Thanks for the info. What about LineCharts????? Thanks again,
-Dave --- In [email protected], Ely Greenfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Dave. The answer is a teeny bit complex. > > Each Series (except the pieSeries) has a style property called 'fill' that > it pulls its fill from. So what you're wondering is: how do I specify the > fill style for each series that appears in my chart? > > Each chart type, when it displays its series, assigns a CSS style selector > to each series. In order to guarantee that each series gets a different > fill, it assigns a different selector to each series, by index. > > The names of the selectors the chart assigns are, in turn, specified in a > style property of the chart, called chartSeriesStyles. > > So if you want to specify the fills to be used by ColumnCharts, you could do > it like this: > > <mx:Style> > > .customColumnSeries1 { > fill: #FF0000; > } > .customColumnSeries2 { > fill: #00FF00; > } > .customColumnSeries3 { > fill: #0000FF; > } > > ColumnChart { > chartSeriesStyles: customColumnSeries1, customColumnSeries2, > customColumnSeries3; > } > </mx:Style> > > PieCharts work a little differently. Since each pie series needs more that > one fill (one for each wedge), the pieSeries draw its fills from a property > called fills. You can specify this in CSS as well: > > <mx:Style> > > PieSeries { > Fills: #Ff0000, #00FF00, #0000FF; > } > </mx:Style> > > Now there's a little bit of handwaving going on here. The reason is, the > fill properties of the charts aren't really rgb hex values, they are fill > objects. We made them fill objects so that you could fill a chart with other > fill types -- gradients, etc. > > However, CSS doesn't support a syntax for specifying an object. Which means > there's really no way to specify a Fill object -- SolidColor, > LinearGradient, etc. -- in CSS. If you want to specify a complex fill type, > you need to either do it on a per-component basis, or set the style through > actionscript. > > But, since there _is_ a way to specify simple color values in CSS, and > that's what most designers typically want to do, we provided a shortcut. > When the charts render themselves, if they find a simple RGB value in their > fill or fills properties, they'll convert them to a SolidColor on the fly. > Hence, the above CSS markup will work. > > Ely. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dave > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Default Chart Colors > Importance: High > > How do I change the default colors used by Flex for multiple charts? > As charts are added, the Legend and the Chart itself follow a pattern > of predetermined colors. > > Where is that defined? I need to change site wide. > > > Thanks much, > > -Dave > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
