3D Column Chart
Sample XML for 3D Column Chart:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<graph>
<general_settings bg_color="FFFFFF" show_background_side="0" background_side_color="CCCCCC" floor_color="CCCCCC" />
<header text="Test header" font="Verdana" color="000000" size="18" />
<subheader text="Test Subheader" font="Verdana" color="000000" size="15" />
<legend_popup font="Verdana" bgcolor="FFFFE3" font_size="10" />
<Xheaders rotate="90" color="000000" size="10" title="Test Xheaders" title_color="000000" />
<Yheaders color="000000" size="10" title="Test Yheaders" title_rotate="90" title_color="000000" />
<grid groove="1" grid_width="550" grid_height="225" grid_color="000000" grid_alpha="40" grid_thickness="1" />
<bars view_value="1" width="55" thickness="8" alpha="70" pieces_grow_bar="40" />
<trend_lines>
<line value="400000" show_value="Good" font_size="10" color="FF0000" thickness="2" />
<line value="200000" show_value="Middle" font_size="10" color="009999" thickness="2" />
<line value="-300000" show_value="Bad" font_size="10" color="FF0080" thickness="2" />
</trend_lines>
<trend_zones>
<zone start_value="250000" end_value="350000" show_value="Trend Zone" alpha="30" font_size="10" color="8BBA00" />
</trend_zones>
<data name="Quarter1" value="253500" color="0099FF" />
<data name="Quarter2" value="354500" color="FF9933" />
<data name="Quarter3" value="453500" color="FF66CC" />
<data name="Quarter4" value="483500" color="CCCC00" />
</graph>
Description:
Header tag of the XML file:
You should place a valid XML header at the beginning of every XML file. If you use symbols different from Latin-1 encoding, please set the right encoding for you. In order to get more universality you can use Unicode:
Setting up the appearance of the chart:
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
show_background_side
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"0" - Showing of the back panel with the grid:
'1' - to show
'0' - not to show
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bg_color
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"FFFFFF" - Bar Chart background general color
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background_side_color
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'CCCCCC'- background back panel color
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floor_color
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'CCCCCC' - background bottom panel(basis) color
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Setting up the top row of the Bar Chart header (the uppermost text):
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
text
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"Test header" – Header content
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font
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"Verdana" – Header font
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color
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"000000" – Header color
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size
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"18" – Header font size
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Setting up the bottom row of the Bar Chart header (the text second from above):
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
text
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"Test Subheader" – Header content
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font
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"Verdana" – Header font
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color
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"000000" – Header color
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size
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"15" – Header font size
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Setting up the view of the popup hint on mouse over the sectors of Bar Chart:
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
font
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"Verdana" – caption font
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bgcolor
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"FFFFE3" – popup background color
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size
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"10" – caption font size
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Setting up the view of calibration text on axis X of the graph:
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
rotate
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"90" – Text rotation angle (there are two values possible 0 and 90°)
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color
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"000000" - text color
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size
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"10" - font size
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title
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"Test Xheaders" – caption content for X axis
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title_color
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"000000" - caption text color
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Setting up the view of graduation text on axis Y of the graph:
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
color
|
"000000" - text color
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size
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"10" - font size
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title
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"Test Yheaders" – caption content for Y axis
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title_rotate
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"90" – Caption rotation angle (there are two values possible 0 and 90°)
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title_color
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"000000" - caption text color
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Setting up the view of the Bar Chart grid:
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
groove
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'1' - grid view:
"1" - trench (groove, flute)
"0" - line
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grid_width, grid_height
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grid_width='550' grid_height='225' - grid width and height (in pixels)
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Attributes shown below work if groove="0"
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grid_color
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'000000' - grid lines color
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grid_alpha
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'40' - grid lines alpha-transparency (from 0 to 100)
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grid_thickness
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'1' - grid lines thickness
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Setting up the view of the bars:
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
view_value
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"1" - showing the value above the bar
"0" - not to show
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width
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"55" - bars width
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thickness
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"5" - grid bar thickness
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alpha
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"70" – bar transparency
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pieces_grow_bar
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"40" – Number of shares (pieces), on which maximal bar length will be divided when calculating the step. One share is equal to increment step when drawing bars. Bigger value of pieces_grow_bar means smaller speed of bars. If pieces_grow_bar=1 bars will reach their real length instantly.
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Setting up trend lines (optional data):
Attribute |
Description |
value
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"400000" – level for the trade line to appear
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show_value
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"Good" – trend line caption
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font_size
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"10" – caption font size
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color
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"FF0000" – line color
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thickness
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"2" – line thickness
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Setting up trend zones (optional data):
Attribute |
Description |
start_value
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"250000" – start zone value
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end_value
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"350000" – end zone value
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show_value
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"Trend Zone" – trend zone caption
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alpha
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"30'' – alpha transparency
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font_size
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"10" – caption font size
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color
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"8BBA00" – trend zone color
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Setting up the data:
Attribute |
Description |
name
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"Quarter1"- values on X axis
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value
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"253500" - values on Y axis
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color
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"0099FF" – chart bar color
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