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VERSION 1.0 CLASS
BEGIN
MultiUse = -1 'True
Persistable = 0 'NotPersistable
DataBindingBehavior = 0 'vbNone
DataSourceBehavior = 0 'vbNone
MTSTransactionMode = 0 'NotAnMTSObject
END
Attribute VB_Name = "gradientbar"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = True
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = False
Attribute VB_Exposed = False
Option Explicit
'Number of charts produced in this demo module
Public Function getNoOfCharts() As Integer
getNoOfCharts = 1
End Function
'Main code for creating chart.
'Note: the argument img is unused because this demo only has 1 chart
Public Sub createChart(viewer As Object, img As String)
Dim cd As New ChartDirector.API
' The data for the bar chart
Dim data()
data = Array(1350, 1600, 1950, 2300, 2700)
' The labels for the bar chart
Dim labels()
labels = Array("2001", "2002", "2003", "2004", "2005")
' The colors for the bars
Dim colors()
colors = Array(&Hcc0000, &H66aaee, &Heebb22, &Hcccccc, &Hcc88ff)
' Create a PieChart object of size 600 x 380 pixels.
Dim c As XYChart
Set c = cd.XYChart(600, 380)
' Use the white on black palette, which means the default text and line colors
' are white
Call c.setColors(cd.whiteOnBlackPalette)
' Use a vertical gradient color from blue (0000cc) to deep blue (000044) as
' background. Use rounded corners of 30 pixels radius for the top-left and
' bottom-right corners.
Call c.setBackground(c.linearGradientColor(0, 0, 0, c.getHeight(), &H0000cc, _
&H000044))
Call c.setRoundedFrame(&Hffffff, 30, 0, 30, 0)
' Add a title using 18 pts Times New Roman Bold Italic font. Add 6 pixels top and
' bottom margins to the title.
Dim title As ChartDirector.TextBox
Set title = c.addTitle("Annual Revenue for Star Tech", "timesbi.ttf", 18)
Call title.setMargin2(0, 0, 6, 6)
' Add a separator line in white color just under the title
Call c.addLine(20, title.getHeight(), c.getWidth() - 21, title.getHeight(), _
&Hffffff)
' Tentatively set the plotarea at (70, 80) and of 480 x 240 pixels in size. Use
' transparent border and white grid lines
Call c.setPlotArea(70, 80, 480, 240, -1, -1, cd.Transparent, &Hffffff)
' Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally
Call c.swapXY()
' Add a multi-color bar chart layer using the supplied data. Use bar gradient
' lighting with the light intensity from 0.75 to 2.0
Call c.addBarLayer3(data, colors).setBorderColor(cd.Transparent, _
cd.barLighting(0.75, 2.0))
' Set the labels on the x axis.
Call c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)
' Show the same scale on the left and right y-axes
Call c.syncYAxis()
' Set the bottom y-axis title using 10pt Arial Bold font
Call c.yAxis().setTitle("USD (millions)", "arialbd.ttf", 10)
' Set y-axes to transparent
Call c.yAxis().setColors(cd.Transparent)
Call c.yAxis2().setColors(cd.Transparent)
' Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick color to transparent
Call c.xAxis().setTickColor(cd.Transparent)
' Set the label styles of all axes to 8pt Arial Bold font
Call c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf", 8)
Call c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf", 8)
Call c.yAxis2().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf", 8)
' Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 30
' pixels from the left edge, 25 pixels below the title, 50 pixels from the right
' edge, and 25 pixels from the bottom edge.
Call c.packPlotArea(30, title.getHeight() + 25, c.getWidth() - 50, c.getHeight( _
) - 25)
' Output the chart
Set viewer.Picture = c.makePicture()
'include tool tip for the chart
viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _
"title='Year {xLabel}: US$ {value}M'")
End Sub