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  • Managing the category labels
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Stored procedures
Allows you to:
  • Initialize the label of a data category (or section) in a chart.
    WEBDEV - Browser code Not available.
  • Get the label of a data category (or section) in a chart.
Example of category label:
Category label
Reminder: A chart element has no label by default.
Linux Caution: A specific configuration is required to use this function in Linux. For more details, see The charts.
Example
// Initialize the "February" label of the second data category
// in "MyChart"
CHART_MyChart.CategoryLabel(2, "February")
// Read label of second data category
// in "MyChart"
MyLabel is string = CHART_MyChart.CategoryLabel(2)
Syntax
WEBDEV - Browser code Not available

Initializing the label of data category (or section) in a chart Hide the details

<Chart control>.CategoryLabel(<Subscript> , <Label>)
<Chart control>: Control name
Name of the Chart control to use (in the window, page or report editor).
PHP Only the interactive Chart controls are available.
<Subscript>: Integer
Data index in the series.
<Label>: Character string
Caption of label to initialize.
This parameter can also correspond to a duration, a date, a time or a date-time.
Remark: If you are using a temporal abscissa scale, <Chart>.CategoryLabel must be systematically called whenever adding data into the chart with <Chart>.AddData.

Finding out the label of data category (or section) in a chart Hide the details

<Result> = grCategoryLabel(<Chart control> , <Subscript>)
<Result>: Character string
Label caption.
<Chart control>: Control name
Name of the Chart control to use (in the window, page or report editor).
PHP Only the interactive Chart controls are available.
<Subscript>: Integer
Data index (with the desired label) in the series.
Remarks

Managing the category labels

The category labels are displayed:
  • below the horizontal marks for Line and Stock charts (Candlestick and BarCharts),
  • below the X-axis for Column and MinMax charts.
Category label
Category labels cannot be used in Scatter charts.
The position of the category labels cannot be changed.
The category labels are defined by <Chart>.CategoryLabel.
The data defined by <Chart>.CategoryLabel will be taken into account during the next call to <Chart>.Draw.
The label font can be modified by <Chart>.LabelFont.
The category labels defined by <Chart>.CategoryLabel can be displayed in the label of Pie charts (grShowLabel constant used with <Chart>.Label).
Related Examples:
WD Chart Training (WINDEV): WD Chart
[ + ] This example presents the different uses of the Chart control.
Different types of charts are presented:
- Pie
- Sunburst
- Line
- Scatter
- Column
- Area
- etc.

The main features presented here are the possibility to customize of charts from the code, as well as to fill the chart from an HFSQL data file, or in the editor.
The Chart functions Unit examples (WINDEV): The Chart functions
[ + ] Using the main chart designer features of WINDEV:
- Create a Pie, Column or Line chart
- Define the display area of a chart
- Define the chart options (legend, percentage, ...)
- Draw a line on a chart
The Chart functions Unit examples (WEBDEV): The Chart functions
[ + ] This example presents the main features of the chart designer of WEBDEV and it allows you to:
- Create a chart: Pie, Column or Line
- Define the display area of a chart
- Define the options of the chart (legend, percentage, ...)
The Chart control Unit examples (WINDEV Mobile): The Chart control
[ + ] Using the Chart control to display different types of charts:
- Pie (or pie chart)
- Line
- Column chart
- Area
The Chart functions Unit examples (WINDEV Mobile): The Chart functions
[ + ] Using the Chart functions:
- create a Pie, Column or Line chart by programming
- define the chart options (legend, percentage, ...)
Component: wd280grf.dll
See also
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