look at the name attribute of chart. Use this to use inline images via base64 encoding. This is available now in CFMX 6.1 Updater. This is not email attachments, rather inline images. of course your mail client needs to be able to handle it, Outlook does.
Doug On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:22:50 -0600, Nick Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cold Fusion MX 6.1 > > I am looking for some ideas in an area that I have no experience. Creating > plots/charts and emailing to users. Users will be business oriented people, > but not necessarily technically oriented. > > I am hoping some one(s) may save me some lengthy research time. > > The source is a series of test data in a MySql db. The data is date/time > stamped. The task is for customers to select 1 to 4 data sets and we create > a time line plot. Then email the plot. > > Any ideas for how to do this? Examples, I have came up with so far, but > haven't fully investigated are > > 1. Use CFCHART/CFCHARTSERIES to create an html template. Then email the > template. Or, possible email a link to the template. I have limited > experience with CFCHART/CFCHARTSERIES, and was disappointed in its > flexibility. Now wishing there is better approach. > > 2. Create an Excel spread sheet and email the sheet as an attachment. > > 3. Creating the customer a standard Chart template to install in their > local Excel. Then email data in a .CSV or .XLS format. > > First I have no Excel charting experience, and may be totally out in left > field on this approach. > > The Excel or a similar approach, if workable, would allow the user some > flexibility to manipulate and use the data in their own way. But, not being > an Excel expert, I am clueless on how user friendly this could be. > > Any ideas you have used? Ideas you think may have some promise? > > Pitfalls to watch out for? > > Thanks, > > Nick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:185980 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
