3D Bar Chart Applet: Chapter 3
(Trial Version)

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Special Features

3D Bar Chart Applet comes with some unique features. For example, special title effects, chart effects, elevated bars, and the navigator. 

 1. Title Effects

There are severals title effects: dropshadow, fadein, fly in from left, fly in from right, fade in from left, fade in from right. You can click on the buttons to see the different effects. Please refer to the paramsters "TitleShadow" and "TitleEffect" for more detail.
 

Demo Chart

2. Chart Effects

There is a parameter "ChartEffect". When the applet is loading, you can specify different special effects. You can click on the button to see the special effect. Please refer to "ChartEffect" for details.

rotateleft
rotateright

You can specify the chart to rotate to left or rotate to right. It is just like the car show turntable display. You can see the chart in 360 degrees
growing The chart is growing from the floor. It is very cool.
falling The chart is falling from the sky.
backing The chart is backing up from the front. It is like parking up a truck.
fromleft The chart is appearing from left side wall.
fromback The chart is appearing from back wall.

3. Elevated bars

You can select any bar by single click on the bar and it will be elevated and show the value of the selected element. (You can try it out on the demo chart above.)
 If you want to select the whole series, you can click on the colored box in the legend, then the whole group will be raised. (You can try it out on the demo chart above.)

4. Navigator

If you click the right button of the mouse, a popup menu will display on the screen. You can select to show or hide the Navigator. The Navigator will appear on the bottom-left corner. (You can try it out on the demo chart above.)
You can click the arrows to rotate the chart up, down, left, or right. When you click on the middle square, the chart will stop rotating. (You can try it out on the demo chart above.)