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Chart Director API for APPXThis API can be used by an APPX designer to create business charts within an APPX application. | ||||||||
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< < | Release 5.1.0 of the APPX Utility includes a new designer API which can be used to create charts within an APPX application. This API provides APPX Designers with a robust set of subroutines which can be used to dynamically create charts and embed them in menus, input screens, and PDF reports.
Chart InitializationChart SpecificationsChart Routines - General.CHART INITIALIZE | |||||||
> > | Release 5.1.0 of the APPX Utility includes a new designer API which can be used to create charts within an APPX application. This API provides APPX Designers with a robust set of subroutines which can be called to design charts, define datasets, and render charts using datasets. These charts can then be dynamically embedded in APPX menus, input screens, and PDF reports.
Designing a Chart | |||||||
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< < | Initialize a chart.
.CHART SET CURRENT | |||||||
> > | Chart design is accomplished by calling the appropriate Chart Design subroutines in the appropriate sequence to create a chart specification.
Defining a Dataset | |||||||
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< < | Set the "current" chart to be a previously initialized chart.
.CHART GET NAME | |||||||
> > | Datasets are defined by calling the appropriate Dataset Design subroutines in the appropriate sequence to create a dataset definition.
Rendering a Chart | |||||||
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< < | Get the name of the "current" chart.
.CHART RENDER | |||||||
> > | A chart is rendered by calling the Chart Render subroutine for a chart specification and its associated dataset definition(s).
Chart SpecificationsChart Routines - General.CHART INITIALIZEInitialize a chart..CHART RENDER | |||||||
Render the "current" chart. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET TITLE | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET TITLE | |||||||
Set the title of the "current" chart. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET SIZE | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET SIZE | |||||||
Set the size (height and width) of the "current" chart. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET SIZE:H | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET SIZE:H | |||||||
Set the height of the "current" chart. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET SIZE:W | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET SIZE:W | |||||||
Set the width of the "current" chart. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET BG COLOR | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET BG COLORSet the background color of the "current" chart to the "current" color..CHART SET BG WALLPAPERSet the pathname of a wallpaper image that is to be tiled within the background area of the "current" chart..CHART SET BG IMAGE | |||||||
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< < | Set the background color of the chart to the "current" color.
.CHART SET EDGE COLOR | |||||||
> > | Set the pathname of an image file that is to be positioned within the background area of the "current" chart.
.CHART SET EDGE COLOR | |||||||
Set the edge color of the chart. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET EDGE EFFECT | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET EDGE EFFECT | |||||||
Set the edge effect of the chart. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET EDGE WIDTH | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET EDGE WIDTH | |||||||
Set the edge width of the chart. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET CNR STYLE | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET CNR STYLE | |||||||
Set the corner style (Square or Rounded) of the "current" Chart Object. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET CNR R | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET CNR R | |||||||
Set the corner radius' of the "current" Chart Object. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET CNR R:TL | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET CNR R:TL | |||||||
Set the radius of the Top Left corner of the "current" Chart Object. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET CNR R:TR | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET CNR R:TR | |||||||
Set the radius of the Top Right corner of the "current" Chart Object. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET CNR R:BR | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET CNR R:BR | |||||||
Set the radius of the Bottom Right corner of the "current" Chart Object. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET CNR R:BL | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET CNR R:BL | |||||||
Set the radius of the Bottom Left corner of the "current" Chart Object. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART SET BG WALLPAPERSet the pathname of a wallpaper image that is to be tiled within the chart background area..CHART SET BG IMAGESet the pathname of an image file that is to be positioned within the chart background area..CHART ADD TO MULTI | |||||||
> > | .CHART ADD TO MULTI | |||||||
Add the "current" chart object to the specified Multi-Chart object. | ||||||||
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< < | .CHART ADD EM CHART | |||||||
> > | .CHART ADD EM CHART | |||||||
Add the specified chart object to the "current" Multi-Chart object. | ||||||||
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< < | Pie Chart Routines - General | |||||||
> > | .CHART SET CURRENTSet the "current" chart to be a previously initialized chart..CHART GET NAMEGet the name of the "current" chart.Pie Chart RoutinesGeneral | |||||||
.PIE SET VIEWSet the view of the pie to be 2D or 3D. |