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// 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;
}
// Get the selected year.
selectedYear = URL.xLabel;
//
// In this demo, we just split the annual revenue into 12 months using random ratios.
// In real life, the data can come from a database based on selectedYear.
//
// Get the annual revenue
annualRevenue = Val(URL.value);
// Split into 12 months
Randomize(Int(selectedYear));
data = ArrayNew(1);
for (i = 0; i LT 11; i = i + 1) {
data[i + 1] = annualRevenue * (Rand() * 0.6 + 0.6) / (12 - i);
annualRevenue = annualRevenue - data[i + 1];
}
data[12] = annualRevenue;
//
// Now we obtain the data into arrays, we can start to draw the chart using
// ChartDirector
//
// Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 320 pixels
c = cd.XYChart(600, 360);
// Add a title to the chart using 18pts Times Bold Italic font
c.addTitle("Month Revenue for Star Tech for " & selectedYear,
"Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18);
// Set the plotarea at (60, 40) and of size 500 x 280 pixels. Use a vertical gradient
// color from light blue (eeeeff) to deep blue (0000cc) as background. Set border and
// grid lines to white (ffffff).
c.setPlotArea(60, 40, 500, 280, c.linearGradientColor(60, 40, 60, 280, "0xeeeeff",
"0x0000cc"), -1, "0xffffff", "0xffffff");
// Add a red line (ff0000) chart layer using the data
dataSet = c.addLineLayer().addDataSet(data, "0xff0000", "Revenue");
// Set the line width to 3 pixels
dataSet.setLineWidth(3);
// Use a 13 point circle symbol to plot the data points
dataSet.setDataSymbol(cd.CircleSymbol, 13);
// Set the labels on the x axis. In this example, the labels must be Jan - Dec.
labels = Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct",
"Nov", "Dec");
c.xAxis().setLabels(labels);
// When auto-scaling, use tick spacing of 40 pixels as a guideline
c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40);
// Add a title to the x axis to reflect the selected year
c.xAxis().setTitle("Year " & selectedYear, "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12);
// Add a title to the y axis
c.yAxis().setTitle("USD (millions)", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12);
// Set axis label style to 8pts Arial Bold
c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8);
c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8);
// Set axis line width to 2 pixels
c.xAxis().setWidth(2);
c.yAxis().setWidth(2);
// Create the image and save it in a temporary location
chart1URL = c.makeSession(GetPageContext(), "chart1");
// Create an image map for the chart
imageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickpie.cfm?year=" & selectedYear, "",
"title='{xLabel}: US$ {value|0}M'");