ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)

H-Bar Meter Orientation


      

This example demonstrates horizontal bar meters in different orientations.

In a horizontal bar meter, the scale labels can be positioned above the meter scale or below it. This is controlled by the last argument to LinearMeter.setMeter, which can be Top or Bottom,

The title and value readout added using BaseChart.addText can be put at any position. In this example, we put them at the opposite side to the scale labels.

Source Code Listing

[JSP Version] jspdemo/hbarmeterorientation.jsp
<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %> <%! // Function to create the demo charts void createChart(WebChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // The value to display on the meter double value = 75.35; // The bar colors for the meters int[] barColor = {0x0088ff, 0x00cc00, 0x8833dd, 0xff8800}; // Create a LinearMeter object of size 260 x 80 pixels with very light grey (0xeeeeee) // backgruond and a light grey (0xccccccc) 3-pixel thick rounded frame LinearMeter m = new LinearMeter(260, 80, 0xeeeeee, 0xcccccc); m.setRoundedFrame(Chart.Transparent); m.setThickFrame(3); // This example demonstrates putting the text labels at the top or bottom. This is by setting // the label alignment, as well as the scale, color scale and label positions. int[] alignment = {Chart.Top, Chart.Top, Chart.Bottom, Chart.Bottom}; int[] meterYPos = {24, 24, 36, 36}; int[] labelYPos = {65, 65, 16, 16}; int[] colorScalePos = {48, 48, 27, 27}; // Set the scale region m.setMeter(18, meterYPos[chartIndex], 222, 20, alignment[chartIndex]); // Set meter scale from 0 - 100, with a tick every 10 units m.setScale(0, 100, 10); // Add a 5-pixel thick smooth color scale double[] smoothColorScale = {0, 0x0000ff, 25, 0x0088ff, 50, 0x00ff00, 75, 0xdddd00, 100, 0xff0000}; m.addColorScale(smoothColorScale, colorScalePos[chartIndex], 5); // Add a bar from 0 to value with glass effect and 4 pixel rounded corners m.addBar(0, value, barColor[chartIndex], Chart.glassEffect(Chart.NormalGlare, Chart.Top), 4); // // In this example, some charts have the "Temperauture" label on the left side and the value // readout on the right side, and some charts have the reverse // if (chartIndex % 2 == 0) { // Add a label on the left side using 8pt Arial Bold font m.addText(15, labelYPos[chartIndex], "Temperature C", "Arial Bold", 8, Chart.TextColor, Chart.Left); // Add a text box on the right side. Display the value using white (0xffffff) 8pt Arial Bold // font on a black (0x000000) background with depressed rounded border. TextBox t = m.addText(240, labelYPos[chartIndex], m.formatValue(value, "2"), "Arial", 8, 0xffffff, Chart.Right); t.setBackground(0x000000, 0x000000, -1); t.setRoundedCorners(3); } else { // Add a label on the right side using 8pt Arial Bold font m.addText(243, labelYPos[chartIndex], "Temperature C", "Arial Bold", 8, Chart.TextColor, Chart.Right); // Add a text box on the left side. Display the value using white (0xffffff) 8pt Arial Bold // font on a black (0x000000) background with depressed rounded border. TextBox t = m.addText(18, labelYPos[chartIndex], m.formatValue(value, "2"), "Arial", 8, 0xffffff, Chart.Left); t.setBackground(0x000000, 0x000000, -1); t.setRoundedCorners(3); } // Output the chart viewer.setChart(m, Chart.SVG); } %> <% // This example includes 4 charts WebChartViewer[] viewers = new WebChartViewer[4]; for (int i = 0; i < viewers.length; ++i) { viewers[i] = new WebChartViewer(request, "chart" + i); createChart(viewers[i], i); } %> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>H-Bar Meter Orientation</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;"> H-Bar Meter Orientation </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.jsp?file=<%=request.getServletPath()%>">View Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here are the chart images ****** --> <% for (int i = 0; i < viewers.length; ++i) { out.write(viewers[i].renderHTML(response)); out.write(" "); } %> </body> </html>