x 4 in-memory pattern with BaseChart.patternColor.

Source Code Listing

[Standalone Version] perldemo\layergantt.pl 
#!/usr/bin/perl

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

use perlchartdir;

# the names of the tasks
my $labels = ["Market Research", "Define Specifications", "Overall Archiecture", "Project Planning",
    "Detail Design", "Software Development", "Test Plan", "Testing and QA", "User Documentation"];

# the planned start dates and end dates for the tasks
my $startDate = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 16), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 30),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 13), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 20),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 27), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 4),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 25), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 1),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 8)];
my $endDate = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 30), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 13),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 27), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 4),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 11), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 8),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 8), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 22),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 22)];

# the actual start dates and end dates for the tasks up to now
my $actualStartDate = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 16), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 27),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 9), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 18),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 22)];
my $actualEndDate = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 27), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 9),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 27), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 2),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 8)];

# Create a XYChart object of size 620 x 280 pixels. Set background color to light green (ccffcc)
# with 1 pixel 3D border effect.
my $c = new XYChart(620, 280, 0xccffcc, 0x000000, 1);

# Add a title to the chart using 15 points Times Bold Itatic font, with white (ffffff) text on a
# dark green (0x6000) background
$c->addTitle("Multi-Layer Gantt Chart Demo", "timesbi.ttf", 15, 0xffffff)->setBackground(0x006000);

# Set the plotarea at (140, 55) and of size 460 x 200 pixels. Use alternative white/grey background.
# Enable both horizontal and vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (c0c0c0). Set vertical
# major grid (represents month boundaries) 2 pixels in width
$c->setPlotArea(140, 55, 460, 200, 0xffffff, 0xeeeeee, $perlchartdir::LineColor, 0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0
    )->setGridWidth(2, 1, 1, 1);

# swap the x and y axes to create a horziontal box-whisker chart
$c->swapXY();

# Set the y-axis scale to be date scale from Aug 16, 2004 to Nov 22, 2004, with ticks every 7 days
# (1 week)
$c->yAxis()->setDateScale(perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 16), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 22
    ), 86400 * 7);

# Add a red (ff0000) dash line to represent the current day
$c->yAxis()->addMark(perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 8), $c->dashLineColor(0xff0000,
    $perlchartdir::DashLine));

# Set multi-style axis label formatting. Month labels are in Arial Bold font in "mmm d" format.
# Weekly labels just show the day of month and use minor tick (by using '-' as first character of
# format string).
$c->yAxis()->setMultiFormat(perlchartdir::StartOfMonthFilter(), "<*font=arialbd.ttf*>{value|mmm d}",
    perlchartdir::StartOfDayFilter(), "-{value|d}");

# Set the y-axis to shown on the top (right + swapXY = top)
$c->setYAxisOnRight();

# Set the labels on the x axis
$c->xAxis()->setLabels($labels);

# Reverse the x-axis scale so that it points downwards.
$c->xAxis()->setReverse();

# Set the horizontal ticks and grid lines to be between the bars
$c->xAxis()->setTickOffset(0.5);

# Use blue (0000aa) as the color for the planned schedule
my $plannedColor = 0x0000aa;

# Use a red hash pattern as the color for the actual dates. The pattern is created as a 4 x 4 bitmap
# defined in memory as an array of colors.
my $actualColor = $c->patternColor([0xffffff, 0xffffff, 0xffffff, 0xff0000, 0xffffff, 0xffffff,
    0xff0000, 0xffffff, 0xffffff, 0xff0000, 0xffffff, 0xffffff, 0xff0000, 0xffffff, 0xffffff,
    0xffffff], 4);

# Add a box whisker layer to represent the actual dates. We add the actual dates layer first, so it
# will be the top layer.
my $actualLayer = $c->addBoxLayer($actualStartDate, $actualEndDate, $actualColor, "Actual");

# Set the bar height to 8 pixels so they will not block the bottom bar
$actualLayer->setDataWidth(8);

# Add a box-whisker layer to represent the planned schedule date
$c->addBoxLayer($startDate, $endDate, $plannedColor, "Planned")->setBorderColor(
    $perlchartdir::SameAsMainColor);

# Add a legend box on the top right corner (595, 60) of the plot area with 8 pt Arial Bold font. Use
# a semi-transparent grey (80808080) background.
my $b = $c->addLegend(595, 60, 0, "arialbd.ttf", 8);
$b->setAlignment($perlchartdir::TopRight);
$b->setBackground(0x80808080, -1, 2);

# Output the chart
$c->makeChart("layergantt.png")

[CGI Version] perldemo_cgi\layergantt.pl 
#!/usr/bin/perl

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

use perlchartdir;

