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  Chart Background for Glass and Soft Lighting
Posted by JC on Dec-04-2008 06:22
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I have been trying to get glass and lighting effect work on the chart background but i am unable to see the difference if I use the default values for either one.

c.setPlotArea( 100,100,100,100, 'green', -1, c.glassEffect(c.NormalGlare, c.top,5))
c.setPlotArea( 100,100,100,100, 'green', -1, c.softLighting(c.top,4))


am i doing something incorrect?

  Re: Chart Background for Glass and Soft Lighting
Posted by Peter Kwan on Dec-04-2008 13:46
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Hi JC,

Both glassEffect and softLighting can only be used in objects that support a "raised effect". For examples, you may use it in the raisedEffect argument in Box.setBackground or Layer.setBorderColor.

As setPlotArea does not have a raisedEffect argument, it does not support glassEffect or softLighting.

If you want, you want put a TextBox behind the plot area, and apply glassEffect or softLighting to it, like (in VB.NET):


Dim b As ChartDirector.TextBox = c.addText(100, 100, "")
b.setSize(100, 100)
b.setBackground(&H00ff00, Chart.Transparent, Chart.softLighting(Chart.top, 4))
b.setZOrder(Chart.PlotAreaZ)

c.setPlotArea(100, 100, 100, 100)

Hope this can help.

Regards
Peter Kwan