A multi-color bar chart with a gradient background color and soft lighting effects.

A multi-color bar chart with a gradient background color and glass lighting effects.

All axes are hidden and only the axis labels are shown.

Note this chart is configured to be symmetrical. There are axis labels on both the left and right sides.

A multi-color bar chart with a gradient background color and cylindrical bars.

All axes are hidden and only the axis labels are shown.

Note this chart is configured to be symmetrical. There are axis labels on both the left and right sides.

A percentage bar chart in which the bars are automatically scaled to stacked up to 100%.

Note the legend keys contain icons. They are created using ChartDirector Mark Up Language (CDML).

A percentage bar chart taken from a real life application.

Note that x-axis labels. They are rotated by 45 degrees to avoid overlapping.

A multi-bar chart configured to use different bar shapes for data series.

Note the legend keys. They reflect both the shapes and the colors.

A multi-bar chart configured to use cylindrical bars.

A multi-bar chart configured with overlapping bars.

The bar chart is colored using "zone colors". Zone colors are colors that changes abruptly at user-defined threshold positions.

The background, bar and label colors of this chart uses three zone colors with thresholds at y = 0.

A horizontal bar chart with axes and grid lines hidden. Data values are shown using text labels instead.

Note the bars are gradient colored. The color changes smoothly from dark green on the left to white on the right.

This chart demonstrates the mark and zone features of ChartDirector.

The red, yellow and green background regions are user-defined zones. The "Alert" and "Watch" lines are user defined marks.

The bars are configured with rasied borders and touch each others, so there are no gaps between bars.