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Combination Bars 2D Chart

Author: Antony Corsten Reference Number: AA-00338 Views: 4642 Last Updated: 07/22/2009 07:08 AM

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Combination Bars 2D Chart / 2D Bar Chart with Line Graph

Sample XML for Combination Bars 2D Chart:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<graph>

<general_settings bg_color="FFFFFF" common_calibrationYaxis="0" showAnchor="1" type_animation="2" />

<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 grid_width="550" grid_height="250" grid_color="000000" grid_alpha="40" grid_thickness="1" bg_color="ffffff" bg_alpha="100" alternate_bg_color="00FFFF" border_color="000000" border_thickness="2" />

<abscissa_data>

<data value="Quarter1" />

<data value="Quarter2" />

<data value="Quarter3" />

<data value="Quarter4" />

<data value="Quarter1" />

<data value="Quarter2" />

<data value="Quarter3" />

<data value="Quarter4" />

</abscissa_data>

<bars name="Bat" view_value="1" width="55" color="CCCC00" alpha="70" view_double_bar="1" color_double_bar="666666" pieces_grow_bar="40">

<bar value="253500.5" color="0099FF" />

<bar value="394500.2" color="FF9933" />

<bar value="453500.1" color="FF66CC" />

<bar value="-893500" color="CCCC00" />

<bar value="25350" color="0099FF" />

<bar value="172700" color="FF9933" />

<bar value="358500" color="FF66CC" />

<bar value="289500" color="CCCC00" />

</bars>

<lines>

<ordinate_data seriesName="Tat" color="FFFF00" alpha="50" size="3.5">

<y value="587" />

<y value="68" />

<y value="257" />

<y value="-867" />

<y value="867" />

<y value="6375" />

<y value="86" />

<y value="427" />

</ordinate_data>

</lines>

</graph>

Description:

Header tag of the XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<graph>...</graph>

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:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<graph>

Setting up the appearance of the chart:

<general_settings bg_color="FFFFFF" common_calibrationYaxis="0" showAnchor="1" type_animation="2" />

Data:

Attribute	Description
bg_color	"FFFFFF" - Bar Chart background general color
common_calibrationYaxis	'1'- Y axis calibration: '1' - common '0' - separate
showAnchor	"1" - Anchor points showing: '1' - to show '0' - not to show
type_animation	"2" - Animation type: '2' - type 2 '1' - type 1 '0' - without animation

Setting up the top row of the Bar Chart header (the uppermost text):

Data:

Attribute	Description
text	'Test header' - Header content
font	'Verdana' - Header font
color	'000000' - Header color
size	'18' - Header font size

Setting up the bottom row of the Bar Chart header (the text second from above):

Data:

Attribute	Description
text	'Test subheader' - Header content
font	'Verdana' - Header font
color	'000000' - Header color
size	'15' - Header font size

Setting up the view of the popup hint on mouse on the sectors of Bar Chart:

<legend_popup font="Verdana" bgcolor="FFFFE3" font_size="10" />

Data:

Attribute	Description
font	'Verdana' - caption font
bgcolor	'FFFFE3' - popup background color
font_size	'11' - caption font size

Setting up the view of calibration text on axis X of the graph:

Data:

Attribute	Description
rotate	'90' - Text rotation angle (there are two values possible, 0 and 90)
color	'000000' - text color
size	'10' - font size
title	'Test Xheaders' - caption content for X axis
title_color	'000000' - caption text color

Setting up the view of graduation text on axis Y of the graph:

Data:

Attribute	Description
color	'000000'- text color
size	'10' - font size
title	'Test Yheaders' - caption content for Y axis
title_rotate	'90' - Caption rotation angle (there are two values possible, 0 and 90)
title_color	'000000' - caption text color

Setting up the view of the Bar Chart grid:

Data:

Attribute	Description
grid_width, grid_height	grid_width='550' grid_height='250' - grid height and width(in pixels)
grid_color	'000000' - grid lines color
grid_alpha	'40' - grid lines alpha-transparency (from 0 to100 )
grid_thickness	'1' - grid lines thickness
bg_color	'ffffff' - grid field background color
bg_alpha	'100' - grid field background alpha-transparency
alternate_bg_color	'00FFFF' - grid vertical rectangular alternate fields color
border_color	'000000' - grid border color
border_thickness	'2' - grid border thickness

Values on Х axis:

<abscissa_data>

<data value="Quarter1" />

<data value="Quarter2" />

<data value="Quarter3" />

<data value="Quarter4" />

<data value="Quarter1" />

<data value="Quarter2" />

<data value="Quarter3" />

<data value="Quarter4" />

...

</abscissa_data>

Data:

Attribute	Description
value	"Quarter1" - Values on Х axis

Setting up the view of the bars:

Data:

Attribute	Description
name	'Bat' - data series name which is displayed at the legend and the popup hint
view_value	'1' Showing the value near the left side of the bar: '1' - to show '0' - not to show
width	'55' - bars width
color	"CCCC00" - bars general color
alpha	'70' - bar transparency
view_double_bar	"1"- Showing the double bars: '1' - to show '0' - not to show
color_double_bar	"666666" - Bar copy color
pieces_grow_bar	'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 a smaller speed of bars. If pieces_grow_bar=1, bars will reach their real length instantly.

Setting up the data:

<bar value="253500.5" color="0099FF" />

<bar value="394500.2" color="FF9933" />

<bar value="453500.1" color="FF66CC" />

<bar value="-893500" color="CCCC00" />

...

Data:

Attribute	Description
value	"253500.5" - values on Y axis
color	"0099FF" - color of the bar

Setting up the view for the line graph:

Data:

Attribute	Description
seriesName	'Tat' - data series name that is displayed at the legend and at the popup hint
color	'0080C0' - graph line color
alpha	'50' - graph line transparency
size	'3.5' - graph line size

Setting up the data for the line graph:

<y value="587" />

<y value="68" />

<y value="257" />

<y value="-867" />

<y value="867" />

...

Data:

Attribute	Description
value	"253500" - data on Y axis

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