Constants

Most constants can be accessed by using an easy-to-remember name. Constant names are not case sensitive. For example:

BorderStyle(all;​POLY;​2;​darkBlue)

BorderStyle(All;​Poly;​2;​DARKBLUE)

Several constants such as chart appearance constants or text styles can be combined by a plus sign (+). For example:

BarChart(shadow+label)

TitleStyle(Verdana;​12;​bold+italic)

The following constants are listed separately:

 Symbols
 Color Names
 Color Scales
 Color Schemes
► Arrow head locations
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 begin  
2 end Default
Note

Arrow head location constants can be combined.

Examples

ArrowStyle(2;​1;​red;​;​begin+end)

AddArrow(100;​150;​100;​0;​1;​darkGray;​;​begin)

See Also

ArrowStyle(), AddArrow()

► Axis indices
Constant Name Note
0 all Default
1 x  
2 y  
3 z  
Examples

AxisLine(all;​0) /* Hide all axis lines. */

MajorGridLineWidths(y;​x;​0) /* Hide vertical grid lines. */

► Axis locations
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 back Default
2 front  
Examples

AxisOptions(y;​none) /* Hide y-axis. */

AxisOptions(all;​front)

See Also

AxisOptions()

► Bar & Gantt chart label locations
Constant Name Note
1 smartBegin Beginning of bar if enough space is available
2 smartCenter Middle of bar if enough space is available
3 smartEnd End of bar if enough space is available
4 begin Beginning of bar (Forced)
5 center Middle of bar (Forced)
6 end End of bar (Forced)
7 edge Edge on end of bar (Forced)
8 smartOut Outside if enough space is available (Default)
9 out Outside (Forced)
Examples

LabelOptions(1;​begin)

LabelOptions(2;​smartBegin)

See Also

Label locations, Stacked label locations, LabelOptions()

► Bubble types
Constant Name Note
1 areaProp Default
2 diameterProp  
Examples

BubbleChartOptions(;​diameterProp)

BubbleChartOptions(50;​areaProp)

See Also

BubbleChartOptions()

► Chart appearance constants
Constant Name Note
 0 default Default
 1 shadow  
 2 label  
 4 symbol  
 8 horizontal  
16 stacked  
32 proportional  
64 oval  
Available Appearance Constants
 
shadow
label
symbol
horizontal
stacked
proportional
oval
AreaChart()  
AreaChart2D()        
BarChart()  
BarChart2D()  
BoxPlot()        
BubbleChart()      
BubbleChart2D()        
CandlestickChart()          
CandlestickChart2D()            
CircularBarChart()          
ContourPlot()        
DensityPlot()        
GanttChart()      
HeatMap()          
HighLowChart()      
HighLowChart2D()      
Histogram()    
LinearGauge()        
LinearMeter()        
LineChart()      
LineChart2D()        
PieChart()        
PolarChart()      
RadarChart()      
RadialGauge()            
ScatterChart()        
ScatterChart2D()          
TreeMap()          
VectorPlot()      
VectorPlot2D()        
VennDiagram()          
ViolinPlot()          
Note

Appearance constants can be combined.

Examples

BarChart(shadow+label+proportional)

BarChart(35) /* Same as line above. */

► Color variants
Constant Name Note
-1 shaded  
 0 solid Default
 1 transparent  
 2 black  
 6 darkGray  
 7 gray  
 8 lightGray  
2..64   Black & White patterns
65..128   Color patterns
Examples

AddRect(10;​10;​200;​100;​steelBlue;​shaded)

FillStyle(1;​200 200 0;​solid)

See Also

Shading, Patterns

► Curve fitting constants
Constant Name Note
-5 pSpline  
-4 log  
-3 exp  
-2 pow  
-1   Not used
 0 none  
 1 linear Default
1..6   Polynomial functions up to the 6th degree
Examples

CurveFitting(all;​log)

CurveFitting(1;​3) /* Cubic curve function.*/

CurveFittingLineStyle(1;​linear;​2)

See Also

Curve Fitting, xmCH_GetCFValue(), Get Curve Fitting Value[]

► Date orders
Constant Name Note
1 ymd year-month-day
2 mdy month-day-year
3 dmy day-month-year
Examples

DateTimeOptions(ymd)

DateTimeOptions(mdy;​2)

See Also

Date & Time, DateTimeOptions()

► DateTime scaling constants
Constant Name Note
 -1 year  
 -2 quarter  
 -3 month  
 -4 week  
 -5 day  
 -6 hour  
 -7 minute30  
 -8 minute20  
 -9 minute15  
-10 minute10  
-11 minute5  
-12 minute  
-13 second30  
-14 second20  
-15 second15  
-16 second10  
-17 second5  
-18 second  
Examples

