Thanks Ely, This was exactly what I needed and much easier than writing an itemRenderer :)
And I'll be taking your advice and filter the others out. Mark --- In [email protected], "Ely Greenfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > By default, a chart will filter out any items that extend beyond the > defined min/max ranges. If you set filterData=false on the series, it > will render all items, regardless of how they fit in the ranges. It > will still clip the data region of the chart, so they won't extend > beyond the visible area. > > > > Keep in mind that this means that if you have lots of data that falls > outside your defined range, and set filterData to false, you will still > pay a cost for processing them and getting them into the display list, > even though they don't show up on screen. You'll want to keep an eye on > performance and see if you need to take action to explicitly filter the > data yourself by hand. > > > > (A middle of the road option...'filter data that falls completely > outside the min/max, but include data that overlaps it.' Would be a nice > enhancement. Feel free to file the request in the Flex public bug > database). > > > > Ely. > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] DateTimeAxis on BarChart needs tweeking > > > > I have a bar chart that I'm using to display a start date and end date > for each project in my XML. It works great but when I add minimum and > maximum values to the DateTimeAxis the records that don't fall between > that minimum and maximum values don't show. In other words - the > projects start and end dates must fall between the minimum and maximum > values, no overlap on either end. If either one overlaps it won't > display the bar. I need the bar to show as long as either the start > or end date fall in-between. > > My guess is I have to write a custom itemRenderer for the bar changing > the value, but I'm not sure how to get the minimum and maximum values > from within the itemRenderer. Any ideas on any of this? > > Thanks >
