ChartDirector 6.0 (ColdFusion Edition)

V-Linear Meter Orientation


  

This example demonstration various orientations for vertical linear meters.

In a vertical linear meter, the scale labels can be positioned on the left or right side of the meter scale. This is controlled by the last argument to LinearMeter.setMeter, which can be Left or Right.

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/vlinearmeterorientation.cfm]
<cfscript>

// ChartDirector for ColdFusion API Access Point
cd = CreateObject("java", "ChartDirector.CFChart");

// A utility to allow us to create arrays with data in one line of code
function Array() {
    var result = ArrayNew(1);
    var i = 0;
    for (i = 1; i LTE ArrayLen(arguments); i = i + 1)
        result[i] = arguments[i];
    return result;
}

// Function to create the demo charts
function createChart(chartIndex)
{
    // Declare local variables
    var value = 0;
    var m = 0;
    var smoothColorScale = 0;

    // The value to display on the meter
    value = 75.35;

    // Create a LinearMeter object of size 70 x 240 pixels with very light grey (0xeeeeee)
    // backgruond and a light grey (0xccccccc) 3-pixel thick rounded frame
    m = cd.LinearMeter(70, 240, "0xeeeeee", "0xcccccc");
    m.setRoundedFrame(cd.Transparent);
    m.setThickFrame(3);

    // This example demonstrates putting the text labels at the left or right side by setting the
    // label alignment and scale position.
    if (chartIndex EQ 0) {
        m.setMeter(28, 18, 20, 205, cd.Left);
    } else {
        m.setMeter(20, 18, 20, 205, cd.Right);
    }

    // Set meter scale from 0 - 100, with a tick every 10 units
    m.setScale(0, 100, 10);

    // Add a smooth color scale to the meter
    smoothColorScale = Array(0, "0x6666ff", 25, "0x00bbbb", 50, "0x00ff00", 75, "0xffff00", 100,
        "0xff0000");
    m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale);

    // Add a blue (0x0000cc) pointer at the specified value
    m.addPointer(value, "0x0000cc");

    // Output the chart
    return m.makeSession(GetPageContext(), "chart" & chartIndex);
}

chart0URL = createChart(0);
chart1URL = createChart(1);

</cfscript>
<html>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    V-Linear Meter Orientation
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />
<cfoutput>
<div style="font-size:9pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em">
    <a href='viewsource.cfm?file=#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#'>View Source Code</a>
</div>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart0URL#" />
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart1URL#" />
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>