File examples you can find in the package:
Sample XML for Combination Bars 3D Chart:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<graph>
<general_settings show_background_side="1" bg_color="FFFFFF" background_side_color="cccccc" floor_color="CCCCCC" 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_bar="Test Yheaders for Bars" title_line="Test Yheaders for Line" title_rotate="90" title_color="000000" />
<grid groove="1" grid_width="550" grid_height="225" grid_color="000000" grid_alpha="40" grid_thickness="1" />
<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="0" width="40" thickness="10" color="CCCC00" alpha="100" 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="Sat" color="0080C0" alpha="50" size="3.5">
<y value="512" />
<y value="0" />
<y value="362" />
<y value="319" />
<y value="604.7" />
<y value="633" />
<y value="904" />
<y value="1215" />
</ordinate_data>
<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>
</data>
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 show_background_side="1" bg_color="FFFFFF" background_side_color="cccccc" floor_color="CCCCCC" common_calibrationYaxis="0" showAnchor="1" type_animation="2" />
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
show_background_side |
"0" - Showing of the back panel with the grid: '0' - not to show |
bg_color |
"FFFFFF" - Bar Chart background general color |
background_side_color |
'CCCCCC'- background back panel color |
floor_color |
'CCCCCC' - background bottom panel(basis) color |
common_calibrationYaxis |
'0' - 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):
<header text="Test header" font="Verdana" color="000000" size="18" />
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):
<subheader text="Test Subheader" font="Verdana" color="000000" size="15" />
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 |
'10' - caption font size |
Setting up the view of calibration text on axis X of the graph:
<Xheaders rotate="90" color="000000" size="10" title="Test Xheaders" title_color="000000" />
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:
<Yheaders color="000000" size="10" title_bar="Test Yheaders for Bars" title_line="Test Yheaders for Line" title_rotate="90" title_color="000000" />
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
color |
'000000'- text color |
size |
'10' - font size |
title_bar |
"Test Yheaders for Bars" - caption content for Y axis |
title_line |
"Test Yheaders for Line" - caption line 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:
<grid groove="1" grid_width="550" grid_height="225" grid_color="000000" grid_alpha="40" grid_thickness="1" />
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
groove |
'1' - grid view: "1" - trench (groove, flute) "0" - line |
grid_width, grid_height |
grid_width='550' grid_height='225' - grid height and width(in pixels) |
Following options (grid_color, grid_alpha, grid_thickness) will affect only if grid groove='0': |
|
grid_color |
'000000' - grid lines color |
grid_alpha |
'40' - grid lines alpha-transparency (from 0 to100 ) |
grid_thickness |
'1' - grid lines 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:
<bars name="Bat" view_value="0" width="40" thickness="10" color="CCCC00" alpha="100" pieces_grow_bar="40">
<bar />
...
</bars>
Data:
Attribute |
Description |
name |
'Bat' - data series name which is displayed at the legend and the popup hint |
view_value |
'0' - Showing the value near the left side of the bar: '1' - to show '0' - not to show |
width |
'40' - bars width |
thickness |
'10' - bars thickness (depth) |
color |
"CCCC00" - bars general color |
alpha |
'100' - bar transparency |
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:
<lines>
<ordinate_data seriesName="Tat" color="FFFF00" alpha="50" size="3.5">
<y />
...
</ordinate_data>
</lines>
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 |
"587" - data on Y axis |