For whatever it's worth, I messed around with open flash charts a fair bit before going with the xml-based solution... I never got it working, either, got close, but could never really make sense of the output strings. But then, I'm not much of a programmer. I do know that I found the xml-based charts more attractive by default, and considerably easier to customize and manipulate.
In the end, I got tired of trying to force open flash charts to work for me instead of against me, and building an xml template is stupid easy. I use slideshowpro basically the same way. On Jan 18, 6:19 am, patrickk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks, this works fine. > > I´ll still try to get "open flash chart" working and I´ll post my > experience here. > > patrick. > > On 17 Jan., 18:23, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I'm embarrassed to admit I can't remember exactly which flash charting > > solution I went with, but I believe it was > > XML/SWF:http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/index.php?menu=Introduction > > > You can see it > > here:http://classicmotorsports.net/project-cars/1970-datsun-240z/ > > Scroll down to "on the dyno", then click on the Aug. dyno run. > > > Using it is pretty simple. All the flash stuff is in my media folder. > > Object tag in the page template looks like this: > > <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/media/flash/ > > charts.swf?library_path=/media/flash/ > > charts_library&xml_source=dyno_run.xml" > > width="700" height="375" id="dynoRun" > > > <param name="movie" value="/media/flash/charts.swf? > > library_path=/media/flash/charts_library&xml_source=dyno_run.xml" / > > > <param name="flashVersion" value="8" /> > > </object> > > > You'll note it calls dyno_run.xml > > the path to that is defined in my urls.py so as far as Flash is > > concerned, it's a relative url to the page calling it > > (r'^project-cars/(?P<slug>(\w|-)+)/dyno-runs/(?P<object_id>\d+)/$', > > 'classic.projects.views.get_dyno_runs'), > > > In views, I'm just gathering up whatever data I want to plot, so I > > won't bore you with that. > > > Then, the dyno_run.xml is pretty straightforward: > > <chart> > > <axis_value bold='false' size='10' /> > > <axis_category skip='4' bold='false' size='10' /> > > <chart_grid_v thickness='1' color='cccccc' /> > > <chart_pref line_thickness='2' point_shape='none' /> > > <chart_type>line</chart_type> > > <legend_transition type='zoom' duration='.5' /> > > <legend_label size='14' /> > > <chart_value position='cursor' size='12' color='000000' > > background_color='cccccc' alpha='70' /> > > <chart_data> > > <row> > > {% for item in run_values_list > > %}<string>{{item.rpm}}</string>{% > > endfor %} > > </row> > > <row> > > <string>Horsepower</string> > > {% for item in run_values_list %}<number>{{item.hp}}</ > > number>{% endfor %} > > </row> > > <row> > > <string>Torque</string> > > {% for item in run_values_list %}<number>{{item.torque}}</ > > number>{% endfor %} > > </row> > > </chart_data> > > </chart> > > > On Jan 17, 9:20 am, "Marty Alchin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've been considering this, but haven't gotten around to actually > > > doing so. Keep us posted if you have any success. > > > > -Gul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
