comp.lang.ruby

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10/5/2006 5:46:00 AM

XML/SWF Charts suited my needs better personally.

--Not going to spam the mailing list but if interested, google "xml/swf".


On 10/4/06, pkwan@advsofteng.com <pkwan@advsofteng.com> wrote:
> Advanced Software Engineering is pleased to announce the immediate
> availability of ChartDirector for Ruby 4.1, a professional chart
> component for Ruby On Rails and standalone Ruby applications.
>
> ChartDirector is a mature and powerful chart component available for
> many years with bindings to COM/VB/ASP, .NET, Java, Python, PHP, Perl
> and C++. Due to the popularity of Ruby in recent years, Advanced
> Software Engineering has decided to port ChartDirector to Ruby,
> providing professional charting capabilities to the Ruby world.
>
> Key ChartDirector 4.1 features include:
>
> - Synthesize Charts using Layers: Unique layering architecture enables
> you to synthesize the charts you want using standard chart layers.
>
> - Comprehensive Chart Styles: Pie, donut, bar, line, spline, step line,
> trend line, curve-fitting, inter-line filling, area, band, scatter,
> bubble, floating box, box-whisker, waterfall, finance, gantt, vector,
> radar, polar, rose ...
>
> - Financial Library with Source Code: Includes sophisticated financial
> charting library with 46 technical indicators. Comes with source code.
> Also includes an Interactive Financial Chart sample program.
>
> - Meters and Gauges: Angular meters of arbitrary angular span. Linear
> meters in horizontal and vertical orientations.
>
> - Unparalleled Customizability: Powerful object oriented API allows you
> to customize every chart details.
>
> - Flexible Axis System: Unlimited number of XY axes per chart.
> Automatic, semi-automatic and manual scaling. Linear, log, date/time
> and label-based axis. Configurable axis margins. Customizable axis
> labels.
>
> - Markup Text Support: The innovative ChartDirector Markup Language
> (CDML) technology allows rich formatting of text - embed icons and
> images in text, use multiple fonts and colors in the same piece of
> text, control text layout, alignment, line-spacing, wrapping,
> truncation, ...
>
> - Advanced Color System: All objects in ChartDirector are painted using
> configurable "color brushes", supporting ARGB colors (true color with
> alpha transparency), pattern colors (wallpaper), gradients, metallic
> colors, and threshold colors (colors that depend on data values).
>
> - AJAX Enabled User Interactions: Full suite of mouse events for chart
> objects. Customizable hot spots on charts. Pop-up tool tips,
> drill-down, drag to zoom and drag to scroll support. AJAX enabled for
> web applications so charts can be updated without page refresh.
>
> ChartDirector for Ruby comes with a ready-to-run Ruby On Rails sample
> application with numerous sample charts in MCV coding style. It also
> includes a complete set of sample charts as standalone Ruby scripts,
> and over 700 pages of full indexed and searchable documentation.
>
> Free fully functional trial version available. For more information,
> please refer to http://www.advs...
>
>
>