{"id":46162,"date":"2008-07-28T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/2008\/07\/28\/open-flash-chart-ii-multi-bar-graph-with-tooltips"},"modified":"2009-08-30T04:38:42","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T04:38:42","slug":"open-flash-chart-ii-multi-bar-graph-with-tooltips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/2008\/07\/28\/open-flash-chart-ii-multi-bar-graph-with-tooltips\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Flash Chart II &#8211; multi-bar graph with tooltips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just got a <a href=\"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/2008\/7\/23\/open-flash-chart-ii-plugin-for-ruby-on-rails-ofc2#comment-46145\">comment that says tooltips are not working properly<\/a>, so I decided to do an example for you guys (and gals).  This example is based on <a href=\"http:\/\/teethgrinder.co.uk\/open-flash-chart-2\/tooltip.php\">teethgrinder's tooltip example<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Here is the graph we are after in this example:<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/projects\/javascripts\/swfobject.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"flash_content_1217006545.440331\"><\/div>\n<p>    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n      swfobject.embedSWF(\"\/projects\/open-flash-chart.swf\", \"flash_content_1217006545.440331\", \"600\", \"300\", \"9.0.0\", \"expressInstall.swf\",{\"data-file\":\"%2Fprojects%2Fopen_flash_chart2%2Fmulti_bar_tooltip\"});\n    <\/script><br \/>\n    <noscript><br \/>\n      <object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" id=\"chart_1217006545.44007\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/projects\/open-flash-chart.swf?data=%2Fprojects%2Fopen_flash_chart2%2Fmulti_bar_tooltip\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><embed src=\"\/projects\/open-flash-chart.swf?data=%2Fprojects%2Fopen_flash_chart2%2Fmulti_bar_tooltip\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" name=\"chart_1217006545.44007\" align=\"middle\"  allowScriptAccess=\"sameDomain\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" id=\"chart_1217006545.44007\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n    <\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/projects\/open_flash_chart2\">More Open Flash Chart II examples.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is the code (the controller):<br \/>\n<b>NOTE: You will need the latest plugin and open-flash-chart.swf (as of this article) for the tooltips to register properly.<\/b><\/p>\n<table class=\"CodeRay\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"line_numbers\" title=\"click to toggle\" onclick=\"with (this.firstChild.style) { display = (display == '') ? 'none' : '' }\">\n<pre>1<tt>\n<\/tt>2<tt>\n<\/tt>3<tt>\n<\/tt>4<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>5<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>6<tt>\n<\/tt>7<tt>\n<\/tt>8<tt>\n<\/tt>9<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>10<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>11<tt>\n<\/tt>12<tt>\n<\/tt>13<tt>\n<\/tt>14<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>15<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>16<tt>\n<\/tt>17<tt>\n<\/tt>18<tt>\n<\/tt>19<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>20<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>21<tt>\n<\/tt>22<tt>\n<\/tt>23<tt>\n<\/tt>24<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>25<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>26<tt>\n<\/tt>27<tt>\n<\/tt>28<tt>\n<\/tt>29<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>30<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>31<tt>\n<\/tt>32<tt>\n<\/tt>33<tt>\n<\/tt>34<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>35<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>36<tt>\n<\/tt>37<tt>\n<\/tt>38<tt>\n<\/tt>39<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>40<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>41<tt>\n<\/tt>42<tt>\n<\/tt>43<tt>\n<\/tt>44<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>45<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt>46<tt>\n<\/tt>47<tt>\n<\/tt>48<tt>\n<\/tt>49<tt>\n<\/tt><strong>50<\/strong><tt>\n<\/tt><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<pre ondblclick=\"with (this.style) { overflow = (overflow == 'auto' || overflow == '') ? 'visible' : 'auto' }\"><tt>\n<\/tt><span class=\"r\">class<\/span> <span class=\"cl\">TestItController<\/span> &lt; <span class=\"co\">ApplicationController<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>  <span class=\"r\">def<\/span> <span class=\"fu\">index<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    <span class=\"iv\">@graph<\/span> = open_flash_chart_object(<span class=\"i\">600<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">300<\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">\/test_it\/graph_code<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>  <span class=\"r\">end<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>  <span class=\"r\">def<\/span> <span class=\"fu\">graph_code<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    <span class=\"c\"># based on this example - http:\/\/teethgrinder.co.uk\/open-flash-chart-2\/tooltip.php<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    title = <span class=\"co\">Title<\/span>.new(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">MultiBar Tooltip<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    bar = <span