Histogram works, Pie Chart doesn't :(

Question

I have a simple form, which has 1 block, a block level "when-new-block-instance" trigger and 2 bean_area under the block (beans don't have any trigger code). This simple form is called from within another form when a button is pressed. The histogram (bar chart) works, but the simple pie chart doesn't work (only displays a single circle - not the slices on the pie). The related trigger code is below. Can anybody see what is wrong with the pie chart code ?
Appreciated.
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-- Set the bean area properties
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'CLEAR_BLOCK','');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'GRAPHTYPE','VERTICAL_BAR');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'ENABLE_TOOLTIPS','VALUES');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'SET_DELIMITER','#');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'SET_TITLE','Order Count By WHIP#red#b#14');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'SET_FOOTER','WHIP Name#blue#12');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'SET_DELIMITER',',');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'SET_Y_LABEL','Move Your Mouse To View The Value For Each Bar');
-- Use the following for a nice 3D look (if users want)
-- SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'SET_DEPTH','20,45');
-- This should populate and display the data on the graph by using the related PJC
DECLARE
ordercount NUMBER(10);
whipname VARCHAR2(25);
vData VARCHAR2(200);
vDelimiter VARCHAR2(1);
cursor c1 is select distinct interface_name from pps_order order by interface_name;
BEGIN
vDelimiter := ',';
open c1;
fetch c1 into whipname;
while (c1%found) loop
select count(*) into ordercount from pps_order where interface_name=whipname;
vData := 'Total Order Count Per WHIP'||vDelimiter||whipname||vDelimiter||ordercount;
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'ADD_ROWDATA',vData);
fetch c1 into whipname;
end loop;
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA1',1,'ADD_DATA_TO_GRAPH','');
close c1;
END;
-- THIS SECTION IS FOR THE PIE CHART
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'CLEAR_BLOCK','');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'GRAPHTYPE','PIE_GRAPH');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'SHOW_PIE_LABELS','VALUE');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'SET_DELIMITER','#');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'SET_TITLE','Order Count By WHIP#red#b#14');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'SET_FOOTER','WHIP Name#blue#12');
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'SET_DELIMITER',',');
-- This should populate and display the data on the graph by using the related PJC
DECLARE
ordercount NUMBER(10);
whipname VARCHAR2(25);
vData VARCHAR2(200);
vDelimiter VARCHAR2(1);
cursor c2 is select distinct interface_name from pps_order order by interface_name;
BEGIN
vDelimiter := ',';
open c2;
fetch c2 into whipname;
while (c2%found) loop
select count(*) into ordercount from pps_order where interface_name=whipname;
vData := 'Total Order Count Per WHIP'||vDelimiter||whipname||vDelimiter||ordercount;
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'ADD_ROWDATA',vData);
fetch c2 into whipname;
end loop;
SET_CUSTOM_PROPERTY('BLOCK1.BEAN_AREA2',1,'ADD_DATA_TO_GRAPH','');
close c2;
END;
GO_ITEM('BLOCK1.CLOSE');
This uses the FormsGraph.jar file implementation as you can see. I know Frank Nimphius is the only expert when it comes to FormsGraph.jar at Oracle, but currently he is on vacation - so no official support to an unofficial (unsupported) charting implementation - but I thought there might be others who have done this before.
Can someone who implemented a pie chart share his/her code here - a simple pie chart, nothing fancy (like the one that comes with the graph90.fmb file, which I followed but did not figure out why my implementation is not working). Something with the vData string or number of vData strings requirement? no explanation in the FormsGraph.jar doc and I am not a java programmer to figure it out from the java source code. I am looking for a simple trigger code for the pie chart - not like "look at the forms90.fmb that comes with the demo package" kinda answer.
Thanx
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zaferaktan
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zaferaktan

Answer 1

Any idea ?