ActionScript Graphing Cookbook电子书

ActionScript Graphing Cookbook

Table of Contents

ActionScript Graphing Cookbook

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with Graph Drawing

Introduction

Drawing in two dimensions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Graphics drawing

Coordinate systems and transformations

See also

Building point charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Coordinate system

Scaling woes

Adding more parameters

See also

Creating a line graph based on a function

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Improving the Graph class

Using points to draw functions

Curves

See also

Adding labels and axes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Vertical axis

Screen versus graph coordinates

Error checking and adding parameters

Graphing a spreadsheet

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Two arrays

Associative array

Vectors

Associative array to two-dimensional array conversion

See also

Area charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Having the color as a parameter

The fill style

See also

Multiple area charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Improving the interface

Styling the fill

Styling a graph

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Transformation

Gradient lines and points, bitmap areas

See also

Adding legends

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

TextField customization

A background

See also

Using Flex for charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Flex without MXML

ActionScript in Flex

See also

2. Working with Data

Introduction

Preparing your data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Databases

Embedding CSV files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

CSV parsing

See also

Loading a data file from the Internet

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Other events

Relative URL

Security and cross-domain policies

See also

Loading a file from the local hard drive

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Cancel file browsing

See also

Loading data with XML

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Loading from other sources

Different XML structures

Loading data from Excel files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

as3xls

See also

Consuming the REST services

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

More web APIs

Using SOAP services

Exporting data as CSV to import in Excel

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Semicolon or comma

CSV header

Exporting data to a PDF file

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Headers and footers

Adding images

See also

3. Creating Bar Charts

Introduction

Drawing a bar chart with Flex

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Showing data tips

Displaying vertical bars

Adding more bars

See also

Building vertical bar charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Styling

Interactivity

Accommodating a wider data range

See also

Creating comparison bar charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a legend

See also

Drawing histograms

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Data range

So many bars

See also

Creating sparklines to enrich text content

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding the area under the line

Averaging the data

Making 3D bar charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using gradient

Using a real 3D engine

See also

4. Drawing Different Types of Graphs

Introduction

Drawing a pie chart with Flex

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Bevel or not

See also

Creating donut charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Labels

Donut chart as a pie chart

See also

Drawing meters and gauges

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Animation

Using the Flash IDE

See also

Making Venn diagrams

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Interactivity

More sets

Building pyramid charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Getters and setters

3D!

See also

Drawing bubble charts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Interactivity

Legends

See also

Creating tag clouds

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Modifying the alpha

Using embedded fonts

Creating a treemap

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Representing small values

Using a tree as data

See also

5. Adding Interaction

Introduction

Zooming and panning around a graph

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Cleaning up the code

Using the mousewheel

Centering on zoom

Fix axes

Sending data updates to the graph

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Scrolling data

Random access

Undo

Dispatching and listening for events

Making the points interactive: Hovering

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Attaching data to points

Better display

Selecting data points in the graph

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Selection by clicking

Drawing selected items

Adding to and removing from a selection

A dynamic graph based on an editable table

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Data validation

Zoom/pan on entry

Dragging data points to new values

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Processing the new location

More freedom

Adding and removing points

Linking graphs

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Multiple data sets

Animation

6. Mapping Geographical and Spatial Data

Introduction

Showing a map using the openscales.org API

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom controls

Using different maps

Adding points of interest to a map

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Changing the marker

A URL for image

Making the marker interactive

Parsing data to use as region fill

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Checking for errors

See also

Coloring a map

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using different countries

Using another color range

See also

Adding multiple layers to a map

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Making your own LayerManager control

Animating turning on/off layers

Overlaying a heat map

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using more precise data

Starting from blue

7. Animating a Graph

Introduction

Animating between two data sets

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using TweenLite

See also

Animating a meter

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Visualizing easing functions

See also

Automatic updates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Horizontal axis

See also

Zooming in on a specific data set

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a back button

Reverse animation

See also

Animating subway locations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Collisions

Playing the sounds

See also

8. Creating a Relational Network

Introduction

Preparing the data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Links for more theory

See also

Creating the visual for a node

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Styling

Arranging and linking the nodes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Box2D

Showing more than one level

Navigating through the relational network

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Refactoring

Animating the transitions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Different animation for navigating to a child

See also

Adding sounds

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Saving space

9. Creating Three-Dimensional Graphs

Introduction

Drawing in 3D: a 3D starter project

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

The maths

3D and games

Away3D 3

Creating a 3D column chart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

View3D

Two views

Shadows

Moving around the chart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Other controllers

Lenses

Other ways of moving

Controllers not just for cameras

Beyond the cube, drawing different shapes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

More shapes

Defining your own geometry

Loading 3D shapes

Graphing tabular data in 3D

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Transparent materials

A more generic Graph3D class

Other shapes and materials

Styling the graph with different materials

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Different image on each cube face

Text

Fine-tuning texture mapping

Graphing a function in three dimensions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

One geometry

Color change based on height

Two-sided surfaces

See also

10. Working with Various 3D Graph Types

Introduction

Mapping keyboard usage in 3D, part 1: The model

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

External 3D editor

Manipulating the shadows

See also

Mapping keyboard usage in 3D, part 2: The data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Key material

Read data directly from Wikipedia

Showing labels on hover

3D world population chart, part 1: The globe

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

3D world population chart, part 2: Dressing up

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding effects

Still more effects

3D world population chart, part 3: The data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Data set picker and loader

See also

Index