I can think of three ways, each one successively more painful than the previous:
1. Draw it in a drawing applications and pick it up with fo:external-graphic. 2. Create an SVG. 3. Create a table. More about doing this as a table. Provided your data is pretty simple, you can create a bar chart by coloring cells in a largish table, thus: ----------------- | | | | | | | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | X | | | | X | | X | | | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | ----------------- (where X marks a cell you should color) The table trick will very quickly become hard to implement if you have much data or if you have fine gradation within the data (for example, where the difference between 88% and 89% matters). This kind of thing is called a "text illustration" and comes from the days when technical writers had nothing but typewriters (just before my time - I got started with the first generation of word processing software, fortunately for me). Some of those old text illustrations were quite effective. A good grasp of the data and what needs to be communicated goes a long way, regardless of how spiffy the end result appears. (By the way, I've drawn boundaries here to show the table structure. However, graphics should generally minimize boundaries - reducing what Edward Tufte calls "chart junk" - and focus on the data. Of course, Tufte would also tell you that a bar chart is a pretty poor means of presenting data and that a good table would work better. But now we are off on a whole 'nother subject: information design, which fascinates me but isn't on topic here.) Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) "Seshamma Venkata C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/15/2005 03:45 AM Please respond to [email protected] To <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject Need info Hello, I am working with FOP and new to this.Can u please tell me how can i create a bar chart using FOP. Regards, Seshamma Sr.Software Engineer =========================================================================== Sobha Renaissance Information Technology Private Limited An SEI-CMM & P-CMM Level 5 Company World's 1st SSE-CMM Level 5 Company BS 7799 certified by British Standards Institute ISO 9001:2000 Certified by T�V Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg A Six Sigma Practice Company Tel: + 91 80 51951999; Fax: + 91 80 51523300; Video Conference: + 91 80 51252222 Email :[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Web: www.renaissance-it.com =========================================================================== The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies from any computer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
