Thank you Sherif.
For now, I solved it with a ColdFusion function and a Flex fillFunction
private function myFillFunction(element:ChartItem, index:Number):IFill {
var item:PlotSeriesItem = PlotSeriesItem(element);
var randColor:SolidColor = new
SolidColor(element.item.color);
return randColor;
}
--- In [email protected], Sherif Abdou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You will have to wait until full Flex 3 Version comes out since the
charting source code is not avaliable.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: nasawebguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 7:51:23 PM
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: generate unique colors for per-item fill
>
> Do you know where the class is stored in Flex 3 Plugin? It was
> halodefaults. as, apparently in Flex 2, but I can't find it in Flex 3?
>
> I'll look into Math.random suggestion. Thank you!
>
> Don
>
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, Sherif Abdou <sherif626@ ..> wrote:
> >
> > why dont u just take a look at the class and see how they do it and
> u can always use Math.random( ) to give random colors. The way i seen
> it done in everybook is just Math.random( )*0xFFFFFF
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: nasawebguy <dkerr@>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com
> > Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 4:24:36 PM
> > Subject: [flexcoders] generate unique colors for per-item fill
> >
> > How do I generate a list of unique colors dynamically in AS? similar
> > to how Flex does in default charts, except in a per-item fill
scenario?
> >
> > CONTEXT
> > I want to color code an Hlist of categories to match the dot colors in
> > a per-item filled Plot Series.
> >
> > I have an arrayCollection dataProvider that is a list of categories
> > [categoryid, category] . (number of categories is unknown/unlimited) .
> > I'd like to generate a unique color number corresponding to each
> > category in the array and update that arrayCollection with the
> > generated color numbers.[categoryid ,category, color]
> >
> > I'd like to use this resulting [categoryid, category, color]
> > arrayCollection as a dataProvider to a horizontalList (dynamic legend
> > list) and a PlotChart per-item fill (Ifill) to color code the dots for
> > each category. User clicks on a color/cat in Hlist, filters the dots
> > for the selected category. Colors in the Hlist match the corresponding
> > colors in the plotchart.
> >
> > I know how to color code the horizontalList, build the fillFunction,
> > and do the filterFunction. ..
> >
> > but I don't know how to generate the unique colors (much like Flex
> > does for the default colors in charts) in a per-item fill scenario.
> >
> > I'm assuming I'd loop through the arrayCollection of categories and
> > update the color dynamically using some color generator? The colors
> > need to be as unique as possible.
> >
> > It would be cool if I could somehow use Flex's built-in default unique
> > colors for chart series in the per-item fill case?
> >
> > I could create a color column in the category table in the database,
> > and store colors there for each one, but seems to me that AS might be
> > a better approach.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Don
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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