User Guide Tutorials ColdFusion tutorials Tutorial 23: How to set chart type, chart area, plot area, X axis, Y axis, series and legend in ColdFusion How to set chart type, chart area, plot area, X axis, Y axis, series and legend in ColdFusion EasyXLS Excel library can be used to export Excel files in ColdFusion. The library works without MS Excel installed.
Step 1: Download EasyXLS Excel Library for Java To download the trial version of EasyXLS Excel Library, press the below button:
If you already own a license key, you may login and download EasyXLS from your account. Install the downloaded EasyXLS installer for v8.6 or earlier.
Step 2: License file setup Step required for EasyXLS v9.0 or later. If you are using a trial, generate a trial license file from EasyXLS trials page. The trial license is valid for 30-days. If you own a license key, you may login to the account that purchased the license and generate the license file from: https://www.easyxls.com/my-orders Setup the license file into your project using these guidelines .
Step 3: Add EasyXLS library to CLASSPATH in ColdFusion Administator EasyXLS.jar must be included to class path for Java runtime environment. EasyXLS.jar can be found: - Inside the downloaded archive at Step 1 for EasyXLS v9.0 or later - Under installation path for EasyXLS v8.6 or earlier, in "Lib" folder. Another solution is to add EasyXLS.jar to "lib" folder from ColdFusion installation path.
Step 4: Run ColdFusion code that sets various chart properties in Excel file Execute the following ColdFusion code that creates a cylinder column chart and format the chart area, plot area, chart legend, axis and chart series.
<cfobject type ="java" class ="EasyXLS.Constants.Format" name ="Format" action ="CREATE" >
<cfobject type ="java" class ="EasyXLS.Constants.Chart" name ="Chart" action ="CREATE" >
<cfobject type ="java" class ="EasyXLS.Drawings.Formatting.LineStyleFormat" name ="LineStyleFormat" action ="CREATE" >
<cfobject type ="java" class ="EasyXLS.Drawings.Formatting.ShadowFormat" name ="ShadowFormat" action ="CREATE" >
<cfobject type ="java" class ="java.awt.Color" name ="Color" action ="CREATE" >
Tutorial 23<br>
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<cfobject type ="java" class ="EasyXLS.ExcelDocument" name ="workbook" action ="CREATE" >
<cfset ret = workbook.easy_addWorksheet("SourceData")>
<cfset xlsTab1 = workbook.easy_getSheet("SourceData")>
<cfset xlsTable1 = xlsTab1.easy_getExcelTable()>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(0, 0).setValue("Show Date")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(0, 1).setValue("Available Places")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(0, 2).setValue("Available Tickets")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(0, 3).setValue("Sold Tickets")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(1, 0).setValue("03/13/2005 00:00:00")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(1, 0).setFormat(Format.FORMAT_DATE)>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(2, 0).setValue("03/14/2005 00:00:00")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(2, 0).setFormat(Format.FORMAT_DATE)>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(3, 0).setValue("03/15/2005 00:00:00")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(3, 0).setFormat(Format.FORMAT_DATE)>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(4, 0).setValue("03/16/2005 00:00:00")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(4, 0).setFormat(Format.FORMAT_DATE)>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(1, 1).setValue("10000")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(2, 1).setValue("5000")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(3, 1).setValue("8500")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(4, 1).setValue("1000")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(1, 2).setValue("8000")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(2, 2).setValue("4000")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(3, 2).setValue("6000")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(4, 2).setValue("1000")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(1, 3).setValue("920")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(2, 3).setValue("1005")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(3, 3).setValue("342")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getCell(4, 3).setValue("967")>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getColumnAt(0).setWidth(100)>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getColumnAt(1).setWidth(100)>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getColumnAt(2).setWidth(100)>
<cfset xlsTable1.easy_getColumnAt(3).setWidth(100)>
<cfset workbook.easy_addChart("Chart", "=SourceData!$A$1:$D$5", Chart.SERIES_IN_COLUMNS)>
<cfset xlsChartSheet = workbook.easy_getSheetAt(1)>
<cfset xlsChart = xlsChartSheet.easy_getExcelChart()>
<cfset xlsChart.easy_setChartType(Chart.CHART_TYPE_CYLINDER_COLUMN)>
<cfset xlsChartArea = xlsChart.easy_getChartArea()>
<cfset xlsChartArea.getLineColorFormat().setLineColor(Color.DarkGray)>
<cfset xlsChartArea.getLineStyleFormat().setDashType(LineStyleFormat.DASH_TYPE_SOLID)>
<cfset xlsChartArea.getLineStyleFormat().setWidth(0.25)>
<cfset xlsPlotArea = xlsChart.easy_getPlotArea()>
<cfset xlsPlotArea.getLineColorFormat().setLineColor(Color.DarkGray)>
<cfset xlsPlotArea.getLineStyleFormat().setDashType(LineStyleFormat.DASH_TYPE_SOLID)>
<cfset xlsPlotArea.getLineStyleFormat().setWidth(0.25)>
<cfset xlsChartLegend = xlsChart.easy_getLegend()>
<cfset xlsChartLegend.getFillFormat().setBackground(Color.Pink)>
<cfset xlsChartLegend.getFontFormat().setForeground(Color.Blue)>
<cfset xlsChartLegend.getFontFormat().setItalic(true )>
<cfset xlsChartLegend.setKeysArrangementDirection(Chart.KEYS_ARRANGEMENT_DIRECTION_HORIZONTAL)>
<cfset xlsChartLegend.setPlacement(Chart.LEGEND_CORNER)>
<cfset xlsChartLegend.getShadowFormat().setShadow(ShadowFormat.OFFSET_DIAGONAL_BOTTOM_RIGHT)>
<cfset xlsXAxis = xlsChart.easy_getCategoryXAxis()>
<cfset xlsXAxis.getLineColorFormat().setLineColor(Color.LightGray)>
<cfset xlsXAxis.getLineStyleFormat().setDashType(LineStyleFormat.DASH_TYPE_DASH_DOT)>
<cfset xlsXAxis.getLineStyleFormat().setWidth(0.25)>
<cfset xlsXAxis.getFontFormat().setForeground(Color.Red)>
<cfset xlsYAxis = xlsChart.easy_getValueYAxis()>
<cfset xlsYAxis.getLineColorFormat().setLineColor(Color.LightGray)>
<cfset xlsYAxis.getLineStyleFormat().setDashType(LineStyleFormat.DASH_TYPE_LONG_DASH)>
<cfset xlsYAxis.getLineStyleFormat().setWidth(0.25)>
<cfset xlsYAxis.getFontFormat().setForeground(Color.Blue)>
<cfset xlsChart.easy_getSeriesAt(0).getFillFormat().setBackground(Color.Blue)>
<cfset xlsChart.easy_getSeriesAt(1).getFillFormat().setBackground(Color.Yellow)>
<cfset xlsChart.easy_getSeriesAt(2).getFillFormat().setBackground(Color.Green)>
Writing file C:\Samples\Tutorial23 - various Excel chart settings.xlsx<br>
<cfset ret = workbook.easy_WriteXLSXFile("C:\Samples\Tutorial23 - various Excel chart settings.xlsx")>
<cfset sError = workbook.easy_getError()>
<cfif (sError is "")>
<cfoutput>
File successfully created.
</cfoutput>
<cfelse>
<cfoutput>
Error encountered: #sError#
</cfoutput>
</cfif>
<cfset workbook.Dispose()>