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Specify an offset used when adding a data child to the canvas for the labels with an HSlider control
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<!-- charts/AddLabelsWithOffsetLines.mxml -->
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
height="600">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout />
</s:layout>
<fx:Script>
import mx.charts.series.items.ColumnSeriesItem;
import mx.charts.ChartItem;
import mx.charts.chartClasses.CartesianCanvasValue;
private function connectTwoPoints(month1:String,value1:Number,month2:String,value2:Number):void {
canvas.clear();
canvas.lineStyle(4,0xCCCCCC,.75,true,LineScaleMode.NORMAL,CapsStyle.ROUND,JointStyle.MITER,2);
canvas.moveTo(month1, value1);
canvas.lineTo(month2, value2);
l1.text = "Month: " + month1;
l2.text = "Profit: " + value1;
l3.text = "Month: " + month2;
l4.text = "Profit: " + value2;
chartHasLine = true;
}
private var s1:String = new String();
private var s2:String = new String();
private var v1:Number = new Number();
private var v2:Number = new Number();
// Set this to true initially so that the chart doesn't
// draw a line when the first item is clicked.
private var chartHasLine:Boolean = true;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
[Bindable]
public var expenses:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([
{month:"Jan", profit:20, expenses:15, amount:145},
{month:"Feb", profit:1, expenses:2, amount:60},
{month:"Mar", profit:15, expenses:5, amount:3}
]);
private function handleChange(event:Event):void {
var sci:ColumnSeriesItem =ColumnSeriesItem(myChart.selectedChartItem);
if (chartHasLine) {
canvas.clear();
s1 = sci.item.month;
v1 = sci.item.profit;
addLabelsToColumn(s1,v1);
chartHasLine = false;
} else {
s2 = sci.item.month;
v2 = sci.item.profit;
addLabelsToColumn(s2,v2);
connectTwoPoints(s1, v1, s2, v2);
}
}
[Bindable]
public var labelOffset:Number = 0;
[Bindable]
public var columnLabel:Label;
private function addLabelsToColumn(s:String, n:Number):void {
columnLabel = new Label();
columnLabel.setStyle("fontWeight", "bold");
columnLabel.setStyle("color", "0x660000");
columnLabel.text = s + ": " + "$" + n;
// Use the CartesianCanvasValue constructor to specify
// an offset for data coordinates.
canvas.addDataChild(columnLabel,new CartesianCanvasValue(s, labelOffset),new CartesianCanvasValue(n, labelOffset));
}
</fx:Script>
<s:Panel title="Column Chart">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout />
</s:layout>
<mx:ColumnChart id="myChart" dataProvider="{expenses}"
selectionMode="single" change="handleChange(event)">
<mx:annotationElements>
<mx:CartesianDataCanvas id="canvas"
includeInRanges="true" />
</mx:annotationElements>
<mx:horizontalAxis>
<mx:CategoryAxis categoryField="month" />
</mx:horizontalAxis>
<mx:series>
<mx:ColumnSeries id="series1" xField="month" yField="profit"
displayName="Profit" selectable="true" />
</mx:series>
</mx:ColumnChart>
<mx:Legend dataProvider="{myChart}" />
<s:Button id="b1" label="Connect Two Points"
click="connectTwoPoints('Jan', 2000, 'Mar', 1500);" />
<s:HGroup>
<s:VGroup>
<s:Label text="First Item" />
<s:Label id="l1" />
<s:Label id="l2" />
</s:VGroup>
<s:VGroup>
<s:Label text="Second Item" />
<s:Label id="l3" />
<s:Label id="l4" />
</s:VGroup>
</s:HGroup>
<mx:HSlider id="hSlider" minimum="-50" maximum="50" value="0"
dataTipPlacement="top" tickColor="black" snapInterval="1"
tickInterval="10" labels="['-50','0','50']" allowTrackClick="true"
liveDragging="true" change="labelOffset=hSlider.value" />
</s:Panel>
</s:Application>
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