Charting/Graphing

Hello all, I am trying to learn the graphic side of VB now and was looking for some help. I would like to start with a simple bar graph. Something like a voltage meter. I have a variable that will change and show me voltage. I would like to have like a bar graph that would move up and down based upon my variable. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance
PBSnake

That shouldn't be so hard:
blt a bitmap(for example 70x30, filled with green)
to the screen.

If your variable = 0 blt it once,
if it's = 2, blt one on top of the last one
if it's =3, etc.
(this isn't the best example since it's best that you keep the maximum value of your variable in mind, otherwise it could be too big to fit on the screen)

It's just a matter of working with x & y positions.

Please excuse me, this is new to me. Could you show me an example how to put it to the screen. And what would I use to create this bitmap?:) :D

Open a new project, goto the code window of the form, select all and delete it. Then insert this code and run the project:

Code:

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'Variables (Data of yer chart)
    Dim DataCount As Long
    Dim Data() As Single
   
    Dim ActData As Long
   
Sub CreateSampleData()
    Dim A As Long
   
    'Create 6 bars
    DataCount = 5
    ReDim Data(DataCount)
   
    'Randomize data
    For A = 0 To DataCount
        Data(A) = (100 * Rnd)
    Next
End Sub

Sub DrawChart()
    Dim A As Long
   
    Dim OffsetX As Long
    Dim OffsetY As Long
   
    Dim BarDistance As Long
    Dim BarWidth As Long
   
    'Size and distance of bars
    BarDistance = 20
    BarWidth = 10
   
    'Position of chart
    OffsetX = 20
    OffsetY = 100
   
    'Clear form
    Me.Cls
   
    For A = 0 To DataCount
        'Draw bar
        Line (OffsetX + (A * BarDistance), OffsetY)-(OffsetX + (A * BarDistance) + BarWidth, OffsetY - Data(A)), _
            QBColor(A), BF
    Next
End Sub

Sub SetupForm()
    With Me
        'Setup window
        .ScaleMode = vbPixels
       
        'Size
        .Width = 2500
        .Height = 2200
       
        'Center
        .Move (Screen.Width - .Width) / 2, (Screen.Height - .Height) / 2
       
        'Display window
        .Show
    End With
   
    DoEvents
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Click()
    'Next bar
    ActData = ActData + 1
    If ActData > DataCount Then: ActData = 0
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    SetupForm
   
    CreateSampleData
   
    DrawChart
End Sub

Private Sub Form_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    'Modify data
    Data(ActData) = Y
   
    DrawChart
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    'Release memory
    Erase Data
End Sub

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Thank you very much! Thats what I was looking for. I will play with it and see if I understand all that is going on.

PBSnake

Thank you very much! Thats what I was looking for. I will play with it and see if I understand all that is going on.

PBSnake