User (Legacy) Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 I often display data with Date being the X axis, and some measurement on the Y axis. But, the measurements are not made ever day. When I display this type of chart (typically as a Line chart), each data point is equal distance from the others in the chart, even if the dates are far apart. For instance, assume my data is Weight and Date, and I have the following series: 1/1/2005 - 170 lbs 1/3/2005 - 171 lbs 1/30/2005 - 169 lbs 2/1/2005 - 168 lbs When this gets displayed, the horizontal distance between 1/3/2005 and 1/30/2005 is the same as it is between 1/1/2005 and 1/3/2005, even though there are 27 days in the first interval, and only 2 in the second interval. Is there a way to force ChartFX to proportionally space the dates along the X axis, so that the data's relationship to the passage of time looks more like what it actually is? TIA, Gary German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 You must be setting the dates as Lables which are just strings with no intrinsic value. What you want is to set the dates as X-Values. If you are doing DataBinding, use DataType to tell Chart FX which column you want to use as X-Values, otherwise you can pass X-Values the same way you pass Y-Values: by doing OpenData-CloseData. For more information look for the X/Y charts section in the docs. -- FP Software FX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted May 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 "SoftwareFX Support" <noreply@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:k2tbssYVFHA.1884@webserver3.softwarefx.com... > You must be setting the dates as Lables which are just strings with no > intrinsic value. > > What you want is to set the dates as X-Values. > > If you are doing DataBinding, use DataType to tell Chart FX which column you > want to use as X-Values, otherwise you can pass X-Values the same way you > pass Y-Values: by doing OpenData-CloseData. > > For more information look for the X/Y charts section in the docs. > > -- > FP > Software FX > > Thanks! I'm using an ADO recordset, and setting DataType to CDT_XVALUE. This works well for line graphs. But, for bar graphs, the dates aren't correct. The first date shown is always 12/31/1899, the next date is always 1/1/1900, followed by 1/2/1900, etc. Is this a bug, or is there some other property I need to set for bar graphs? Gary German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Bar graphs don't support X-Values. In Chart FX 6, Bar Charts use X-Values to do what we call "Data-Driven labels", Unlike lines or scatter, the bars are evenly spaced regardless of the X-Value. -- Francisco Padron www.chartfx.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted May 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 "SoftwareFX Support" <noreply@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:WMwE5tjVFHA.204@webserver3.softwarefx.com... > Bar graphs don't support X-Values. > > In Chart FX 6, Bar Charts use X-Values to do what we call "Data-Driven > labels", Unlike lines or scatter, the bars are evenly spaced regardless of > the X-Value. > > -- > Francisco Padron > www.chartfx.com > OK, thanks. That makes sense. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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