ChartDirector 7.0 (ASP/COM/VB Edition)

3D Bubble Chart (2)




This examples demonstrates a bubble chart using brighter glass spheres as bubbles.

Source Code Listing

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\threedbubble2.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %> <% Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API") ' The XYZ points for the bubble chart dataX0 = Array(170, 300, 1000, 1700) dataY0 = Array(16, 69, 16, 75) dataZ0 = Array(52, 105, 88, 140) dataX1 = Array(500, 1000, 1300) dataY1 = Array(40, 58, 85) dataZ1 = Array(140, 202, 84) ' Create a XYChart object of size 540 x 480 pixels Set c = cd.XYChart(540, 480) ' Set the plotarea at (70, 65) and of size 400 x 350 pixels. Turn on both horizontal and vertical ' grid lines with light grey color (0xc0c0c0) Call c.setPlotArea(70, 65, 400, 350, -1, -1, cd.Transparent, &Hc0c0c0, -1) ' Add a legend box at (70, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 12pt Times Bold Italic ' font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. Call c.addLegend(70, 30, False, "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12).setBackground(cd.Transparent) ' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Itatic font. Call c.addTitle("Product Comparison Chart", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18) ' Add titles to the axes using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Capacity (tons)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12) Call c.xAxis().setTitle("Range (miles)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12) ' Set the axes line width to 3 pixels Call c.xAxis().setWidth(3) Call c.yAxis().setWidth(3) ' Add (dataX0, dataY0) as a scatter layer with red (ff3333) glass spheres, where the sphere size is ' modulated by dataZ0. This creates a bubble effect. Call c.addScatterLayer(dataX0, dataY0, "Technology AAA", cd.GlassSphere2Shape, 15, &Hff3333 _ ).setSymbolScale(dataZ0) ' Add (dataX1, dataY1) as a scatter layer with blue (0000ff) glass spheres, where the sphere size is ' modulated by dataZ1. This creates a bubble effect. Call c.addScatterLayer(dataX1, dataY1, "Technology BBB", cd.GlassSphere2Shape, 15, &H0000ff _ ).setSymbolScale(dataZ1) ' Output the chart Set viewer = cd.WebChartViewer(Request, "chart1") Call viewer.setChart(c, cd.SVG) ' Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", _ "title='[{dataSetName}] Range = {x} miles, Capacity = {value} tons, Length = {z} meters'") %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>3D Bubble Chart (2)</title> <!-- Include ChartDirector Javascript Library to support chart interactions --> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> 3D Bubble Chart (2) </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.asp?file=<%= Request("SCRIPT_NAME") %>">View Chart Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here is the chart image ****** --> <%= viewer.renderHTML() %> </body> </html>

[Windows Version (in Visual Basic)] vbdemo\threedbubble2.cls
Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer) Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API ' The XYZ points for the bubble chart Dim dataX0() dataX0 = Array(170, 300, 1000, 1700) Dim dataY0() dataY0 = Array(16, 69, 16, 75) Dim dataZ0() dataZ0 = Array(52, 105, 88, 140) Dim dataX1() dataX1 = Array(500, 1000, 1300) Dim dataY1() dataY1 = Array(40, 58, 85) Dim dataZ1() dataZ1 = Array(140, 202, 84) ' Create a XYChart object of size 540 x 480 pixels Dim c As XYChart Set c = cd.XYChart(540, 480) ' Set the plotarea at (70, 65) and of size 400 x 350 pixels. Turn on both horizontal and ' vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xc0c0c0) Call c.setPlotArea(70, 65, 400, 350, -1, -1, cd.Transparent, &Hc0c0c0, -1) ' Add a legend box at (70, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 12pt Times Bold ' Italic font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. Call c.addLegend(70, 30, False, "timesbi.ttf", 12).setBackground(cd.Transparent) ' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Itatic font. Call c.addTitle("Product Comparison Chart", "timesbi.ttf", 18) ' Add titles to the axes using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Capacity (tons)", "arialbi.ttf", 12) Call c.xAxis().setTitle("Range (miles)", "arialbi.ttf", 12) ' Set the axes line width to 3 pixels Call c.xAxis().setWidth(3) Call c.yAxis().setWidth(3) ' Add (dataX0, dataY0) as a scatter layer with red (ff3333) glass spheres, where the sphere size ' is modulated by dataZ0. This creates a bubble effect. Call c.addScatterLayer(dataX0, dataY0, "Technology AAA", cd.GlassSphere2Shape, 15, &Hff3333 _ ).setSymbolScale(dataZ0) ' Add (dataX1, dataY1) as a scatter layer with blue (0000ff) glass spheres, where the sphere ' size is modulated by dataZ1. This creates a bubble effect. Call c.addScatterLayer(dataX1, dataY1, "Technology BBB", cd.GlassSphere2Shape, 15, &H0000ff _ ).setSymbolScale(dataZ1) ' Output the chart Set viewer.Picture = c.makePicture() 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _ "title='[{dataSetName}] Range = {x} miles, Capacity = {value} tons, Length = {z} meters'") End Sub