
This example demonstrates loading external image files as data symbols by using DataSet.setDataSymbol2.
ChartDirector 6.0 (C++ Edition)
Custom Symbols
Source Code Listing
#include "chartdir.h" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // The data for the chart double data0[] = {600, 800, 1200, 1500, 1800, 1900, 2000, 1950}; double data1[] = {300, 450, 500, 1000, 1500, 1600, 1650, 1600}; // The labels for the chart const char *labels[] = {"1995", "1996", "1997", "1998", "1999", "2000", "2001", "2002"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 450 x 250 pixels, with a pale yellow (0xffffc0) background, a // black border, and 1 pixel 3D border effect. XYChart *c = new XYChart(450, 250, 0xffffc0, 0, 1); // Set the plotarea at (60, 45) and of size 360 x 170 pixels, using white (0xffffff) as the plot // area background color. Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color // (0xc0c0c0) c->setPlotArea(60, 45, 360, 170, 0xffffff, -1, -1, 0xc0c0c0, -1); // Add a legend box at (60, 20) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 8pt Arial Bold // font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. c->addLegend(60, 20, false, "arialbd.ttf", 8)->setBackground(Chart::Transparent); // Add a title to the chart using 12pt Arial Bold/white font. Use a 1 x 2 bitmap pattern as the // background. int pattern1[] = {0x000040, 0x000080}; c->addTitle("Information Resource Usage", "arialbd.ttf", 12, 0xffffff)->setBackground( c->patternColor(IntArray(pattern1, (int)(sizeof(pattern1) / sizeof(pattern1[0]))), 2)); // Set the labels on the x axis c->xAxis()->setLabels(StringArray(labels, (int)(sizeof(labels) / sizeof(labels[0])))); // Reserve 8 pixels margins at both side of the x axis to avoid the first and last symbols // drawing outside of the plot area c->xAxis()->setMargin(8, 8); // Add a title to the y axis c->yAxis()->setTitle("Population"); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer *layer = c->addLineLayer(); // Add the first line using small_user.png as the symbol. layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data0, (int)(sizeof(data0) / sizeof(data0[0]))), 0xcf4040, "Users" )->setDataSymbol("small_user.png"); // Add the first line using small_computer.png as the symbol. layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data1, (int)(sizeof(data1) / sizeof(data1[0]))), 0x40cf40, "Computers")->setDataSymbol("small_computer.png"); // Set the line width to 3 pixels layer->setLineWidth(3); // Output the chart c->makeChart("customsymbolline.png"); //free up resources delete c; return 0; } |