Forum OpenACS Q&A: Display chart in web page

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1: Display chart in web page
Posted by Irma Gamez on 10/14/11 11:15 PM
Hello. I need to display a normal distribution graph in my dotlrn package. I´ve reading related posts but I´ve just found old posts.
Is there some library in the dotlrn or the openacs that helps?
Or, is there some way to use java libraries like JFreechart?
I´m kind of newbie with tcl.

Thank you.

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2: Re: Display chart in web page (response to 1)
Posted by Michael Aram on 10/15/11 11:21 AM
This is not an answer to your question, but just in case you are not aware of the Google Chart tools: http://code.google.com/apis/chart/
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3: Re: Display chart in web page (response to 2)
Posted by Irma Gamez on 10/15/11 04:46 PM
Thank you very much!
I pasted the code in a .adp and it works!

Thanks again.

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4: Re: Display chart in web page (response to 1)
Posted by Steve Manning on 10/17/11 12:57 PM
If you want a flash/javascript solution that works without having to connect to Google then the free version of Fusion Charts is also worth a look http://www.fusioncharts.com/free/gallery/

- Steve
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5: Re: Display chart in web page (response to 4)
Posted by Irma Gamez on 10/18/11 08:02 AM
Very nice. But I don´t know how to use my data.
I take the data from a procedure that returns a list. How can I call that procedure in order to use a fusion chart template? Actually I don´t know what to do with the .tcl file, because chart runs if I just paste the sample in a .adp file.

Thank you.

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6: Re: Display chart in web page (response to 5)
Posted by Steve Manning on 10/18/11 09:33 AM
Its quite straightforward. Create your data as an xml page using an adp and db_multirow then pass the name of that page as the dataURL parameter to FusionCharts take a look at the docs http://www.fusioncharts.com/free/docs/

- Steve
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7: Re: Display chart in web page (response to 5)
Posted by Steve Manning on 10/18/11 09:35 AM