ValueIndex of TcursorTool

[Calou]

Hello,

I want to know the value index of a TcursorTool without moving it with the mouse (snap=true)

Is it possible?

Thank you

Regards

[Yeray]

Hi Calou,

Here is how you could do it:

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var Index: Integer;
begin
  Index := Series1.Clicked(Chart1.Axes.Bottom.CalcXPosValue(ChartTool1.XValue),
                           Chart1.Axes.Left.CalcYPosValue(ChartTool1.YValue));
  Chart1.Title.Text.Text := IntToStr(Index);
end;

[Yeray]

Hi Calou,

I'm not sure to understand you. The index of the tool? But when you want to retrieve it, when it's clicked?

[Calou]

Yes i want the valueindex of the tool to display series values when the chart is shown and before the user move the cursor

[Yeray]

Hi Calou,

I'm afraid that I'm still not sure to understand what exactly you want to do. If you have several tools and you want to know which one is the cursor tool you could do:

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procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var i, CursorIndex: Integer;
begin
  for i:=0 to Chart1.Tools.Count-1 do
  begin
    if (Chart1.Tools[i] is TCursorTool) then
    begin
      CursorIndex := i;
      break;
    end;
  end;

  Chart1.Title.Text.Text := IntToStr(CursorIndex);
end;

Otherwise, if you want to know if your (known) Cursor tool is clicked when the chart is clicked, you could do as follows:

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var MouseX, MouseY: Integer;

procedure TForm1.Chart1MouseMove(Sender: TObject; Shift: TShiftState; X,
  Y: Integer);
begin
  MouseX := X;
  MouseY := Y;
end;

procedure TForm1.Chart1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if (ChartTool1.Clicked(MouseX,MouseY) = TCursorClicked(1)) or
     (ChartTool1.Clicked(MouseX,MouseY) = TCursorClicked(2)) or
     (ChartTool1.Clicked(MouseX,MouseY) = TCursorClicked(3)) then
    Chart1.Title.Text.Text := 'Cursor Tool clicked'
  else
    Chart1.Title.Text.Text := 'Cursor Tool NOT clicked';
end;

[Calou]

that you write in your first answer is good for me. However I have tried your code but index always = -1 because I think i look at ChartTool1.XValue and ChartTool1.YValue before the chart is drawn and their values =0

That i want to do is when the chart is visible i want to print the value of the series where the cursor is. So i try to know the valueindex of the series where the cursor is at the beginning.
I hope it is more clear

[Yeray]

Hi Calou,

If I understand fine, you probably only need to force a chart draw (Chart1.Draw; ). Here is a simple example of what I understood:

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uses series, TeeTools;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var i, CursorIndex, SeriesIndex: Integer;
begin
  Chart1.View3D := false;
  CursorIndex := -1;
  SeriesIndex := -1;

  for i:=0 to 3 do
  begin
    Chart1.AddSeries(TPointSeries.Create(self));
    Chart1[i].FillSampleValues(25);
  end;

  Chart1.Tools.Add(TAnnotationTool.Create(self));
  Chart1.Tools.Add(TDragMarksTool.Create(self));
  Chart1.Tools.Add(TAnnotationTool.Create(self));
  Chart1.Tools.Add(TCursorTool.Create(self));

  for i:=0 to Chart1.Tools.Count-1 do
    if (Chart1.Tools[i] is TCursorTool) then
    begin
      CursorIndex := i;
      break;
    end;

  (Chart1.Tools[CursorIndex] as TCursorTool).Series := Chart1[2];
  (Chart1.Tools[CursorIndex] as TCursorTool).Snap := true;

  for i:=0 to Chart1.SeriesCount-1 do
    if (Chart1.Tools[CursorIndex] as TCursorTool).Series = Chart1[i] then
    begin
      SeriesIndex := i;
      break;
    end;

  Chart1.Draw;
  with (Chart1.Tools[CursorIndex] as TCursorTool) do
    Chart1.Title.Text.Text := 'SeriesIndex: ' + IntToStr(SeriesIndex) + '  XValue: ' + FloatToStr(XValue) + '  YValue: ' + FloatToStr(YValue);
end;