ChartDirector Ver 4.1 (ColdFusion Edition)

Enhanced Area Chart




This example extends the Simple Area Chart example by decorating the chart using a number of chart formatting features.

Source Code Listing

[File: cfdemo/enhancedarea.cfm]
<cfscript>

// ChartDirector for ColdFusion API Access Point
cd = CreateObject("java", "ChartDirector.CFChart");

// A utility to allow us to create arrays with data in one line of code
function Array() {
    var result = ArrayNew(1);
    var i = 0;
    for (i = 1; i LTE ArrayLen(arguments); i = i + 1)
        result[i] = arguments[i];
    return result;
}

// The data for the area chart
data = Array(30, 28, 40, 55, 75, 68, 54, 60, 50, 62, 75, 65, 75, 89, 60, 55, 53, 35,
    50, 66, 56, 48, 52, 65, 62);

// The labels for the area chart
labels = Array("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");

// Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 300 pixels, with a pale blue (eeeeff)
// background, black border, 1 pixel 3D border effect and rounded corners.
c = cd.XYChart(600, 300, "0xeeeeff", "0x000000", 1);
c.setRoundedFrame();

// Set search path to current directory for loading icon images
c.setSearchPath(GetPageContext());

// Set the plotarea at (55, 55) and of size 520 x 195 pixels, with white (ffffff)
// background. Set horizontal and vertical grid lines to grey (cccccc).
c.setPlotArea(55, 55, 520, 195, "0xffffff", -1, -1, "0xcccccc", "0xcccccc");

// Add a title box to the chart using 15 pts Times Bold Italic font. The text is
// white (ffffff) on a deep blue (000088) background, with soft lighting effect from
// the right side.
c.addTitle(
    "<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img=star.png*><*img=star.png*> Performance " &
    "Enhancer <*img=star.png*><*img=star.png*><*/*>", "Times New Roman Bold Italic",
    15, "0xffffff").setBackground("0x000088", -1, cd.softLighting(cd.Right));

// Add a title to the y axis
c.yAxis().setTitle("Energy Concentration (KJ per liter)");

// Set the labels on the x axis.
c.xAxis().setLabels(labels);

// Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis.
c.xAxis().setLabelStep(3);

// Add a title to the x axis using CDML
c.xAxis().setTitle(
    "<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img=clock.png*>  Elapsed Time (hour)<*/*>");

// Set the axes width to 2 pixels
c.xAxis().setWidth(2);
c.yAxis().setWidth(2);

// Add an area layer to the chart using a gradient color that changes vertically from
// semi-transparent red (80ff0000) to semi-transparent white (80ffffff)
c.addAreaLayer(data, c.linearGradientColor(0, 50, 0, 255, "0x80ff0000", "0x80ffffff")
    );

// Add a custom CDML text at the bottom right of the plot area as the logo
c.addText(575, 245,
    "<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img=small_molecule.png*> <*block*><*font=Times " &
    "New Roman Bold Italic,size=10,color=804040*>Molecular<*br*>Engineering<*/*>"
    ).setAlignment(cd.BottomRight);

// Output the chart
chart1URL = c.makeSession(GetPageContext(), "chart1");

// Include tool tip for the chart
imageMap1 = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Hour {xLabel}: {value} KJ/liter'");

</cfscript>
<html>
<body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px">
<div style="font-size:18pt; font-family:verdana; font-weight:bold">
    Enhanced Area Chart
</div>
<hr style="border:solid 1px #000080" />
<cfoutput>
<div style="font-size:9pt; font-family:verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em">
    <a href='viewsource.cfm?file=#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#'>View Source Code</a>
</div>
<img src="getchart.cfm?#chart1URL#" usemap="##map1" border="0" />
<map name="map1">#imageMap1#</map>
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>