{"id":46231,"date":"2008-07-30T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/2008\/07\/31\/open-flash-chart-ii-horizontal-bar-graph"},"modified":"2009-08-30T04:38:28","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T04:38:28","slug":"open-flash-chart-ii-horizontal-bar-graph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/2008\/07\/30\/open-flash-chart-ii-horizontal-bar-graph\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Flash Chart II &#8211; Horizontal Bar Graph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just got another <a href=\"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/2008\/7\/23\/open-flash-chart-ii-plugin-for-ruby-on-rails-ofc2#comment-46226\">comment asking about making a horizontal bar chart<\/a>.  This example is based on <a href=\"http:\/\/teethgrinder.co.uk\/open-flash-chart-2\/horizontal-bar-chart.php\">teethgrinder's horizontal bar example<\/a>.  So you will need to get the latest plugin since this required that I add a few things as of this article.  <\/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_1217006545.44033112\"><\/div>\n<p>    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n      swfobject.embedSWF(\"\/projects\/open-flash-chart.swf\", \"flash_content_1217006545.44033112\", \"600\", \"300\", \"9.0.0\", \"expressInstall.swf\",{\"data-file\":\"%2Fprojects%2Fopen_flash_chart2%2Fhbar\"});\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_1217006545.44033112\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/projects\/open-flash-chart.swf?data=%2Fprojects%2Fopen_flash_chart2%2Fhbar\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><embed src=\"\/projects\/open-flash-chart.swf?data=%2Fprojects%2Fopen_flash_chart2%2Fhbar\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" name=\"chart_1217006545.44033112\" align=\"middle\"  allowScriptAccess=\"sameDomain\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" id=\"chart_1217006545.44033112\" \/><\/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):<\/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><\/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\/horizontal-bar-chart.php<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    title = <span class=\"co\">Title<\/span>.new(<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">HBar Graph<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    hbar = <span class=\"co\">HBar<\/span>.new<tt>\n<\/tt>    <span class=\"c\"># could also do it one at a time with hbar.append_value(...) or<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    <span class=\"c\"># hbar.values &lt;&lt; ...<\/span><tt>\n<\/tt>    hbar.values = [<span class=\"co\">HBarValue<\/span>.new(<span class=\"i\">0<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">4<\/span>), <span class=\"co\">HBarValue<\/span>.new(<span class=\"i\">4<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">8<\/span>), <span class=\"co\">HBarValue<\/span>.new(<span class=\"i\">8<\/span>,<span class=\"i\">11<\/span>)]<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    chart = <span class=\"co\">OpenFlashChart<\/span>.new<tt>\n<\/tt>    chart.set_title(title)<tt>\n<\/tt>    chart.add_element(hbar)<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    x = <span class=\"co\">XAxis<\/span>.new<tt>\n<\/tt>    x.set_offset(<span class=\"pc\">false<\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    x.set_labels([<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Jan<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Feb<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Mar<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Apr<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">May<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Jun<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Jul<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Aug<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Sep<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Oct<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Nov<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><span class=\"k\">Dec<\/span><span class=\"dl\">'<\/span><\/span>])<tt>\n<\/tt>    chart.set_x_axis(x)<tt>\n<\/tt><tt>\n<\/tt>    y = <span class=\"co\">YAxis<\/span>.new<tt>\n<\/tt>    y.set_offset(<span class=\"pc\">true<\/span>)<tt>\n<\/tt>    y.set_labels([<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">Make garden look sexy<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">Paint house<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>,<span class=\"s\"><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><span class=\"k\">Move into house<\/span><span class=\"dl\">&quot;<\/span><\/span>])<tt>\n<\/tt>    chart.set_y_axis(y)<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 another comment asking about making a horizontal bar chart. This example is based on teethgrinder&#8217;s horizontal bar example. So you will need to get the latest plugin since this required that I add a few things as of this article. Here is the graph we are after in this example: More Open Flash [&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],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46231"}],"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=46231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57349,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46231\/revisions\/57349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pullmonkey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}