class=\"co\">Bar<\/span>.new<tt>\n<\/tt>    bar.values  = [<span class=\"i\">9<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">8<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">7<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">6<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">5<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">4<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">3<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">2<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">1<\/span>]<tt>\n<\/tt>    bar.tooltip = <span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">Title Bar l&lt;br&gt;val = #val#<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    bar.colour  = <span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">#47092E<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span><tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    <span class=\"c\"># NOTE: you can use obj.variable=() or obj.set_variable() interchangeably<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    bar2 = <span class=\"co\">Bar<\/span>.new<tt>\n<\/tt>    bar2.set_tooltip(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">Spoon {#val#}&lt;br&gt;Title Bar 2<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    bar2.set_colour(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">#CC2A43<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    vals = [<span class=\"i\">1<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">2<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">3<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">4<\/span>]<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    tmp = <span class=\"co\">BarValue<\/span>.new(<span class=\"i\">5<\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    tmp.set_colour(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">#000000<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    tmp.set_tooltip(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">Spoon {#val#}&lt;br&gt;Title Bar 2&lt;br&gt;Override bar 2 tooltip&lt;br&gt;Special data point<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    vals &lt;&lt; tmp<tt>\n<\/tt>    vals &lt;&lt; [<span class=\"i\">6<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">7<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">8<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">9<\/span>]<tt>\n<\/tt>    vals = vals.flatten<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    bar2.values = vals<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    t = <span class=\"co\">Tooltip<\/span>.new<tt>\n<\/tt>    t.set_shadow(<span class=\"pc\">false<\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    t.stroke = <span class=\"i\">5<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    t.colour = <span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">#6E604F<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    t.set_background_colour(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">#BDB396<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    t.set_title_style(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">{font-size: 14px; color: #CC2A43;}<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    t.set_body_style(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">{font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; color: #000000;}<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    chart = <span class=\"co\">OpenFlashChart<\/span>.new<tt>\n<\/tt>    chart.title = title<tt>\n<\/tt>    chart.add_element(bar)<tt>\n<\/tt>    chart.add_element(bar2)<tt>\n<\/tt>    chart.set_tooltip(t)<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    render <span class=\"sy\">:text<\/span> =&gt; chart.to_s<tt>\n<\/tt>  <span class=\"r\">end<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt><span class=\"r\">end<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nAnd in your view (index.html.erb):<\/p>\n<table class=\"CodeRay\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"line_numbers\" title=\"click to toggle\" onclick=\"with (this.firstChild.style) { display = (display == '') ? 'none' : '' }\">\n<pre>1<tt>\n<\/tt>2<tt>\n<\/tt>3<tt>\n<\/tt>4<tt>\n<\/tt><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<pre ondblclick=\"with (this.style) { overflow = (overflow == 'auto' || overflow == '') ? 'visible' : 'auto' }\"><tt>\n<\/tt>&lt;script type=<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">text\/javascript<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span> src=<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">\/javascripts\/swfobject.js<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>&gt;&lt;<span class=\"rx\"><span class=\"dl\">\/<\/span><span class=\"k\">script&gt;<tt>\n<\/tt>&lt;%= @graph %&gt;<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Good Luck!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just got a comment that says tooltips are not working properly, so I decided to do an example for you guys (and gals). This example is based on teethgrinder&#8217;s tooltip example. Here is the graph we are after in this example: More Open Flash Chart II examples. And here is the code (the controller): NOTE: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,3,26,14,5,9,30],"tags":[42,41,52,40,210,211,43,50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46162"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57351,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46162\/revisions\/57351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}