<dvt:specialEffects>

Use the specialEffects tag to set gradient properties of a subcomponent of a graph or gauge.

Relationship with other tags

The specialEffects tag may be a child of the following components:
graph:
background, legendArea, graphPlotArea, graphPieFrame, series, timeSelector
gauge:
gaugeBackground, gaugeSetBackground, gaugePlotArea, gaugeFrame, gaugeLegendArea,
lowerLabelFrame, upperLabelFrame, threshold, indicator, indicatorBase, indicatorBar, threshold

The specialEffects tag can have a child tag: gradientStopStyle

Example

The following example shows the XML for a gradient fill for a gauge background.


<dvt:gauge>
    <dvt:gaugeBackground  borderColor="#848284">
         <dvt:specialEffects fillType="FT_GRADIENT" gradientDirection="GD_RADIAL">
            <dvt:gradientStopStyle stopIndex="0" gradientStopPosition="60" gradientStopColor="#FFFFCC"/>
            <dvt:gradientStopStyle stopIndex="1" gradientStopPosition="90" gradientStopColor="#FFFF99"/>
         </dvt:specialEffects>
    </dvt:gaugeBackground>
</dvt:gauge>

Attributes

Name	Type	Supports EL?	Description
id	java.lang.String	no	Specifies the identifier for the component
fillType	java.lang.String	no	Specifies whether a gradient or solid fill is used. FT_COLOR-- Specifies a solid fill with no gradient. FT_GRADIENT - Specifies a gradient fill, specialized by attributes of the gradientStopStyle tag.
gradientDirection	java.lang.String	no	Determines the direction of change for the gradient fill. GD_RIGHT - specifies left-to-right change GD_DOWN - specifies top-to-bottom change GD_DIAGONAL_45 GD_DIAGONAL_135 GD_RADIAL GD_RADIAL_TOP_LEFT GD_RADIAL_TOP_RIGHT GD_RADIAL_BOTTOM_LEFT GD_RADIAL_BOTTOM_RIGHT GD_RADIAL_OFF_CENTER - Only supported for gauge.
gradientNumStops	int	no	Specifies the number of gradientStopStyles (number of colors) used.