ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)

Stacked Area Chart




This example demonstrates using multiple data sets to create stacked area chart.

The key features demonstrated in this example are:

Source Code Listing

The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/stackedarea". The MFC version of the code is in "mfcdemo/mfcdemo". The Qt Widgets version of the code is in "qtdemo/qtdemo". The QML/Qt Quick version of the code is in "qmldemo/qmldemo".
#include "chartdir.h" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // The data for the area chart double data0[] = {42, 49, 33, 38, 51, 46, 29, 41, 44, 57, 59, 52, 37, 34, 51, 56, 56, 60, 70, 76, 63, 67, 75, 64, 51}; const int data0_size = (int)(sizeof(data0)/sizeof(*data0)); double data1[] = {50, 45, 47, 34, 42, 49, 63, 62, 73, 59, 56, 50, 64, 60, 67, 67, 58, 59, 73, 77, 84, 82, 80, 84, 89}; const int data1_size = (int)(sizeof(data1)/sizeof(*data1)); double data2[] = {61, 79, 85, 66, 53, 39, 24, 21, 37, 56, 37, 22, 21, 33, 13, 17, 4, 23, 16, 25, 9, 10, 5, 7, 16}; const int data2_size = (int)(sizeof(data2)/sizeof(*data2)); const char* labels[] = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24"}; const int labels_size = (int)(sizeof(labels)/sizeof(*labels)); // Create a XYChart object of size 300 x 210 pixels. Set the background to pale yellow // (0xffffc0) with a black border (0x0) XYChart* c = new XYChart(300, 210, 0xffffc0, 0x000000); // Set the plotarea at (50, 30) and of size 240 x 140 pixels. Use white (0xffffff) background. c->setPlotArea(50, 30, 240, 140)->setBackground(0xffffff); // Add a legend box at (50, 185) (below of plot area) using horizontal layout. Use 8pt Arial // font with Transparent background. c->addLegend(50, 185, false, "", 8)->setBackground(Chart::Transparent); // Add a title box to the chart using 8pt Arial Bold font, with yellow (0xffff40) background and // a black border (0x0) c->addTitle("Sales Volume", "Arial Bold", 8)->setBackground(0xffff40, 0); // Set the y axis label format to US$nnnn c->yAxis()->setLabelFormat("US${value}"); // Set the labels on the x axis. c->xAxis()->setLabels(StringArray(labels, labels_size)); // Display 1 out of 2 labels on the x-axis. Show minor ticks for remaining labels. c->xAxis()->setLabelStep(2, 1); // Add an stack area layer with three data sets AreaLayer* layer = c->addAreaLayer(Chart::Stack); layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data0, data0_size), 0x4040ff, "Store #1"); layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data1, data1_size), 0xff4040, "Store #2"); layer->addDataSet(DoubleArray(data2, data2_size), 0x40ff40, "Store #3"); // Output the chart c->makeChart("stackedarea.png"); //free up resources delete c; return 0; }