RE: [flexcoders] example code to color pie wedges based on predefined categories

[Ely Greenfield]

Hey, very cool Jason.   One question -- your app seems to have a drop shadow per wedge...which makes wedges drop shadows onto other wedges. Is that intentional? At first glance, I can't see if anything in your code caused that.   Ely.   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 2:09 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] example code to color pie wedges based on predefined categories Okay, long long ago I posted wanting to figure out how to tell a PieSeries which colors to use for the data based on a field in the data.  Ely posted some related code that helped a lot.  I've only just now gotten comfortable enough to understand and modify it for my needs. I figured I would post about it here in case anyone else wants to use it.  http://three.fsphost.com/flex2/PieCategory/PieCategoryApp.htm lhttp://three.fsphost.com/flex2/PieCategory/srcview/ Here's an example of how you use it: <mx:PieSeries field="@costs" nameField="@month" labelPosition="insideWithCallout" labelFunction="getLabel">     <mx:itemRenderer>  &n! bsp;      <mx:Component>             <nes:PieCategoryWedgeRenderer xmlns:qc="nes.charts.dataRenderers.*">                 <nes:categories>                     <nes:PieCategory value="January" field="@month">                         <nes:fill>               <mx:LinearGradient>                 <mx:entries>                   <mx:Array>            !          <mx:Gradie! ntEntry color="0x000000" ratio="33"/>                     <mx:GradientEntry color="0xFF0000" ratio="90"/>                   </mx:Array>                 </mx:entries>               </mx:LinearGradient>                         </nes:fill>                     </nes:PieCategory>                     <nes:PieCategory value="February" field="@month" color="#00FF00"/>  ! ;                   <nes:PieCategory value="March" field="@month" color="#0000FF" alpha="0.2"/>                       </nes:categories>             </nes:PieCategoryWedgeRenderer>         </mx:Component>     </mx:itemRenderer> </mx:PieSeries> Note that you can either put your own fill or you can use the color/alpha properties of the PieCategory element and it will do a SolidColor field for you.  If you omit the "field" from the PieCategory, it will use the PieSeries "nameField" if available. This is a first whack, so feel free to make any suggestions.  Thanks to Ely for providing the stoplight example.  Always remember when a developer says somethin! g is "not too hard", they mean if you already know how to do i! t.  ;) __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___