http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm Charlie Arehart's Blog en-us Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:05:00 -0400 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss blogmaster@carehart.org (Charlie Arehart) blogmaster@carehart.org (Charlie Arehart) http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/8/8/charting_power_in_CFMX7 Did you know there's a nifty Chart Designer built into CFMX 7? While Webcharts has sat under CFMX's charting since 6.0, this designer tool is newly available in CF7 only, as the webcharts.bat file in the cfusionmx7/charting subdirectory. It allows you to create still more useful and attractive charts than are built into CFCHART, and then you can leverage them using CFCHART. For those who've followed CF7 closely, this is old news, but for those who are still getting up to speed in CF7, it may be quite newsworthy. I'd like to point you below to a few references to learn more. First, here's a screenshot of what the tool looks like: <img src="/images/webchart-screen.jpg"> And here are some of the resources to help guide you, from blog entries to articles to the docs to podcasts. I'd also like to thank Dale Fraser of the CFAussie mailing list whose note today first clued me into this stuff. Enjoy: <ul> <li>Steve Brownlee's: <a href="http://www.fusioncube.net/?p=32">Customizing Your CFCHART Results</a>, from 12/05, which shows how to use the designer tool and how to connect to data in your app using CFCHART <li>Chris Wiggington's <a href="http://www.intersuite.com/client/index.cfm/2005/11/15/ColdFusion-Tip-Using-the-included-webcharts3d-engine-in-CFMX-7">"ColdFusion Tip: Using the included webcharts3d engine in CFMX 7"</a>, from 11/05. He focuses on calling it using Java and building the XML for the chart <li>Tim Buntel's CFDJ article, <a href="http://cfdj.sys-con.com/read/86124.htm">"Not Your Father's Charting" by Tim Buntel in CFDJ</a> <li><a href="http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=00001431.htm">The CFMX 7 docs on CFCHART and leveraging this feature</a> <li><a href="http://coldfusionweekly.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=76142#">The ColdFusion Weekly Podcast of April 3</a> <li>Apologies to anyone else who had a useful controbution on this subject. Let me know in a comment and I'll add you here. </ul> Note as well that there is a pdf in that charting directory, a 35 page Designer User's Guide. And pay special attention to the available options in the designer under file>setup, in particular the 2 tabs, designer and server. There is a more complete (125 page) <a href="http://www.webcharts3d.com/website/WebCharts50/products/developer.pdf">WebChart Developer's Guide</a>. Finally, some other useful CF charting tips are available in a blog that was devoted to the subject, <a href="http://cfchart.blogspot.com/">http://cfchart.blogspot.com/ </a>. Though he only made entries June and July 2005, it's worth a look. charting cfml Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:05:00 -0400 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/8/8/charting_power_in_CFMX7