Thanks I had not appreciated that the bar chart had a minfield Using your reply and the column chart example in livedocs, I came up with the code below. But allit soes is produce one vertical line for each player at the tight edge of the graph with a colour strength apparantly based on the length of career!?
<?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2005/mxml";> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ [Bindable] public var baseballers:Object = [ {Player: "Joe", Start: 1955, End: 1968}, {Player: "Fred", Start: 1960, End: 1965}, {Player: "Max", Start: 1965, End: 1967}, {Player: "Abe", Start: 1970, End: 1981} ]; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Panel> <mx:BarChart id="column" dataProvider="{baseballers}"> <mx:verticalAxis> <mx:CategoryAxis dataProvider="{baseballers}" categoryField="Player"/> </mx:verticalAxis> <mx:series> <mx:Array> <mx:BarSeries xField="End" minField="Start" name="Career"/> </mx:Array> </mx:series> </mx:BarChart> </mx:Panel> </mx:Application> --- In [email protected], "Ely Greenfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You want a BarChart. This won't compile (at least without warnings), but > it will get you pointed in the right direction: > > > var data:Array = [ > { name: "Bob", start: 1955, end: 1970}, > { name: "Sally", start: 1930, end: 1968} > ] > > <BarChart dataProvider="{data}"> > <verticalAxis> > <CategoryAxis dataProvider="{data}" > categoryField="{name}" /> > </verticalAxis> > <series> > <BarSeries yField="end" minField="start" /> > </series> > </BarChart> > > Ely. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of yaagcur > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Chart types (Flex 2) > Importance: High > > I am looking to present graphically data on a list of baseball players > longevity at a club e.g all New York Yankees players who were at the > club at a particular date say 1960 would show those who had careers from > 1955-1961 and 1960-1970 etc. > > I want to have the y axis listing the player names and the x axis > showing years. The graph would show each players length of career as a > band > > How would I best go about this in Flex 2. I have played around with the > hi-lo chart to some degree of success but that has the axes in the > opposite way to my requirements > > Is there some standard chart I could use? The livedocs article on custom > charts has yet to be written > > > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com 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/
