I don't recall messages involving WebCharts 3D here so I'm posting this here instead of Ray Camden's blog (where some of this originates).
I needed finer control over some charts than what I could easily glean from the Adobe help pages. I found information at http://www.raymondcamden.com/index.cfm/2011/1/24/Ask-a-Jedi-ColdFusion-Pie-chart-with-lots-of-data that was very helpful. I installed WebCharts 3D v. 5.4 and am still muddling through it but have 2 questions. The pertinent code is: Section 1 (not shown) is setting up a query to use; it's borrowed from the above page. Section 2: <cfsavecontent variable="cxml"> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <pieChart depth="Double" style="Solid" angle="0" seriesTitle="xxx" isMultiline="false" is3D="false"> <axis> <labelFormat style="Currency" pattern="¤#,##0.00;(¤#,##0.00)"/> <parseFormat pattern="#,##0.###"/> <groupStyle isMultiline="true"> <format pattern="#,##0.###"/> </groupStyle> </axis> <dataLabels style="Pattern" font="Arial-13" autoControl="true"> <![CDATA[ $(colLabel) $(value)\n$(colPercent) ]]> </dataLabels> <legend spacing="0" placement="Top" halign="Left"> <decoration style="None"/> </legend> <elements drawOutline="false" drawShadow="false"> <morph stage="Cols"/> </elements> <table> <heatmap isEnabled="false" minLevel="0.0" maxLevel="0.0"/> </table> <popup decoration="Shadow"/> <paint palette="Modern" paint="Light" max="100"/> </pieChart> </cfsavecontent> Q1: This is a bit different from the Camden page (and some may be superfluous [still muddling]) but the core element is autoControl="true". This is what keeps the labels from overwriting each other. Works great, but I can't find it in WebCharts' design process or documentation. This concerns me. Are there other tweaks not in the docs? Is it no longer actively supported and might disappear in some upgrade? Section 3: <cfchart format="png" chartheight="800" chartwidth="800" style="#cxml#"> <cfchartseries type="pie" itemcolumn="fruit" valuecolumn="total" query="q" ></cfchartseries> </cfchart> Going back to Section 2, you'll see is3D="false" You can see an example of this at http://inlocc.iu.edu/orm/test.cfm Looks pretty good (ignore the screwy labels; they are strange because I combined his data with my xml). But change this to is3D="true" at http://inlocc.iu.edu/orm/test2.cfm and you get an oval instead of a circle. If you add some tilt the ovalness becomes much more pronounced. Q2: Any insights or is this just the way it is? I'm curious why they offer the 3D option if it's going to look od ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
