I guess I am still don't really understand what you are trying to do...The motion chart API is the same API used for all other visualizations. It is javascript based, and the data should be in a DataTable object available from the visualization library. How do you want to access the file to read the data? How do you transform it into a data table?
VizGuy On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 3:45 PM, VirtualMachinery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > VizGuy > > Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I didn't phrase my question very > well. What I really want to do is put some data into a form that the > Motion chart visualization software can display locally without having > to put it on any class of a Server i.e. just read it from the file > system. I don't have security concerns about it - just convenience for > the end user. When I try to access my html file via a browser on my > local filesystem I get a security sandbox violation - is that a > symptom of why the file has to be installed on a server? My > understanding is that this was originally the GapMinder software and I > believe that that library could be run entirely locally - is that > correct and if so are Google likely to release the software in that > form? > > Thanks Again > Ken Hall > Virtual Machinery > www.virtualmachinery.com > > > > On Dec 10, 12:22 pm, VizGuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The page doesn't have to be on a publicly available server, and so is the > > data source.It can be all behind any firewall, as long as you have access > to > > load the library. > > Please note that no data is sent to Google (or to any other place) with > this > > chart. > > The only access is to read the chart Flash code. Your data remains on the > > browser only. > > > > VizGuy > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:18 PM, VirtualMachinery > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Very impressed with the Motion Chart visualization and have started > > > playing around with it. > > > > > There is one drawback for me for the purposes for which I would like > > > to use it - the page always has to be posted on a publicly available > > > server to be displayed. I have a number of questions that arise from > > > this - > > > > > 1. Will this always be the case - i.e. at some time in the future > > > there will be a version available that will let me view data locally > > > as I can do with (say) pie-charts? > > > 2. Is there any sneaky way round this? for example is there some other > > > way of using the API to display data locally e.g. using Java? > > > 3. Out of curiosity what is the technical reason for having to use a > > > public server? > > > > > Thanks > > > Ken Hall > > > Virtual Machinery > > >www.virtualmachinery.com- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
