Candlestick Chart
Sample XML for Candlestick Chart:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<graph>
<general_settings bg_color="CCCCCC" type_graph="1">
<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 showX="1" showY="1" yAxisLines="5" yAxisMinValue="1000" yAxisMaxValue="5000" grid_width="550" grid_height="250" grid_color="000000" grid_alpha="40" grid_thickness="1" bg_color="fafadb" bg_alpha="100" alternate_bg_color="DDF0C4" border_color="000000" border_thickness="2" />
</general_settings>
<calibration_line lineColor="" lineThickness="1" lineAlpha="40">
<line name="Split" xIndex="3" showLine="1" />
<line name="Holiday" xIndex="10" showLine="1" />
<line name="Dividend" xIndex="13" showLine="1" />
</calibration_line>
<data>
<set open="92.57" high="93.79" low="92.45" close="93.39" color="" xIndex="1" link="abc.html" date="01/12/2000" />
<set open="92.4" high="92.7" low="91.42" close="92.45" xIndex="2" date="01/01/2001" />
<set open="92.6" high="92.69" low="90.88" close="91.82" xIndex="3" date="01/02/2001" />
<set open="92" high="93.38" low="91.68" close="93.3" xIndex="4" date="01/03/2001" />
<set open="92" high="92.98" low="91.15" close="91.21" xIndex="5" date="01/04/2001" />
<set open="94.38" high="94.74" low="92.68" close="93.06" xIndex="6" date="01/05/2001" />
<set open="94.3" high="95.28" low="93.77" close="94.53" xIndex="7" date="01/06/2001" color="00FF00" />
<set open="96.49" high="96.88" low="94.59" close="94.59" xIndex="8" date="01/07/2001" />
<set open="95.95" high="96.98" low="95.56" close="96.45" xIndex="9" date="01/08/2001" />
<set hide="1" date="01/09/2001" />
<set open="96.57" high="96.89" low="95.6" close="96.84" xIndex="11" date="01/10/2001" />
<set open="97.6" high="97.6" low="96.62" close="96.82" xIndex="12" date="01/11/2001" />
<set open="96.5" high="97.25" low="96.15" close="97.04" xIndex="13" date="01/12/2001" />
<set open="96.8" high="97.38" low="96.1" close="96.5" xIndex="14" date="01/13/2001" />
<set open="96.27" high="97.26" low="96.25" close="96.79" xIndex="15" date="01/14/2001" />
</data>
</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 Candlestick chart:
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Attribute |
Description |
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bg_color
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"000000" - background general color
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type_graph
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"1" - type of the appearance:
'1' - point of data is shown as a combination of a line and a rectangle
'2' - point of data is shown as a combination of horizontal and vertical lines
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Setting up the top row of the general header (the uppermost text):
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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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 general header (the text second from above):
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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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 which appears on mouse over the points of data:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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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:
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Attribute |
Description |
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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:
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Attribute |
Description |
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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 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 chart grid:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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showX
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'1' - showing of grid lines:
'1' - to show
'0' - not to show
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showY
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'1' - showing of grid lines:
'1' - to show
'0' - not to show
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yAxisLines
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"5" - number of grid lines on Y axis
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yAxisMinValue
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"1000" - minimal displayed value on Y axis
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yAxisMaxValue
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"5000" - maximal displayed value on Y axis
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grid_width
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'550' - grid width (in pixels)
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grid_height
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'250' - grid height (in pixels)
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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 (between 0 and 100 )
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grid_thickness
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'1' - grid lines thickness
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bg_color
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'fafadb'' - grid field background color
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bg_alpha
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'100' - grid field background alpha-transparency
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alternate_bg_color
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'DDF0C4' - grid rectangular alternate fields color
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border_color
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'000000' - grid border color
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border_thickness
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'2' - grid border thickness
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Setting up additional vertical lines:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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lineColor
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"" - lines color (if attribute is empty it will be equal to the color of the grid lines)
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lineThickness
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"1" - lines thickness
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grid_alpha
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'40' - lines alpha-transparency
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name
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"Split" - name displayed under the line on X
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xIndex
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"3" - index which defines line position along X axis
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showLine
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"1" - Showing the line:
'1' - to show
'0' - not to show
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Setting up the data:
Data:
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Attribute |
Description |
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<set />
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Tag <set … /> defines a point of data, which is displayed as a combination of a line and a rectangle (if type_graph="1") or a combination of vertical and horizontal lines (if type_graph="2")
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open
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"92.57" - defines position of the bottom end of the rectangle (if type_graph="1") or the horizontal line(if type_graph="2")
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high
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"93.79" - defines position of the top end of the vertical
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low
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"91.42" - defines position of the bottom end of the vertical
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close
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"92.45" - defines position of the top end of the rectangle (if type_graph="1") or the horizontal line(if type_graph="2")
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xIndex
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"2" - point of data index (!! Index values must go in order from 1 (xIndex="1")) , it may be used for the placement of additional vertical lines (see tags <calibration_line>…</calibration_line> )
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date
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"01/01/2001" - Date. It will be displayed at the popup hint when mouse points on the data. Other attributes of the tag <set …. /> may be added
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color
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"00FF00" - internal part of a rectangle or a line.
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link
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"abc.html" - link on the page which opens when clicking on the data point
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To hide some element it is sufficient to define attribute hide="1" at the correspondent tag <set … /> , If hide="0", hide="" or attribute is not defined element will be displayed!
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