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Symbols

In xmCHART 5 a total of 126 symbols organized in 8 categories are available for the following functions:

Circles

Squares

Diamonds

Triangles

Spokes

Stars

Bars

In addition, for function AddArrowExt(), the following eight arrowhead symbols are available.

Arrows Only available for function AddArrowExt()

As an option, symbols can be completely suppressed by symbol type = none. For example: SymbolStyle(2;none)

EXAMPLE_01

1	OpenDrawing(450;60)
2	AddSymbol( 25;30;spokes4;16;3.5;153 89 91;solid;;;0 0 2)
3	AddSymbol( 75;30;triangleUpHalfRight;16;2;110 110 110;shaded;;;0 0 2)
4	AddSymbol(125;30;squareHalfBottom;16;2;150 120 90;shaded;;;1 1 2)
5	AddSymbol(175;30;diamondHalfRight;16;2;90 120 90;shaded;;;1 1 2)
6	AddSymbol(225;30;star3;16;2;86 111 145;solid;;;0 0 2)
7	AddSymbol(275;30;bullet;16;1;215 101 90;shaded;;;0 0 5;brown)
8	AddSymbol(325;30;circleHalfRightTop;16;1.5;110 110 110;solid;;;0 0 2)
9	AddSymbol(375;30;circleThreeQuarterRight;16;2;86 111 145;shaded)
10	/* Combined symbol. */
11	AddSymbol(425;30;spokes3;16;1.5;90 120 90;solid;;;0 0 2)
12	AddSymbol(425;30;circle;16;2.0;90 120 90;solid;;;0 0 2)
13	CloseDrawing()

EXAMPLE_02

1	OpenDrawing(250;150)
2	ChartData( 5 5 9 17 13;
3	15 15 19 27 23;
4	25 25 29 37 33)
5	LineChart(symbol;on)
6	LineStyle(all;poly;1.5;#3879aa)
7	SymbolStyle(1;circle;10;1.5;#3879aa) /* Circles without fill. */
8	SymbolStyle(2;circle;10;1.5;#3879aa;;white) /* Circles with white fill. */
9	SymbolStyle(3;circle;10;1.5;#3879aa;;lime;shaded) /* Circles with green fill. */
10	AxisLine(all;0) /* Hide axis lines. */
11	AxisMajorTicks(all;0) /* Hide tick marks. */
12	AxisMajorTickLabelTexts(x;"") /* Hide tick mark labels. */
13	MajorGridLineWidths(y;x;0) /* Hide vertical grid lines. */
14	MajorGridLineWidths(x;y;0.25)
15	CloseDrawing()

EXAMPLE_03

1	OpenDrawing(300;150)
2	ChartData(30 35 30;20 25 20;12 15 11;3 5 1)
3	ScatterChart(shadow;on)
4	SymbolColorScheme(jewels) /* Before SymbolStyle() function. */
5	SymbolStyle(1;triangleUp;12)
6	SymbolStyle(2;spokes5;12;2)
7	SymbolStyle(3;diamondHalfBottom;13)
8	SymbolStyle(4;circle;12;2.5;;;#fafbfe)
9	ShadowStyle(all;1 1 2)
10	AxisLine(all;0) /* Hide axis lines. */
11	AxisMajorTicks(all;0) /* Hide tick marks. */
12	AxisMajorTickLabelTexts(x;"") /* Hide tick mark labels. */
13	MajorGridLineWidths(y;x;0) /* Hide vertical grid lines. */
14	MajorGridLineWidths(x;y;0.25)
15	CloseDrawing()

EXAMPLE_04

1	OpenDrawing(300;150)
2	ChartData(30 35 30;20 25 20;12 15 10;4 6 3)
3	LineChart(label+symbol+shadow;on)
4	ShadowStyle(all;1 1 1)
5	/* Series 1 */
6	LineStyle(1;poly;1.5;193 39 45)
7	SymbolStyle(1;circle;9;2;193 39 45;solid;#fafbfe) /* Circles with background. */
8	LabelTexts(1;"")
9	/* Series 2 (Character as symbol) */
10	LineStyle(2;smooth;0.5 10 3;33 66 149)
11	SymbolStyle(2;none)
12	LabelTexts(2;"\u2756")
13	LabelStyle(2;"Arial";13;plain;33 66 149)
14	LabelOptions(2;centerCenter;0;0)
15	/* Series 3 (Character as symbol) */
16	LineStyle(3;none)
17	SymbolStyle(3;none)
18	LabelTexts(3;"\u24da")
19	LabelStyle(3;"Arial";12;bold;darkGreen)
20	LabelOptions(3;centerCenter;0;0)
21	/* Series 4 (Text as symbol) */
22	LineStyle(4;poly;0.75;gray)
23	SymbolStyle(4;none)
24	LabelTexts(4;"AB")
25	LabelBackground(4;250 251 254 150;solid;0)
26	LabelOptions(4;centerCenter;0;0)
27	/* Set up axes and grid lines. */
28	AxisLine(all;0) /* Hide axis lines. */
29	AxisMajorTicks(all;0) /* Hide tick marks. */
30	AxisMajorTickLabelTexts(x;"") /* Hide tick mark labels. */
31	MajorGridLineWidths(y;x;0) /* Hide vertical grid lines. */
32	MajorGridLineWidths(x;y;0.25)
33	CloseDrawing()