PDF export screwed-up chart

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PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by peterlepan » Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:24 pm

Hi,
I try to export a TeeChart to a pdf-file. The chart is from the template gallerie, the Concentric Donuts.
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After export, the chart is screwed-up.
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At the pdf-file, there are only the marks from the chart but no chart.
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Please can you help me?

sincerely yours

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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by Yeray » Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:00 pm

Hi Peter,

The concentric Donuts Template doesn't look as the one you posted above for me here.
Here it is how it looks for me:
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And here it is the pdf I get with this code:

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uses Series, TeePDFCanvas;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var i: Integer;
begin
  Chart1.Title.Caption:='Concentric Donuts';

  for i:=0 to 2 do
    with Chart1.AddSeries(TPieSeries) as TPieSeries do
    begin
      FillSampleValues(4);
      Marks.Hide;
      MultiPie:=mpConcentric;
    end;

  TeeSaveToPDFFile(Chart1, 'C:\tmp\Chart1.pdf');
end;
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As an alternative, you could print the chart with a virtual pdf printer:
Chart2.zip
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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by peterlepan » Fri Oct 03, 2014 6:25 am

Hi Yeray,

you are right, it looks a bit different but I use the concentric Donuts Template. I like to show the values as 100-perscent-columns, the middle of the circle is 100%. So I use the concentric Donuts and give all values the same width. Then I set the color of the values from outer (0%) to inner (100%) of the circle. What chart-type can I use as alternative to my solution? The new Rose Series show the values from inner circle to outer circle and use polar coordinates, but I need free scaling for the circle, not 360°.
Have you an idea what chart type better fit my needs?

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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by Yeray » Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:04 pm

Hello Peter,

I've been trying to do a demo using the Rose series. I found some issues but I one problem I can't find how to workaround: some circle labels seem not to be drawn depending on the number of values.
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On the other hand, we'd be pleased to investigate the problem exporting the concentric pies, but we'd need a simple example project we can run as-is to reproduce the problem here.

Thanks in advance.
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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by peterlepan » Fri Oct 03, 2014 7:17 pm

Hello Yeray,

here is al little sample projekt about my problem.
By the way, an other problem is the positioning of the marks. I set the Marks on the most outer series, but the width of the serie is so big, that some other series are covered. I use curious parameters for the marks-arrow as workaround. Is there an other way in my case to fix the width of the outer serie independently from the marks?
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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by Yeray » Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:00 am

Hi Peter,
peterlepan wrote:here is al little sample projekt about my problem.
By the way, an other problem is the positioning of the marks. I set the Marks on the most outer series, but the width of the serie is so big, that some other series are covered. I use curious parameters for the marks-arrow as workaround. Is there an other way in my case to fix the width of the outer serie independently from the marks?
I could reproduce the problem with your project when exporting the chart to a pdf.
However, it seems to work fine if I print the chart using a virtual pdf printer, instead of exporting the chart to a pdf.
Yeray wrote:I've been trying to do a demo using the Rose series. I found some issues but I one problem I can't find how to workaround: some circle labels seem not to be drawn depending on the number of values.
I've corrected the example above and this seems to work better.
Exporting to a pdf file works better than with the TPieSeries, but not perfect: the labels in the main chart disappear. However, printing the chart with a virtual pdf printer also works fine:

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uses TeePDFCanvas;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  Chart1.View3D:=false;
  Chart1.Legend.Visible:=false;

  with Chart1.AddSeries(TRoseSeries) as TRoseSeries do
  begin
    Pointer.Visible:=false;
    Pen.Visible:=false;
    Color:=clWhite;
    CircleBackColor:=RGB(0,0,128);

    GetHorizAxis.Grid.Visible:=false;
    GetVertAxis.Grid.Visible:=false;
    GetHorizAxis.MinorTicks.Visible:=false;
    CircleLabelsRotated:=true;
    LabelsMargin:=10;

    OnGetCircleLabel:=roseGetCircleLabels;
  end;

  Chart1.Axes.Visible:=false;

