Using the Dynamic Pie Chart Applet
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HTML Tags
The pie chart applet requires a simple set of HTML tags to pass in data
and set some options:
<applet code="piechart.class" height=180 width=300>
You can specify any height and width you want for your chart.
<param name="title" value="Market Share">
Here you specify the title which will be displayed on the chart.
<param name="csize" value="120">
Here you specify the diameter of the chart itself in pixels.
<param name="mode" value="1">
Mode "0" allows values to be entered as percentages, "1" takes absolute values.
<param name="keymode" value="1">
Mode "0" shows key values in a box, "1" displays them around the outside of the pie chart.
<param name="noofvals" value="3">
In this parameter you supply the number of wedges to be shown.
<param name="val1" value="50">
<param name="val2" value="25">
<param name="val3" value="25">
Here you specify the percentage values for each wedge.
<param name="key1" value="IBM">
<param name="key2" value="Compaq">
<param name="key3" value="Dell">
Here you specify the label for each wedge
<param name="red1" value="255">
<param name="red2" value="0">
<param name="red3" value="80">
<param name="green1" value="0">
<param name="green2" value="255">
<param name="green3" value="80">
<param name="blue1" value="0">
<param name="blue2" value="0">
<param name="blue3" value="255">
The parameters are used to select Red, Green and Blue values for
each wedge.
Enter numbers between 0 and 255.
</applet>
See more examples of how the HTML tags can be used.