The following example shows how you can customize the radial stroke in a Flex PieChart control by using the PieSeries class’s radialStroke style and the mx.graphics.Stroke class, as seen in the following snippet:

<mx:PieChart dataProvider="{dp.product}" height="250" width="100%">
    <mx:series>
        <mx:PieSeries id="pieSeries" field="@data">
            <mx:radialStroke>
                <mx:Stroke color="black" weight="2" />
            </mx:radialStroke>
            <mx:filters>
                <mx:Array />
            </mx:filters>
        </mx:PieSeries>
    </mx:series>
</mx:PieChart>

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/11/10/customizing-radial-strokes-in-a-flex-piechart-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.graphics.Stroke;

            private function setStroke(evt:Event):void {
                var stroke:Stroke = new Stroke();
                stroke.color = colorPicker.selectedColor;
                stroke.weight = slider.value;
                stroke.caps = comboBox.selectedItem.label;
                pieSeries.setStyle("radialStroke", stroke);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:XML id="dp">
        <products>
            <product label="Product 1" data="3" />
            <product label="Product 2" data="1" />
            <product label="Product 3" data="4" />
            <product label="Product 4" data="1" />
            <product label="Product 5" data="5" />
            <product label="Product 6" data="9" />
        </products>
    </mx:XML>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="color:">
                <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker"
                        change="setStroke(event);" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="weight:">
                <mx:HSlider id="slider"
                        minimum="0"
                        maximum="10"
                        value="0"
                        liveDragging="true"
                        snapInterval="1"
                        tickInterval="1"
                        change="setStroke(event);" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="caps:">
                <mx:ComboBox id="comboBox"
                        change="setStroke(event);">
                    <mx:dataProvider>
                        <mx:Array>
                            <mx:Object label="none" />
                            <mx:Object label="round" />
                            <mx:Object label="square" />
                        </mx:Array>
                    </mx:dataProvider>
                </mx:ComboBox>
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:PieChart id="pieChart"
            dataProvider="{dp.product}"
            height="100%"
            width="100%">
        <mx:series>
            <mx:PieSeries id="pieSeries"
                    field="@data"
                    labelPosition="callout">
                <mx:radialStroke>
                    <mx:Stroke color="black"
                            weight="0" caps="none" />
                </mx:radialStroke>
                <mx:filters>
                    <mx:Array />
                </mx:filters>
                <mx:perWedgeExplodeRadius>
                    <mx:Array>
                        <mx:Number>0.2</mx:Number>
                    </mx:Array>
                </mx:perWedgeExplodeRadius>
            </mx:PieSeries>
        </mx:series>
    </mx:PieChart>

</mx:Application>

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Peter deHaan

Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

2 Responses to Customizing radial strokes in a Flex PieChart control

  1. RBKB says:

    Thank you for your nice tips on Pie chart. Really very usefull. I am showing a pie chart based on the dates. If there is no data for those dates, pie chart does not appear. But when I use <mx:radialStroke>, a line still appears in place of a pie chart. Any ideas on how to get rid of this line?

    Thanks in advance

  2. Timo says:

    Nice post, but is there a way to define multiple radialStrokes?
    Like for example: The orange field gets an orange stroke, the green field gets a green one and so on…

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