Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition

Name

cfchart

Synopsis

                  
                  <cfchart>
  <cfchartseries>
    [<cfchartdata>]
    ...
  </cfchartseries>
  ...
</cfchart>

Container tag for rendering graphs and charts in ColdFusion MX. cfchart is used in conjunction with cfchartseries and, optionally, cfchartdata to draw several chart types including Area, Bar (vertical and horizontal), Cone, Curve, Cylinder, Line, Pie, Pyramid, Scatter, and Step. Both 2D and 3D versions of most types can be rendered.

Attributes

backgroundcolor=" Hex | Web_Color_Name "

Color for the background area behind the chart. Colors are specified using the same rules as the foregroundcolor attribute. Optional. The default is White.

chartheight=" Height_in_Pixels "

Height in pixels for the chart. Optional. The default is 240.

chartwidth=" Height_in_Pixels "

Width in pixels for the chart. Optional. The default is 320.

databackgroundcolor=" Hex | Web_Color_Name "

Background color for the chart’s data area. Colors are specified using the same rules as the foregroundcolor attribute. Optional. The default is White.

foregroundcolor=" Hex | Web_Color_Name "

Color for text, gridlines, and labels. Colors may be specified by using one of the 16 available web color names: Aqua (##00FFFF), Black (##000000), Blue (##0000FF), Fuchsia (##FF00FF), Gray (##808080), Green (##008000), Lime (##00FF00), Maroon (##800000), Navy (##000080), Olive (##808000), Purple (##800080), Red (##FF0000), Silver (##C0C0C0), Teal (##008080), White (##FFFFFF), Yellow (##FFFF00); or hex code in the form ##FFFFCC