ChartDirector 7.0 (ASP/COM/VB Edition)

Black Semicircle Meters


          

This example demonstrates semicircle meters with black background, silver border and glare effect.

The silver border effect is achieved by using AngularMeter.relativeLinearGradient to create a gradient consisting of varying levels of grey.

Glare effect is added to some of the meters using AngularMeter.addGlare. Glare effect works best in a dark background.

Source Code Listing

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\blacksemicirclemeter.asp
<%@ language="vbscript" %> <% Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API") ' This script can draw different charts depending on the chartIndex Sub createChart(viewer, chartIndex) ' The value to display on the meter value = 72.55 ' Create an AngularMeter object of size 300 x 180 pixels with transparent background Set m = cd.AngularMeter(300, 180, cd.Transparent) ' Set the default text and line colors to white (0xffffff) Call m.setColor(cd.TextColor, &Hffffff) Call m.setColor(cd.LineColor, &Hffffff) ' Center at (150, 150), scale radius = 128 pixels, scale angle -90 to +90 degrees Call m.setMeter(150, 150, 128, -90, 90) ' Gradient color for the border to make it silver-like ringGradient = Array(1, &H909090, 0.5, &Hd6d6d6, 0, &Heeeeee, -0.5, &Hd6d6d6, -1, &H909090) ' Add a black (0x000000) scale background of 148 pixels radius with a 10 pixel thick silver ' border Call m.addScaleBackground(148, 0, 10, m.relativeLinearGradient(ringGradient, 45, 148)) ' Meter scale is 0 - 100, with major tick every 20 units, minor tick every 10 units, and micro ' tick every 5 units Call m.setScale(0, 100, 20, 10, 5) ' Set the scale label style to 15pt Arial Italic. Set the major/minor/micro tick lengths to ' 16/16/10 pixels pointing inwards, and their widths to 2/1/1 pixels. Call m.setLabelStyle("Arial Italic", 16) Call m.setTickLength(-16, -16, -10) Call m.setLineWidth(0, 2, 1, 1) ' Demostrate different types of color scales and putting them at different positions smoothColorScale = Array(0, &H0000ff, 25, &H0088ff, 50, &H00ff00, 75, &Hdddd00, 100, &Hff0000) stepColorScale = Array(0, &H00aa00, 60, &Hddaa00, 80, &Hcc0000, 100) highLowColorScale = Array(0, &H00ff00, 70, cd.Transparent, 100, &Hff0000) If chartIndex = 0 Then ' Add the smooth color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 1 Then ' Add the smooth color scale starting at radius 128 with zero width and ending at radius 128 ' with 16 pixels inner width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 128, 0, 128, -16) ElseIf chartIndex = 2 Then ' Add the smooth color scale starting at radius 70 with zero width and ending at radius 60 ' with 20 pixels outer width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 70, 0, 60, 20) ElseIf chartIndex = 3 Then ' Add the high/low color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(highLowColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 4 Then ' Add the step color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(stepColorScale) Else ' Add the smooth color scale at radius 60 with 15 pixels outer width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 60, 15) End If ' Add a text label centered at (150, 125) with 15pt Arial Italic font Call m.addText(150, 125, "CPU", "Arial Italic", 15, cd.TextColor, cd.BottomCenter) ' Add a red (0xff0000) pointer at the specified value Call m.addPointer2(value, &Hff0000) ' Add glare up to radius 138 (= region inside border) If chartIndex Mod 2 = 0 Then Call m.addGlare(138) End If ' Output the chart Call viewer.setChart(m, cd.SVG) End Sub ' This example includes 6 charts Dim viewers(5) For i = 0 To Ubound(viewers) Set viewers(i) = cd.WebChartViewer(Request, "chart" & i) Call createChart(viewers(i), i) Next %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Black Semicircle Meters</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;"> Black Semicircle Meters </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 are the chart images ****** --> <% For i = 0 To Ubound(viewers) Call Response.Write(viewers(i).renderHTML()) Call Response.Write(" ") Next %> </body> </html>

[Windows Version (in Visual Basic)] vbdemo\blacksemicirclemeter.cls
Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer) Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API ' The value to display on the meter Dim value As Double value = 72.55 ' Create an AngularMeter object of size 300 x 180 pixels Dim m As AngularMeter Set m = cd.AngularMeter(300, 180) ' Set the default text and line colors to white (0xffffff) Call m.setColor(cd.TextColor, &Hffffff) Call m.setColor(cd.LineColor, &Hffffff) ' Center at (150, 150), scale radius = 128 pixels, scale angle -90 to +90 degrees Call m.setMeter(150, 150, 128, -90, 90) ' Gradient color for the border to make it silver-like Dim ringGradient() ringGradient = Array(1, &H909090, 0.5, &Hd6d6d6, 0, &Heeeeee, -0.5, &Hd6d6d6, -1, &H909090) ' Add a black (0x000000) scale background of 148 pixels radius with a 10 pixel thick silver ' border Call m.addScaleBackground(148, 0, 10, m.relativeLinearGradient(ringGradient, 45, 148)) ' Meter scale is 0 - 100, with major tick every 20 units, minor tick every 10 units, and micro ' tick every 5 units Call m.setScale(0, 100, 20, 10, 5) ' Set the scale label style to 15pt Arial Italic. Set the major/minor/micro tick lengths to ' 16/16/10 pixels pointing inwards, and their widths to 2/1/1 pixels. Call m.setLabelStyle("ariali.ttf", 16) Call m.setTickLength(-16, -16, -10) Call m.setLineWidth(0, 2, 1, 1) ' Demostrate different types of color scales and putting them at different positions Dim smoothColorScale() smoothColorScale = Array(0, &H0000ff, 25, &H0088ff, 50, &H00ff00, 75, &Hdddd00, 100, &Hff0000) Dim stepColorScale() stepColorScale = Array(0, &H00aa00, 60, &Hddaa00, 80, &Hcc0000, 100) Dim highLowColorScale() highLowColorScale = Array(0, &H00ff00, 70, cd.Transparent, 100, &Hff0000) If chartIndex = 0 Then ' Add the smooth color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 1 Then ' Add the smooth color scale starting at radius 128 with zero width and ending at radius 128 ' with 16 pixels inner width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 128, 0, 128, -16) ElseIf chartIndex = 2 Then ' Add the smooth color scale starting at radius 70 with zero width and ending at radius 60 ' with 20 pixels outer width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 70, 0, 60, 20) ElseIf chartIndex = 3 Then ' Add the high/low color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(highLowColorScale) ElseIf chartIndex = 4 Then ' Add the step color scale at the default position Call m.addColorScale(stepColorScale) Else ' Add the smooth color scale at radius 60 with 15 pixels outer width Call m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, 60, 15) End If ' Add a text label centered at (150, 125) with 15pt Arial Italic font Call m.addText(150, 125, "CPU", "ariali.ttf", 15, cd.TextColor, cd.BottomCenter) ' Add a red (0xff0000) pointer at the specified value Call m.addPointer2(value, &Hff0000) ' Add glare up to radius 138 (= region inside border) If chartIndex Mod 2 = 0 Then Call m.addGlare(138) End If ' Output the chart Set viewer.Picture = m.makePicture() End Sub