Continuing on with this conundrum: I've been able to accomplish roughly what I intended using the method I described above. Example: http://tinyurl.com/5zgqyd
The problem that I discovered is that since a partially solid and partially dashed line is literally a collection of connected lines, then a legend that is meant to display the colors of N lines actually displays the colors of the first N segments of the first "composite line". After some tinkering, I realized that for N lines, I could... - Plot N out-of-range data points at the beginning of the chart data - Add these points to the beginning of my declarations of line styles and data scaling (I forgot about this at first) - Color each of these hidden points according to how the legend is supposed to display The results can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/5da7dv I wish there were a more elegant strategy for these tasks, though. Please contribute, if you know of any. - Graham Watson On Dec 9, 9:59 am, Graham Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm in a similar position, wherein I need to plot a single line that > has both solid and dashed segments. I assume that the following would > work if I needed to plot a solid line with a dashed segment in the > middle: > - The first solid segment is plotted as the first data set, styled > with a solid line > - The dashed segment is plotted as a second data set, styled > appropriately > - The last solid segment is plotted as the third data set > > But in the case of charts with a great many lines or frequent > alternation between dashed and solid style, this method could quickly > grow cumbersome. Is there any other strategy provided by the API that > I'm overlooking? > > - Graham Watson > > On Nov 3, 6:02 am, Michael Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 'lo all, > > We're working on recreating some reports for a client and I would like > > to use Google Chart API for the graphing and charting etc. within. > > > Our client would like to keep the existing bar styles for certain > > samples of data, which lead to bars on the graph being crosshatched, and > > lines on a line graph being dashed in parts but solid in others, as can > > be seen here: > > >http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=graphsnz6.jpg > > > Are these fill / line styles possible with the Chart API? > > > Regards, > > Michael Price --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Chart API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