  TrackBar1.Max:=200;
  TrackBar1.Min:=10;
  TrackBar1.Position:=29;
  TrackBar1.Frequency:=10;
end;

procedure TForm1.recalcAngles;
var i: Integer;
begin
  with Chart1[0] as TRoseSeries do
  begin
    for i:=0 to Count-1 do
      AngleValue[i]:=i*360/Count;

    AngleIncrement:=(AngleValue[1]-AngleValue[0]) / 2;
  end;
end;

procedure TForm1.roseGetCircleLabels(Sender:TCustomPolarSeries; const Angle:Double; Index:Integer;
                                     var Text:String);
var i: Integer;
begin
  Text:='';
  with Chart1[0] as TRoseSeries do
    for i:=0 to Count-1 do
      if Round(Angle-AngleIncrement)=Round(AngleValue[i]) then
        Text:=Labels[i];
end;

procedure TForm1.TrackBar1Change(Sender: TObject);
var i, tmpValue: Integer;
begin
  with Chart1[0] as TRoseSeries do
  begin
    Clear;
    for i:=0 to TrackBar1.Position-1 do
    begin
      tmpValue:=Round(random*100);
      AddPolar(tmpValue, tmpValue, IntToStr(tmpValue));
    end;
      recalcAngles;
  end;

  Label1.Caption:='Num Values: ' + IntToStr(TrackBar1.Position);
end;
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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by peterlepan » Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:32 am

Hi Yeray,

your sample works fine, but I have one problem. I need to show the values from outer to inner. The outer of the circle is 0% and the center of the circle stands for 100%. If I show the difference to 100% with the rose-serie, I see no chance to change the color for a single value from outer to inner. These color is set with the CircleBackColor.

Oh, I have an idea! I use a second rose-serie to set the color of my single values!

Thank your for your inspiration!

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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by peterlepan » Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:59 am

Hi Yeray,

only one question, how can I put the labels in the foreground? I have the labels taken in the inner of the circle, but some of them are invisible because they are covered from the rose-serie.
Have you a solution for this problem?
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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by Yeray » Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:20 am

Hi Peter,
peterlepan wrote:Oh, I have an idea! I use a second rose-serie to set the color of my single values!

Thank your for your inspiration!
Great!
I'm glad to be helpful!
peterlepan wrote:only one question, how can I put the labels in the foreground? I have the labels taken in the inner of the circle, but some of them are invisible because they are covered from the rose-serie.
Have you a solution for this problem?
There's a property for that:

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Series1.CircleLabelsInside:=false;
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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by peterlepan » Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:02 pm

Hi Yeray,

the rose serie has a cleaner look then the concentric donuts. But I have one Problem. I like to put the labels inside the circle, to save some space around the chart. If the labels-text get a bit longer then 3 numbers, the labels on the left side are not symmetric positioned to the labels on the right side:
rose_labels.jpg
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The labels loose the assignment to its chart-values.
If I put the marks at the concentric donuts inside the circle, I nearly get a circle:
donut_labels.jpg
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Each segment get its right label.

Is there an option at the rose serie, to position the labels in the circle without loosing the assignment to the values?

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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by Yeray » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:23 am

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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by peterlepan » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:44 pm

Hi Yeray,

I see a new version of TeeChart, have you put some improvements to the rose-serie? (especially labels?)

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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by Yeray » Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:08 pm

peterlepan wrote:I see a new version of TeeChart, have you put some improvements to the rose-serie? (especially labels?)
I'm afraid not yet, Peter.
I've incremented the priority of the ticket Improve labels in TRoseSeries
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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by jdom » Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:39 am

sorry for the minor threadjack, am not sure how to upvote for features, but would like to add an enthusiastic vote for moving "Rounded/Circled Segments in the TRoseSeries" up the priority list. thank you! (if it will be part of the Xamarin.Forms release, too...)

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Re: PDF export screwed-up chart

Post by Yeray » Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:57 pm

Hello,
jdom wrote:sorry for the minor threadjack, am not sure how to upvote for features, but would like to add an enthusiastic vote for moving "Rounded/Circled Segments in the TRoseSeries" up the priority list. thank you! (if it will be part of the Xamarin.Forms release, too...)
Added to .NET Xamarin.Forms:
http://bugs.teechart.net/show_bug.cgi?id=1132

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