I only use servlets with CFMX (both java, both talk to each other
nicely, server processing goes quickly and is not dependent on client
software package, and the resulting .png or .jpg images can be cached
on the server). There's no registering classes, just dump your charts
directory in [cfroot]\lib, mine is named javachart (can't remember if it
was kavachart and I renamed it), so you just call
javachart.servlet.twinAxisStackBarLineApp (for example).
<cfobject type="Java" action="CREATE"
CLASS="javachart.servlet.twinAxisStackBarLineApp" name="chart">
<cfscript>
tmp = this.chart.setProperty("width", 800);
//... etc
</cfscript>
If you want to make it even easier, throw all your default settings into
a graphs.cfc, make the dynamic settings into arguments, and have the
cfc make the object call and setProperty calls.
Pros? Quick, flexible, a large library of pre-made classes and graph
types, server side, outputs to PNG, expandable, works flawlessly with
CFMX - install is non-existant, I never get errors from my charts once
they work.
Cons? A large number of charts, but they're not always well documented
b/c I'd imagine they were all written by different people. For example,
you can spend a good amount of time discovering whether *this* dualAxis
graph that you've never used uses "barAxis" and "auxAxis", or "yAxis"
and "auxAxis", or "barAxis" and "yAxis", even though the documentation
says all graphs should behave a certain way. This becomes negligible
after you familiarize yourself with the various types - I find myself
using 3 or 4 for 95% of my charts, and after using kavachart for years
now I know exactly how they all behave.
HTH,
-Jeff
Michael Carluen (michaelc) wrote:
>Anyone have general pros/cons comments, tips, suggestions, problems,
>etc.. on using KavaChart applets on CFMX? Many thanks!!
>
>
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support
efficiency by 100%
http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49
Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216377
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
