SetSeriesTransparency

Description

Sets the transparency percentage of a series in a DirectX 3D type graph.

Applies to

DataWindow control

Syntax

integer dwcontrol.SetSeriesTransparency ( string graphcontrol, stringseries, int transparency)

Argument

Description

dwcontrol

A reference to the DataWindow control containing the graph.

graphcontrol

A string whose value is the name of the graph in the DataWindow control.

series

The string that identifies the series in which you want to set the transparency value.

transparency

Integer value for percentage transparency. A value of 0 means that the series is opaque and a value of 100 means that it is completely transparent.


Return value

Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. If any argument's value is null, SetSeriesTransparency returns null.

Usage

SetSeriesTransparency sets the transparency value for a series in a DirectX 3D graph (those with 3D rendering).

Examples

These statements set the transparency percentage to 50% for the series named Costs in the graph gr_1 in the DataWindow control dw_employee:

integer SeriesNbr, ItemNbr, TransNbr
string ls_SeriesName
grObjectType clickedtype
 
// Get the number of the series and datapoint
clickedtype = this.ObjectAtPointer("gr_1", &
      SeriesNbr, ItemNbr)
 
//Get the name of series      
ls_SeriesName = dw_employee.SeriesName("gr_1", &
      SeriesNbr)
 
//The following statement sets Transparency to 50%
TransNbr = 50   
 
dw_employee.SetSeriesTransparency("gr_1", &
      ls_SeriesName, TransNbr)

See also

FindSeries

GetSeriesTransparency

GetDataTransparency

SetDataTransparency