ChartDirector 7.1 (.NET Edition)

Symbol Line Chart (2)




This example demonstrates using symbols to represent data points and using gradient color for plot area background.

Source Code Listing

[Windows Forms - C# version] NetWinCharts\CSharpWinCharts\symbolline2.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpChartExplorer { public class symbolline2 : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Symbol Line Chart (2)"; } //Number of charts produced in this demo module public int getNoOfCharts() { return 1; } //Main code for creating chart. //Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. public void createChart(WinChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // The data for the line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42}; double[] data1 = {65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24}; string[] labels = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 375 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 375); // Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); // Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 500 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient // color from light blue (f9f9ff) to sky blue (aaccff) as background. Set border to // transparent and grid lines to white (ffffff). c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, 0xf9fcff, 0xaaccff ), -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xffffff); // Add a legend box at (50, 28) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, // with transparent background. c.addLegend(50, 28, false, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Set the x axis labels c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the // guideline when putting ticks on the y-axis. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30); // Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); // Set axis line width to 2 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(2); c.yAxis().setWidth(2); // Add axis title using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue in USD millions", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the line width to 3 pixels layer.setLineWidth(3); // Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as // symbols layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(Chart.CircleSymbol, 9); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(Chart.DiamondSymbol, 11); layer.addDataSet(data2, 0xff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(Chart.Cross2Shape(), 11 ); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'"); } } }

[Windows Forms - VB Version] NetWinCharts\VBNetWinCharts\symbolline2.vb
Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports ChartDirector Public Class symbolline2 Implements DemoModule 'Name of demo module Public Function getName() As String Implements DemoModule.getName Return "Symbol Line Chart (2)" End Function 'Number of charts produced in this demo module Public Function getNoOfCharts() As Integer Implements DemoModule.getNoOfCharts Return 1 End Function 'Main code for creating chart. 'Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. Public Sub createChart(viewer As WinChartViewer, chartIndex As Integer) _ Implements DemoModule.createChart ' The data for the line chart Dim data0() As Double = {42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42} Dim data1() As Double = {65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78} Dim data2() As Double = {36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24} Dim labels() As String = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", _ "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"} ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 375 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 375) ' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 500 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient ' color from light blue (f9f9ff) to sky blue (aaccff) as background. Set border to ' transparent and grid lines to white (ffffff). c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, &Hf9fcff, &Haaccff), _ -1, Chart.Transparent, &Hffffff) ' Add a legend box at (50, 28) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with ' transparent background. c.addLegend(50, 28, False, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(Chart.Transparent) ' Set the x axis labels c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the ' guideline when putting ticks on the y-axis. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30) ' Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) ' Set axis line width to 2 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(2) c.yAxis().setWidth(2) ' Add axis title using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue in USD millions", "Arial Bold Italic", 10) ' Add a line layer to the chart Dim layer As LineLayer = c.addLineLayer2() ' Set the line width to 3 pixels layer.setLineWidth(3) ' Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as symbols layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(Chart.CircleSymbol, 9) layer.addDataSet(data1, &H00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(Chart.DiamondSymbol, _ 11) layer.addDataSet(data2, &Hff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(Chart.Cross2Shape(), 11) ' Output the chart viewer.Chart = c 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _ "title='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'") End Sub End Class

[WPF - C#] NetWPFCharts\CSharpWPFCharts\symbolline2.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpWPFCharts { public class symbolline2 : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Symbol Line Chart (2)"; } //Number of charts produced in this demo module public int getNoOfCharts() { return 1; } //Main code for creating chart. //Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. public void createChart(WPFChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // The data for the line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42}; double[] data1 = {65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24}; string[] labels = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 375 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 375); // Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); // Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 500 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient // color from light blue (f9f9ff) to sky blue (aaccff) as background. Set border to // transparent and grid lines to white (ffffff). c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, 0xf9fcff, 0xaaccff ), -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xffffff); // Add a legend box at (50, 28) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, // with transparent background. c.addLegend(50, 28, false, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Set the x axis labels c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the // guideline when putting ticks on the y-axis. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30); // Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); // Set axis line width to 2 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(2); c.yAxis().setWidth(2); // Add axis title using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue in USD millions", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the line width to 3 pixels layer.setLineWidth(3); // Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as // symbols layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(Chart.CircleSymbol, 9); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(Chart.DiamondSymbol, 11); layer.addDataSet(data2, 0xff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(Chart.Cross2Shape(), 11 ); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'"); } } }

[ASP.NET Web Forms - C# version] NetWebCharts\CSharpASP\symbolline2.aspx
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<%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" %> <%@ Import Namespace="ChartDirector" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="chart" Namespace="ChartDirector" Assembly="netchartdir" %> <!DOCTYPE html> <script runat="server"> // // Page Load event handler // protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // The data for the line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42}; double[] data1 = {65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24}; string[] labels = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 375 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 375); // Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); // Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 500 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient color // from light blue (f9f9ff) to sky blue (aaccff) as background. Set border to transparent and // grid lines to white (ffffff). c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, 0xf9fcff, 0xaaccff), -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xffffff); // Add a legend box at (50, 28) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with // transparent background. c.addLegend(50, 28, false, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Set the x axis labels c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the // guideline when putting ticks on the y-axis. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30); // Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); // Set axis line width to 2 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(2); c.yAxis().setWidth(2); // Add axis title using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue in USD millions", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the line width to 3 pixels layer.setLineWidth(3); // Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as symbols layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(Chart.CircleSymbol, 9); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(Chart.DiamondSymbol, 11); layer.addDataSet(data2, 0xff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(Chart.Cross2Shape(), 11); // Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'"); } </script> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body> <chart:WebChartViewer id="WebChartViewer1" runat="server" /> </body> </html>

