Re: Bar graph in Forms 4.5

From: Paul Dorsey <pdorsey.dulcian_at_worldnet.att.net>
Date: 19 Oct 1998 23:02:45 GMT
Message-ID: <70ggel$qjn_at_bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>


[Quoted] Use Oracle graphics.

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Paul Dorsey
[Quoted] Dulcian, Inc.
www.dulcian.com
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Mark Styles wrote in message <362b57c6.24547437_at_news.intra.bt.com>...

>Hi, hope someone can help me with this!
>
>I have a 4.5 form, with a multi row block.
>Each row is a 'process'.
>I would like to graphically show the progress of each process with a
>kind of bargraph.
>Each process can be in one of 5 states, so if you imagine a bar from 0
>to 100%, each phase would fill 20% of the bar.
>
>e.g.:
>
>process 01 * * * *
>process 02 * * *
>process 07 * * * * *
>process 12 *
>
>The asterisks would be represented more graphically.
>
>I want the colour of the bar to reflect the status of the process,
>green for ok, red for failed.
>
>So far, the only way I've found to do this is to have two bitmaps held
>on disk, one red and one green, wide enough to cover 20% of the bar. I
>then populate up to 5 non base columns with the relevant image, using
>read_image_file. This works, but it is very slow. Can anyone offer a
>way to speed it up, or a better solution to the problem?
>
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
>Mark Styles
>Spam my account, lose your account. Clear enough?
>Religious tolerance is an oxymoron.
Received on Tue Oct 20 1998 - 01:02:45 CEST

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