Scaling(x;​linear;​;​;​year;​month)

Scaling(y;​linear;​0:00;​24:00;​hour;​minute15)

See Also

Scaling()

► Error bar calculations
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 stdError Standard error (Default)
2 stdDev Standard deviation
3 percent  
4 constant  
5 valueList  
Examples

ErrorBars(all;​y;​both;​percent;​;​;​10;​10)

ErrorBars(1;​x;​plus;​stdDev;​1.5;​1.5)

See Also

ErrorBars()

► Error bar directions
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 plus  
2 minus  
3 both Default
Examples

ErrorBars(all;​y;​both;​percent;​;​;​10;​10)

ErrorBars(1;​x;​plus;​stdDev;​1.5;​1.5)

See Also

ErrorBars()

► Error bar shapes
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 rect  
2 oval Default
Examples

ErrorBarStyle2D(all;​oval;​;​;​2;​green)

ErrorBarStyle2D(1;​rect;​red;​gray;​0)

See Also

ErrorBarStyle2D()

► File flags
Constant Name Note
1 addCounter Default in xmCHART 3
2 replace Default in xmCHART 4 and higher
Examples

SaveAsJPGFile("chart.jpg";​replace)

SaveAsPNGFile("graph_1.png";​addCounter)

See Also

Export Images

► Flag constants
Constant Name Note
0 off  
1 on  
Examples

LineChart(;​on)

BoxPlotOptions(;​;​;​on;​on;​off)

► Frequency line constants
Constant Name Note
0 none Default
1 frequency  
2 ogive  
3 reverseOgive  
Examples

HistogramOptions(;​;​;​ogive)

HistogramOptions(;​;​;​frequency)

See Also

HistogramOptions()

► Grid locations
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 back Default
2 front  
Examples

GridLocation(all;​none) /* Hide grid. */

GridLocation(all;​front)

See Also

GridLocation()

► Grid shapes
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 rect Not used
2 poly  
3 oval Default
Examples

PolarChartOptions(1;​poly)

RadarChartOptions(0;​oval;​on)

See Also

PolarChartOptions(), RadarChartOptions()

► High-Low chart constants
Constant Name Note
1 highLow Default
2 highLowClose  
3 highLowCloseOpen  
Examples

HighLowChart(horizontal;​on;​highLowClose)

HighLowChart2D(;​highLowCloseOpen)

See Also

HighLowChart(), HighLowChart2D()

► Horizontal alignments
Constant Name Note
1 left  
2 center  
3 right  
Examples

TitleStyle(Verdana;​12;​bold+underline;​blue;​right)

LabelStyle(all;​;​;​bold;​;​left)

► Image resolutions
Constant Name Note
-1 print Resolution optimized for printing (300 dpi)
 0 screen Resolution optimized for screen display (Default)
0.25..4   Adjustable resolution from coarse (0.25) to fine (4.0)
Examples

OpenDrawing(800;​600;​screen)

OpenDrawing(800;​1200;​print)

OpenDrawing(1200;​600;​2.5)

See Also

Export to FileMaker, OpenDrawing()

► Image sources
Constant Name Note
1 clipboard Deprecated. Not supported on FileMaker Server, FileMaker Go and FileMaker WebDirect.
2 resource Deprecated. Set of built-in gradients.
3 file Not recommended in a server environment. Instead, use stream.
4 stream Base64 encoded PNG image.
Examples

AddPicture(10;​10;​;​;​clipboard)

AddPicture(10;​10;​;​;​file;​"logo.png")

PictureStyle(1;​resource;​"27")

PictureStyle(3;​file;​"C:/images/gradient_1.jpg")

BackgroundPict(stream;​"data:image/png;base64,​iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUg​AAAEAAAABABAMA...")

See Also

Import Images, Built-in Gradients

► JPEG image qualities
Constant Name Note
1 min  
2 low  
3 normal  
4 high Default
5 max  
Examples

SaveAsJPGFile("plot_01.jpg";​;​;​normal)

SaveAsJPGFile("chart_01.jpg";​;​;​max;​2.0)

See Also

Export Images, SaveAsJPGFile()

► Label locations
Constant Name Note
0    
1 topLeft  
2 topCenter  
3 topRight  
4 centerLeft  
5 centerCenter  
6 centerRight  
7 bottomLeft  
8 bottomCenter  
9 bottomRight  
Examples

LabelOptions(all;​centerCenter)

LabelOptions(1;​bottomCenter;​0;​6)

See Also

Stacked label locations, Bar & Gantt chart label locations, LabelOptions()

► Legend marker types
Constant Name Note
0 automatic Default
1 rect  
2 symbol  
4 line  
Note

Legend markers can be combined.