# the names of the tasks
my $labels = ["Market Research", "Define Specifications", "Overall Archiecture", "Project Planning",
    "Detail Design", "Software Development", "Test Plan", "Testing and QA", "User Documentation"];

# the planned start dates and end dates for the tasks
my $startDate = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 16), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 30),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 13), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 20),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 27), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 4),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 25), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 1),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 8)];
my $endDate = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 30), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 13),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 27), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 4),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 11), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 8),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 8), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 22),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 22)];

# the actual start dates and end dates for the tasks up to now
my $actualStartDate = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 16), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 27),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 9), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 18),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 22)];
my $actualEndDate = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 27), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 9),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 9, 27), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 2),
    perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 8)];

# Create a XYChart object of size 620 x 280 pixels. Set background color to light green (ccffcc)
# with 1 pixel 3D border effect.
my $c = new XYChart(620, 280, 0xccffcc, 0x000000, 1);

# Add a title to the chart using 15 points Times Bold Itatic font, with white (ffffff) text on a
# dark green (0x6000) background
$c->addTitle("Multi-Layer Gantt Chart Demo", "timesbi.ttf", 15, 0xffffff)->setBackground(0x006000);

# Set the plotarea at (140, 55) and of size 460 x 200 pixels. Use alternative white/grey background.
# Enable both horizontal and vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (c0c0c0). Set vertical
# major grid (represents month boundaries) 2 pixels in width
$c->setPlotArea(140, 55, 460, 200, 0xffffff, 0xeeeeee, $perlchartdir::LineColor, 0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0
    )->setGridWidth(2, 1, 1, 1);

# swap the x and y axes to create a horziontal box-whisker chart
$c->swapXY();

# Set the y-axis scale to be date scale from Aug 16, 2004 to Nov 22, 2004, with ticks every 7 days
# (1 week)
$c->yAxis()->setDateScale(perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 8, 16), perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 11, 22
    ), 86400 * 7);

# Add a red (ff0000) dash line to represent the current day
$c->yAxis()->addMark(perlchartdir::chartTime(2004, 10, 8), $c->dashLineColor(0xff0000,
    $perlchartdir::DashLine));

# Set multi-style axis label formatting. Month labels are in Arial Bold font in "mmm d" format.
# Weekly labels just show the day of month and use minor tick (by using '-' as first character of
# format string).
$c->yAxis()->setMultiFormat(perlchartdir::StartOfMonthFilter(), "<*font=arialbd.ttf*>{value|mmm d}",
    perlchartdir::StartOfDayFilter(), "-{value|d}");

# Set the y-axis to shown on the top (right + swapXY = top)
$c->setYAxisOnRight();

# Set the labels on the x axis
$c->xAxis()->setLabels($labels);

# Reverse the x-axis scale so that it points downwards.
$c->xAxis()->setReverse();

# Set the horizontal ticks and grid lines to be between the bars
$c->xAxis()->setTickOffset(0.5);

# Use blue (0000aa) as the color for the planned schedule
my $plannedColor = 0x0000aa;

# Use a red hash pattern as the color for the actual dates. The pattern is created as a 4 x 4 bitmap
# defined in memory as an array of colors.
my $actualColor = $c->patternColor([0xffffff, 0xffffff, 0xffffff, 0xff0000, 0xffffff, 0xffffff,
    0xff0000, 0xffffff, 0xffffff, 0xff0000, 0xffffff, 0xffffff, 0xff0000, 0xffffff, 0xffffff,
    0xffffff], 4);

# Add a box whisker layer to represent the actual dates. We add the actual dates layer first, so it
# will be the top layer.
my $actualLayer = $c->addBoxLayer($actualStartDate, $actualEndDate, $actualColor, "Actual");

# Set the bar height to 8 pixels so they will not block the bottom bar
$actualLayer->setDataWidth(8);

# Add a box-whisker layer to represent the planned schedule date
$c->addBoxLayer($startDate, $endDate, $plannedColor, "Planned")->setBorderColor(
    $perlchartdir::SameAsMainColor);

# Add a legend box on the top right corner (595, 60) of the plot area with 8 pt Arial Bold font. Use
# a semi-transparent grey (80808080) background.
my $b = $c->addLegend(595, 60, 0, "arialbd.ttf", 8);
$b->setAlignment($perlchartdir::TopRight);
$b->setBackground(0x80808080, -1, 2);

# Output the chart
binmode(STDOUT);
print "Content-type: image/png\n\n";
print $c->makeChart2($perlchartdir::PNG);

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