ChartDirector Ver 4.1 (ColdFusion Edition)

MultiChart


The MultiChart class represents multi-chart. MultiChart is a subclass of BaseChart.

A multi-chart is a container to contain multiple charts. You can use a multi- chart to combine multiple BaseChart objects (or its subclass such as PieChart, XYChart, PolarChart, AngularMeter or LinearMeter) into one image.

MethodInheritedDescription
MultiChart(Self)Creates a new MultiChart object.
addChart(Self)Adds a BaseChart object (or its subclass such as PieChart, XYChart, PolarChart, AngularMeter or LinearMeter) into the multi-chart.
setMainChart(Self)Sets the chart that receives view port mouse actions (for zooming and scrolling support).
setSizeBaseChartSets the size of the chart.
setBackgroundBaseChartSets the background color, border color and 3D border effect of the chart.
setRoundedFrameBaseChartSets the border style of the chart to rounded corners.
setBorderBaseChartSets the border color of the chart.
setWallpaperBaseChartUses the image from the specified file as the wallpaper to repetitively fill the background of the chart.
setBgImageBaseChartUses the image from the specified file as the background image of the chart.
setSearchPathBaseChartSets the search path for loading image files.
setTransparentColorBaseChartSpecifies a certain color to mean transparent when creating the image output, or to include alpha transparency channel in the output.
setAntiAliasBaseChartControls whether anti-alias is used when drawing lines, shapes and text.
addTitleBaseChartAdds a title at the top center of the chart.
addTitle2BaseChartAdds a title to the chart.
addLegendBaseChartAdds a legend box to the chart.
addLegend2BaseChartAdds a legend box to the chart with grid layout.
getLegendBaseChartGets the LegendBox object representing the legend box in the chart.
layoutLegendBaseChartLays out and gets the LegendBox object representing the legend box in the chart.
getDrawAreaBaseChartRetrieves the internal DrawArea object that is used to draw the chart.
addTextBaseChartAdds a text box to the chart.
addLineBaseChartAdds a line to the chart.
addExtraFieldBaseChartAdds an array of text to be used as an extra field in various places.
addExtraField2BaseChartAdds an array of numbers/dates to be used as an extra field in various places.
setColorBaseChartChange the color at the specified position in the palette.
setColorsBaseChartChange the colors in the palette.
setColors2BaseChartChange the colors in the palette, starting from the specified position in the palette.
getColorBaseChartGets the color at the specified position of the palette.
halfColorBaseChartCreates a color that is half the intensity of the given color.
dashLineColorBaseChartCreates a dash line color.
patternColorBaseChartCreates a pattern color using an array of colors as the bitmap pattern.
patternColor2BaseChartCreates a pattern color by loading the pattern from an image file.
linearGradientColorBaseChartCreates a two-point linear gradient color.
linearGradientColor2BaseChartCreates a multi-point linear gradient color.
radialGradientColorBaseChartCreates a two-point radial gradient color.
radialGradientColor2BaseChartCreates a multi-point radial gradient color.
gradientColorBaseChartCreates a two-point linear gradient color.
gradientColor2BaseChartCreates a multi-point linear gradient color.
setDefaultFontsBaseChartSets the defaults for normal, bold, italic and bold-italic fonts.
setFontTableBaseChartSets an entry in the font table to the specified font name.
formatValueBaseChartFormats a number/date using the ChartDirector formatting syntax as is in Parameter Substitution and Formatting.
setNumberFormatBaseChartSets the characters used for thousand separator, decimal point, and negative sign.
setMonthNamesBaseChartSets the names of the months for date/time formatting purposes.
setWeekDayNamesBaseChartSets the names of the week days for date/time formatting purposes.
setAMPMBaseChartSets the names to be used to denote morning and afternoon.
layoutBaseChartPerform auto-scaling of the axis and compute the positions of the various objects in the chart.
makeChartBaseChartGenerates the chart image and save it into a file.
makeChart2BaseChartGenerates the chart as an image in memory.
makeChart3BaseChartGenerates the chart in internal format and return a DrawArea object to allow adding custom drawings on top of the chart.
makeSessionBaseChartGenerates the chart as an image and save it to a session variable.
makeTmpFileBaseChartGenerates the chart as an image and save it to a temporary file, and automatically remove old files.
getHTMLImageMapBaseChartGenerates an HTML image map for the chart.
getChartMetricsBaseChartGets the chart metrics for passing to WebChartViewer.setChartMetrics to support view ports.