NAME

Image::BoxModel::Chart - Charts using Image::BoxModel (Incomplete)

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use Image::BoxModel::Chart;
  
my $image = new Image::BoxModel::Chart (
width => 800, 
height => 400, 
lib=> "GD",                  #your backend
);      
#all parameters are optional!
  
$image -> Chart (dataset_01 => [1,5,3,10,-10]);
  
$image -> Save(file=> "chart.png");
            
          

DESCRIPTION

Image::BoxModel::Chart will implement different sorts of charts.

bars, points, stapled points, lines

Methods

Chart

Draw chart. Documentation is incomplete because the interface is due to frequent changes.

Legend

            

              
              
$image -> Legend(
#mandatory:
font                    => (path to font file),
name                    => (name of box in which the legend lives)
values_annotations => (name of your datasets)
         
#optional (dafaults preset):
textsize                => [number],
rotate                  => [number], 
colors                  => (color names of datasets),        #nice: 'colors => DefaultColors()' sets default colors
position                => ['right'|'left],
orientation     => 'vertical',                                       #horizontal is unimplemented so far
resize                  => (name of box to be resized),
background              => (color),
         
padding_left    => [number],
padding_right   => [number],
padding_top     => [number],
padding_bottom  => [number],
         
spacing_left    => [number],
spacing_top     => [number],
spacing_right   => [number],
spacing_bottom  => [number],
         
border                  => [number],
border_color    => (color),
);
            
          

Draw Legend.