Examples

LegendOptions(bottomRight;​on;​;​;​1;​rect)

LegendOptions(;​off;​0;​0;​;​line+symbol)

See Also

LegendOptions()

► Line shapes
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 jump  
2 step  
3 poly Default
4 smooth  
5 pchip  
Examples

BorderStyle(1;​poly;​0.5 10 5)

LineStyle(all;​smooth)

See Also

Line Shapes

► Location constants
Constant Name Note
1 topLeft  
2 topCenter  
3 topRight  
4 centerLeft  
5 centerCenter  
6 centerRight  
7 bottomLeft  
8 bottomCenter  
9 bottomRight  
Examples

TitleOptions(bottomCenter)

LegendOptions(topCenter;​on)

► Moving average alignments
Constant Name Note
1 backward Default
2 forward  
3 centeredBackward  
4 centeredForward  
Examples

MovingAverageOptions(1;​100;​;​centeredForward;​on;​;​5;​;​on)

MovingAverageOptions(1;​50;​;​forward)

See Also

MovingAverageOptions()

► Moving average calculations
Constant Name Note
0 none  
1 average Default
2 median  
3 exponential  
Examples

MovingAverageOptions(all;​50;​average)

MovingAverageOptions(all;​50;​exponential)

See Also

MovingAverageOptions()

► Pie chart explode constants
Constant Name Note
 0 none Default
-1 all  
-2 max  
-3 min  
Examples

PieChartExplodes(15;​all)

PieChartExplodes(20;​max)

See Also

PieChartExplodes(), PieChartExplodeDepths()

► Plane indices
Constant Name Note
0 all Default
1 xy  
2 xz  
3 yz  
Examples

ChartBackgroundPict(xy;​clipboard)

GridFrame(all;​2;​gray)

See Also

Grids, Backgrounds

► Rect borders
Constant Name Note
1 top
2 right
3 bottom
4 left
Examples

TagPicture(300;​200;​left;center;​​15;​​stream;​​"iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAA​AB4AAAAoCAIAAABmc...")

TagSymbol(300;​200;​right;​top;8;​squareOutline;​​2;​​red)

See Also

TagPicture(), TagSymbol()

► Scaling constants
Constant Name Note
1 linear Default
2 percent  
3 log  
Examples

Scaling(x;​log;​1;​256;​8;​1;​2) /* Logarithmic scaling. */

Scaling(y;​percent)

See Also

Scaling()

► Scan directions
Constant Name Note
1 xxyy Default
2 xyxy  
3 xyxy2  
Examples

ChartDataOptions(xyxy)

ChartData(23 45;​ 34 67;​ 11 76;​ 12 56;​ 44 21)

See Also

ChartDataOptions()

► Series indices
Constant Name Note
-1 stacked Available only for stacked bar and area charts
 0 all Default
Examples

LineStyle(all;​;​2)

LabelOptions(stacked;​totalsOut)

► Stacked label locations
Constant Name Note
1 totalsOut  
2 totalsEdge  
3 runningTotalsOut  
4 runningTotalsEdge  
Note

Available only for stacked bar and area charts.

Examples

LabelOptions(stacked;​totalsOut)

LabelOptions(-1;​runningTotalsEdge)

See Also

Bar & Gantt chart label locations, Label locations, LabelOptions()

► Text styles
Constant Name Note
0 plain Default (except for title text)
1 bold  
2 italic  
4 underline  
Note

All text style constants can be combined.

Examples

LegendStyle(Verdana;​12;​bold+underline)

LegendStyle(Verdana;​12;​5) /* Same as line above. */

► Tick mark & label locations
Constant Name Note
1 in  
2 center Default for tick marks
3 out Default for tick mark labels
Examples

AxisMajorTicks(all;​8;​0.5;​darkBlue;​;​out)

AxisMajorTickLabelOptions(x;​in)

AxisMinorTickLabelOptions(y;​out)

See Also

Tick marks: AxisMajorTicks(), AxisMinorTicks()

Tick mark labels: AxisMajorTickLabelOptions(), AxisMinorTickLabelOptions()

► Vertical alignments
Constant Name Note
1 top  
2 center  
3 bottom  
4 baseline  
Examples

AddText(10;​50;​"Copyright";​Arial;​12;​;​darkRed;​;​baseline)

AddText(80;​100;​"A\nB\nC";​Verdana;​14;​bold;​;​center;​center;​-90)

See Also

AddText()

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