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/ChartDirector/yzonecolor extreme
Required plugins for this example: MBS ChartDirector Plugin
You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /ChartDirector/yzonecolor extreme
This example is the version from Thu, 6th Apr 2016.
Project "yzonecolor extreme.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Löschen"
Const kFileQuit = "Beenden"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
End Class
Class Window1 Inherits Window
EventHandler Sub Open()
// The data for the chart
dim data(-1) as double = 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, 62.0)
// The labels for the chart
dim labels(-1) as string = 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 500 x 300 pixels, with a pale yellow
// (&hffffc0) background, a black border, and 1 pixel 3D border effect
dim c as new CDXYChartMBS(500, 330, &hffffc0, &h000000, 1)
// Set the plotarea at (55, 50) and of size 420 x 205 pixels, with white
// background. Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey
// color (&hc0c0c0)
c.setPlotArea(55, 50, 420, 205, &hffffff).setGridColor(&hc0c0c0, &hc0c0c0)
// Add a legend box at (55, 25) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 8
// pts Arial font. Set the background and border color to Transparent.
dim legendBox as CDLegendBoxMBS
legendBox = c.addLegend(55, 25, false, "", 8)
legendBox.setBackground(CDXYChartMBS.kTransparent)
// Add keys to the legend box to explain the color zones
legendBox.addKey("Normal Zone", &h8033FF33)
legendBox.addKey("Alert Zone", &h80FF3333)
// Add a title box to the chart using 13 pts Arial Bold Italic font. The title is
// in CDML and includes embedded images for highlight. The text is white
// (&hffffff) on a black background, with a 1 pixel 3D border.
dim path as string
path=c.GetPath(FindFile("star.png"))
c.addTitle("<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img="+path+"*><*img="+path+"*> Y Zone Color Demo <*img="+path+"*><*img="+path+"*><*/*>", "arialbi.ttf", 13, &hffffff).setBackground(&h000000, -1, 1)
// Add a title to the y axis
call c.yAxis.setTitle("Energy Concentration (KJ per liter)")
// Set the labels on the x axis.
call 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
call c.xAxis.setTitle("<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img="+c.GetPath(FindFile("clock.png"))+"*> Elapsed Time (hour)<*/*>")
// Set the axes width to 2 pixels
c.xAxis.setWidth(2)
c.yAxis.setWidth(2)
dim c1 as integer = c.yZoneColor(10, &h80FF3333, &h80EE4433)
dim c2 as integer = c.yZoneColor(20, c1, &h80CC5533)
dim c3 as integer = c.yZoneColor(30, c2, &h80AA7733)
dim c4 as integer = c.yZoneColor(40, c3, &h80888833)
dim c5 as integer = c.yZoneColor(50, c4, &h8077AA33)
dim c6 as integer = c.yZoneColor(60, c5, &h8066CC33)
dim c7 as integer = c.yZoneColor(70, c6, &h8044EE33)
dim c8 as integer = c.yZoneColor(80, c7, &h8033FF33)
call c.addAreaLayer(data, c8)
// Add a custom CDML text at the bottom right of the plot area as the logo
c.addText(475, 255,"<*block,valign=absmiddle*><*img="+c.GetPath(FindFile("small_molecule.png"))+"*> <*block*><*font=timesbi.ttf,size=10,color=804040*>Molecular"+endofline.unix+"Engineering<*/*>").setAlignment(CDXYChartMBS.kBottomRight)
// output the chart
Backdrop=c.makeChartPicture
End EventHandler
Function FindFile(name as string) As FolderItem
// Look for file in parent folders from executable on
dim parent as FolderItem = app.ExecutableFile.Parent
while parent<>Nil
dim file as FolderItem = parent.Child(name)
if file<>Nil and file.Exists then
Return file
end if
parent = parent.Parent
wend
End Function
End Class
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem FileMenu = "&Ablage"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Bearbeiten"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Rückgängig"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "&Ausschneiden"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Kopieren"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Einfügen"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "&Alles auswählen"
End MenuBar
End Project
See also:
The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS ChartDirector Plugin.