3D Pyramid Chart

[Standalone Version] perldemo\threedpyramid.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 data for the pyramid chart
my $data = [156, 123, 211, 179];

# The labels for the pyramid chart
my $labels = ["Corporate Tax", "Working Capital", "Re-investment", "Dividend"];

# The colors for the pyramid layers
my $colors = [0x66aaee, 0xeebb22, 0xcccccc, 0xcc88ff];

# Create a PyramidChart object of size 500 x 400 pixels
my $c = new PyramidChart(500, 400);

# Set the pyramid center at (200, 180), and width x height to 150 x 300 pixels
$c->setPyramidSize(200, 180, 150, 300);

# Set the elevation to 15 degrees
$c->setViewAngle(15);

# Set the pyramid data and labels
$c->setData($data, $labels);

# Set the layer colors to the given colors
$c->setColors2($perlchartdir::DataColor, $colors);

# Leave 1% gaps between layers
$c->setLayerGap(0.01);

# Add labels at the center of the pyramid layers using Arial Bold font. The labels will show the
# percentage of the layers.
$c->setCenterLabel("{percent}%", "arialbd.ttf");

# Add labels at the right side of the pyramid layers using Arial Bold font. The labels will have two
# lines showing the layer name and value.
$c->setRightLabel("{label}\nUS\$ {value}M", "arialbd.ttf");

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

[CGI Version] perldemo_cgi\threedpyramid.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 data for the pyramid chart
my $data = [156, 123, 211, 179];

# The labels for the pyramid chart
my $labels = ["Corporate Tax", "Working Capital", "Re-investment", "Dividend"];

# The colors for the pyramid layers
my $colors = [0x66aaee, 0xeebb22, 0xcccccc, 0xcc88ff];

# Create a PyramidChart object of size 500 x 400 pixels
my $c = new PyramidChart(500, 400);

# Set the pyramid center at (200, 180), and width x height to 150 x 300 pixels
$c->setPyramidSize(200, 180, 150, 300);

# Set the elevation to 15 degrees
$c->setViewAngle(15);

# Set the pyramid data and labels
$c->setData($data, $labels);

# Set the layer colors to the given colors
$c->setColors2($perlchartdir::DataColor, $colors);

# Leave 1% gaps between layers
$c->setLayerGap(0.01);

# Add labels at the center of the pyramid layers using Arial Bold font. The labels will show the
# percentage of the layers.
$c->setCenterLabel("{percent}%", "arialbd.ttf");

# Add labels at the right side of the pyramid layers using Arial Bold font. The labels will have two
# lines showing the layer name and value.
$c->setRightLabel("{label}\nUS\$ {value}M", "arialbd.ttf");

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