Creating an editable business chart
In this recipe we will create a basic business chart with editable fields. The user will be able to input a value in percentage and the vertical bars will rise or fall accordingly.
In a real world application, these numbers could be dynamically fed from an XML (RSS) or JSON feedthat streams live information from a database.
How to do it...
The following steps will demonstrate the creation of a business chart:
1. Select the 3D box tool (Shift + F4 or X) and create a box at the center of the page. On the 3D box toolbar press the "Parallel" icons
relative to the Angle X: and Angle Y: options and set them to 180° and 90° respectively to create a 1-point perspective, move the Z vanishing point to approximately the center of the box.
2. Switch to the Selector tool (Space, F1 or S) and remove the stroke by holding Shift while clicking on the none icon
in the palette and make the box 350px wide and 250px tall by entering those numbers on the Selector toolbar.3...
