Print ChartPanel with modifications

[Ted Hill]

Hello,

In my application, I display a ChartPanel without a Title or a Legend. (The application displays this information elsewhere outside of the ChartPanel.)

However, when I print the ChartPanel, I'd like to be able to print it with ChartPanel's Title and Legend.

Is there someway to override the ChartPanel.createChartPrintJob() in order to add a title and legend?

Or simply create another instance of the Chart with a title and legend that is not displayed on screen and send that to the printer?

Other suggestions?

Thanks.

[david.gilbert]

You should be able to clone the chart that is being managed by the ChartPanel, then add a legend and a title to the clone, then print that. Cloning the chart will not clone the underlying dataset, although you can do that manually if it is something you need.

There are lots of JUnit tests that check the cloning, but I think most people don't ever use the cloning feature, so be sure to test your code thoroughly and report any bugs you encounter.

[Ted Hill]

Thank you very much -- works perfectly!