[ASP.NET Web Forms - VB Version] NetWebCharts\VBNetASP\symbolline2.aspx
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<%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %> <%@ Import Namespace="ChartDirector" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="chart" Namespace="ChartDirector" Assembly="netchartdir" %> <!DOCTYPE html> <script runat="server"> ' ' Page Load event handler ' Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' The data for the line chart Dim data0() As Double = {42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42} Dim data1() As Double = {65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78} Dim data2() As Double = {36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24} Dim labels() As String = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", _ "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"} ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 375 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 375) ' Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 500 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient color ' from light blue (f9f9ff) to sky blue (aaccff) as background. Set border to transparent and ' grid lines to white (ffffff). c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, &Hf9fcff, &Haaccff), -1, _ Chart.Transparent, &Hffffff) ' Add a legend box at (50, 28) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with ' transparent background. c.addLegend(50, 28, False, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(Chart.Transparent) ' Set the x axis labels c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) ' Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the ' guideline when putting ticks on the y-axis. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30) ' Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8) ' Set axis line width to 2 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(2) c.yAxis().setWidth(2) ' Add axis title using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue in USD millions", "Arial Bold Italic", 10) ' Add a line layer to the chart Dim layer As LineLayer = c.addLineLayer2() ' Set the line width to 3 pixels layer.setLineWidth(3) ' Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as symbols layer.addDataSet(data0, &Hff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(Chart.CircleSymbol, 9) layer.addDataSet(data1, &H00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(Chart.DiamondSymbol, 11) layer.addDataSet(data2, &Hff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(Chart.Cross2Shape(), 11) ' Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG) ' Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", _ "title='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'") End Sub </script> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body> <chart:WebChartViewer id="WebChartViewer1" runat="server" /> </body> </html>

[ASP.NET MVC - Controller] NetMvcCharts\Controllers\Symbolline2Controller.cs
using System; using System.Web.Mvc; using ChartDirector; namespace NetMvcCharts.Controllers { public class Symbolline2Controller : Controller { // // Default Action // public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Title = "Symbol Line Chart (2)"; createChart(ViewBag.Viewer = new RazorChartViewer(HttpContext, "chart1")); return View("~/Views/Shared/ChartView.cshtml"); } // // Create chart // private void createChart(RazorChartViewer viewer) { // The data for the line chart double[] data0 = {42, 49, 33, 38, 64, 56, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 42}; double[] data1 = {65, 75, 47, 34, 42, 49, 73, 62, 90, 69, 66, 78}; double[] data2 = {36, 28, 25, 28, 38, 20, 22, 30, 25, 33, 30, 24}; string[] labels = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 375 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 375); // Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Italic font c.addTitle("Product Line Global Revenue", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); // Set the plotarea at (50, 55) and of 500 x 280 pixels in size. Use a vertical gradient // color from light blue (f9f9ff) to sky blue (aaccff) as background. Set border to // transparent and grid lines to white (ffffff). c.setPlotArea(50, 55, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(0, 55, 0, 335, 0xf9fcff, 0xaaccff), -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xffffff); // Add a legend box at (50, 28) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial Bold as font, with // transparent background. c.addLegend(50, 28, false, "Arial Bold", 10).setBackground(Chart.Transparent); // Set the x axis labels c.xAxis().setLabels(labels); // Set y-axis tick density to 30 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the // guideline when putting ticks on the y-axis. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(30); // Set axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); // Set axis line width to 2 pixels c.xAxis().setWidth(2); c.yAxis().setWidth(2); // Add axis title using 10pt Arial Bold Italic font c.yAxis().setTitle("Revenue in USD millions", "Arial Bold Italic", 10); // Add a line layer to the chart LineLayer layer = c.addLineLayer2(); // Set the line width to 3 pixels layer.setLineWidth(3); // Add the three data sets to the line layer, using circles, diamands and X shapes as symbols layer.addDataSet(data0, 0xff0000, "Quantum Computer").setDataSymbol(Chart.CircleSymbol, 9); layer.addDataSet(data1, 0x00ff00, "Atom Synthesizer").setDataSymbol(Chart.DiamondSymbol, 11); layer.addDataSet(data2, 0xff6600, "Proton Cannon").setDataSymbol(Chart.Cross2Shape(), 11); // Output the chart viewer.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Revenue of {dataSetName} in {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'"); } } }

[ASP.NET MVC - View] NetMvcCharts\Views\Shared\ChartView.cshtml
@{ Layout = null; } <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> <title>@ViewBag.Title</title> <style> @ViewBag.Style </style> @Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/cdjcv.js") </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> @ViewBag.Title </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div> @{ if (ViewBag.Viewer is Array) { // Display multiple charts for (int i = 0; i < ViewBag.Viewer.Length; ++i) { @:@Html.Raw(ViewBag.Viewer[i].RenderHTML()) } } else { // Display one chart only @:@Html.Raw(ViewBag.Viewer.RenderHTML()) } } </div> </body> </html>