Stacked Bar Chart

This example demonstrates creating a stacked bar chart, completed with bar labels and legend box.

The key features demonstrated in this example are:

Add a legend to the chart using BaseChart.addLegend.
The legend box is configured to have no border by setting the border color to transparent using Box.setBackground.
By default, the legend icon has a black border. This is to allow white or light color icons to be more visible on a white background. In this example, no such colors are used, and the icon border is disabled by setting its color to the same as the icon fill color. This is by using LegendBox.setKeyBorder with SameAsMainColor.
Add a stacked bar layer using XYChart.addBarLayer2 with the Stack predefined constant.
Add multiple data sets to the bar layer using Layer.addDataSet.
Add labels to the whole bar using Layer.setAggregateLabelStyle.
Add labels to the bar segments within a stacked bar using Layer.setDataLabelStyle.

For bar labels, Layer.setDataLabelStyle and Layer.setAggregateLabelStyle control the styles (fonts, colors, backgrounds, etc), while Layer.setDataLabelFormat and Layer.setAggregateLabelFormat control the formats (the label text, number of decimal points, etc). You can also add custom labels to the bars using Layer.addCustomDataLabel, Layer.addCustomAggregateLabel and Layer.addCustomGroupLabel.

[Web Version (in ASP)] aspdemo\stackedbar.asp

<%@ language="vbscript" %>
<%
Set cd = CreateObject("ChartDirector.API")

' The data for the bar chart
data0 = Array(100, 115, 165, 107, 67)
data1 = Array(85, 106, 129, 161, 123)
data2 = Array(67, 87, 86, 167, 157)

' The labels for the bar chart
labels = Array("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri")

' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels
Set c = cd.XYChart(600, 360)

' Set the plotarea at (70, 20) and of size 400 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and border
' and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines
Call c.setPlotArea(70, 20, 400, 300, cd.Transparent, -1, cd.Transparent, &Hcccccc)

' Add a legend box at (480, 20) using vertical layout and 12pt Arial font. Set background and border
' to transparent and key icon border to the same as the fill color.
Set b = c.addLegend(480, 20, True, "Arial", 12)
Call b.setBackground(cd.Transparent, cd.Transparent)
Call b.setKeyBorder(cd.SameAsMainColor)

' Set the x and y axis stems to transparent and the label font to 12pt Arial
Call c.xAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent)
Call c.yAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent)
Call c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12)
Call c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12)

' Add a stacked bar layer
Set layer = c.addBarLayer2(cd.Stack)

' Add the three data sets to the bar layer
Call layer.addDataSet(data0, &Haaccee, "Server # 1")
Call layer.addDataSet(data1, &Hbbdd88, "Server # 2")
Call layer.addDataSet(data2, &Heeaa66, "Server # 3")

' Set the bar border to transparent
Call layer.setBorderColor(cd.Transparent)

' Enable labelling for the entire bar and use 12pt Arial font
Call layer.setAggregateLabelStyle("Arial", 12)

' Enable labelling for the bar segments and use 12pt Arial font with center alignment
Call layer.setDataLabelStyle("Arial", 10).setAlignment(cd.Center)

' For a vertical stacked bar with positive data, the first data set is at the bottom. For the legend
' box, by default, the first entry at the top. We can reverse the legend order to make the legend
' box consistent with the stacked bar.
Call layer.setLegendOrder(cd.ReverseLegend)

' Set the labels on the x axis.
Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)

' For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels.
Call c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40)

' Add a title to the y axis using dark grey (0x555555) 14pt Arial Bold font
Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Y-Axis Title Placeholder", "Arial Bold", 14, &H555555)

' 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} on {xLabel}: {value} MBytes/hour'")
%>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Stacked Bar Chart</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;">
        Stacked Bar Chart
    </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\stackedbar.cls

Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, chartIndex As Integer)

    Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API

    ' The data for the bar chart
    Dim data0()
    data0 = Array(100, 115, 165, 107, 67)
    Dim data1()
    data1 = Array(85, 106, 129, 161, 123)
    Dim data2()
    data2 = Array(67, 87, 86, 167, 157)

    ' The labels for the bar chart
    Dim labels()
    labels = Array("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri")

    ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels
    Dim c As XYChart
    Set c = cd.XYChart(600, 360)

    ' Set the plotarea at (70, 20) and of size 400 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and
    ' border and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines
    Call c.setPlotArea(70, 20, 400, 300, cd.Transparent, -1, cd.Transparent, &Hcccccc)

    ' Add a legend box at (480, 20) using vertical layout and 12pt Arial font. Set background and
    ' border to transparent and key icon border to the same as the fill color.
    Dim b As LegendBox
    Set b = c.addLegend(480, 20, True, "arial.ttf", 12)
    Call b.setBackground(cd.Transparent, cd.Transparent)
    Call b.setKeyBorder(cd.SameAsMainColor)

    ' Set the x and y axis stems to transparent and the label font to 12pt Arial
    Call c.xAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent)
    Call c.yAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent)
    Call c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("arial.ttf", 12)
    Call c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("arial.ttf", 12)

    ' Add a stacked bar layer
    Dim layer As BarLayer
    Set layer = c.addBarLayer2(cd.Stack)

    ' Add the three data sets to the bar layer
    Call layer.addDataSet(data0, &Haaccee, "Server # 1")
    Call layer.addDataSet(data1, &Hbbdd88, "Server # 2")
    Call layer.addDataSet(data2, &Heeaa66, "Server # 3")

    ' Set the bar border to transparent
    Call layer.setBorderColor(cd.Transparent)

    ' Enable labelling for the entire bar and use 12pt Arial font
    Call layer.setAggregateLabelStyle("arial.ttf", 12)

    ' Enable labelling for the bar segments and use 12pt Arial font with center alignment
    Call layer.setDataLabelStyle("arial.ttf", 10).setAlignment(cd.Center)

    ' For a vertical stacked bar with positive data, the first data set is at the bottom. For the
    ' legend box, by default, the first entry at the top. We can reverse the legend order to make
    ' the legend box consistent with the stacked bar.
    Call layer.setLegendOrder(cd.ReverseLegend)

    ' Set the labels on the x axis.
    Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)

    ' For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels.
    Call c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40)

    ' Add a title to the y axis using dark grey (0x555555) 14pt Arial Bold font
    Call c.yAxis().setTitle("Y-Axis Title Placeholder", "arialbd.ttf", 14, &H555555)

    ' Output the chart
    Set viewer.Picture = c.makePicture()

    'include tool tip for the chart
    viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _
        "title='{dataSetName} on {xLabel}: {value} MBytes/hour'")

End Sub