FormatHint

Pie Chart Value Item - FormatHint Method

Allows you to overwrite the default hint for a chart item

Member of Pie Chart Value Item (PRIM_CHRT.PieChartValueItem)

Parameters

Name	Type	Data Type	Description
Title	*Input (Optional)	Unicode String	Title of hint
Line1	*Input (Optional)	Unicode String	Line one of hint
Line2	*Input (Optional)	Unicode String	Line two of hint
Line3	*Input (Optional)	Unicode String	Line three of hint

Details

Allows you to overwrite the default hint for a chart item. This is useful to add contextual details for each item.

Example

The example below shows the hints for each item being formatted after the entries have been added to the list.

Begin_Com Role(*EXTENDS #PRIM_WEB) Theme(#SYS_THEME) Layoutmanager(#Layout1)
 
    Define_Com Class(#PRIM_TBLO) Name(#Layout1)
    Define_Com Class(#PRIM_TBLO.Row) Name(#Layout1Row1) Displayposition(1) Parent(#Layout1)
    Define_Com Class(#PRIM_TBLO.Column) Name(#Layout1Column1) Displayposition(1) Parent(#Layout1)
    Define_Com Class(#PRIM_TBLO.Item) Name(#Layout1Item1) Alignment(TopCenter) Column(#Layout1Column1) Manage(#PieChart1) Parent(#Layout1) Row(#Layout1Row1)
 
    Define_Com Class(#PRIM_CHRT.PieChart) Name(#PieChart1) Displayposition(1) Height(800) Left(0) Parent(#COM_OWNER) Tabposition(1) Tabstop(False) Top(0) Width(1200)
    Define_Com Class(#PRIM_CHRT.PieChartCaption) Name(#PieChartCaption) Parent(#PieChart1)
    Define_Com Class(#PRIM_CHRT.PieChartValue) Name(#PieChartValue) Displayposition(1) Parent(#PieChart1) Themedrawstyle('Back(244,67,54,1)')
 
    Evtroutine Handling(#Com_owner.Initialize)
 
        #PieChartCaption := 'USA'
        #PieChartValue := 9.147
        Add_Entry To_List(#PieChart1)
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.ThemeDrawStyle := 'Back(244,67,54,.8)+Border(244,67,54,1)'
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.FormatHint Title(#PieChartCaption.CurrentItem.Caption) Line1(('Land mass of &1 million square kilometers').Substitute( #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.Value.AsString ))
 
        #PieChartCaption := 'Australia'
        #PieChartValue := 4.4
        Add_Entry To_List(#PieChart1)
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.ThemeDrawStyle := 'Back(0,137,123,.8)+Border(0,137,123,1)'
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.FormatHint Title(#PieChartCaption.CurrentItem.Caption) Line1(('Land mass of &1 million square kilometers').Substitute( #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.Value.AsString ))
 
        #PieChartCaption := 'Canada'
        #PieChartValue := 9.9
        Add_Entry To_List(#PieChart1)
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.ThemeDrawStyle := 'Back(96,125,139,.8)+Border(96,125,139,1)'
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.FormatHint Title(#PieChartCaption.CurrentItem.Caption) Line1(('Land mass of &1 million square kilometers').Substitute( #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.Value.AsString ))
 
        #PieChartCaption := 'UK'
        #PieChartValue := 0.245
        Add_Entry To_List(#PieChart1)
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.ThemeDrawStyle := 'Back(255,112,67,.8)+Border(255,112,67,1)'
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.FormatHint Title(#PieChartCaption.CurrentItem.Caption) Line1(('Land mass of &1 million square kilometers').Substitute( #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.Value.AsString ))
 
        #PieChartCaption := 'China'
        #PieChartValue := 9.326
        Add_Entry To_List(#PieChart1)
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.ThemeDrawStyle := 'Back(56,142,60,.8)+Border(56,142,60,1)'
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.FormatHint Title(#PieChartCaption.CurrentItem.Caption) Line1(('Land mass of &1 million square kilometers').Substitute( #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.Value.AsString ))
 
        #PieChartCaption := 'Russia'
        #PieChartValue := 17
        Add_Entry To_List(#PieChart1)
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.ThemeDrawStyle := 'Back(253,216,53,.8)+Border(253,216,53,1)'
        #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.FormatHint Title(#PieChartCaption.CurrentItem.Caption) Line1(('Land mass of &1 million square kilometers').Substitute( #PieChartValue.CurrentItem.Value.AsString ))
    Endroutine
 
End_Com

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