Hello,

ChartDirector 6 arrived. As you may know the MBS ChartDirector Plugin is based 
on the ChartDirector C library and this one got updated. We actually include 
the latest library already in the 15.1 release of our plugin. Now the ports for 
php and java are also done and the package is released.



Advanced Software Engineering is pleased to announce the immediate availability 
of ChartDirector 6.0.

ChartDirector 6.0 can now output charts as vector graphics in PDF. Comparing to 
SVG, another vector grapihcs format supported by ChartDirector, users are more 
familiar with PDF and viewers are widely available. PDF is therefore an ideal 
format to create soft copies of the charts.

For SVG, many browsers can now display SVG in IMG tags. ChartDirector 6.0 comes 
with an upgraded Javascript library that can support user interaction features 
for SVG, such as AJAX chart updates, tooltips, hot spots, programmable track 
cursors and zooming and scrolling support. Furthermore, the Javascript library 
now has touch support. The track cursor can track finger movement in addition 
to the mouse, and zooming and scrolling can be by tapping.

ChartDirector 6.0 comes with a new Viewport Control that supports both desktop 
and web applications. The Viewport Control lets users visualize and manipulate 
the viewport, which is a window on the full data range. Users can move the 
viewport in 2D to scroll the chart both horizontally and vertically, and resize 
the viewport to zoom in or out the chart.

ChartDirector 6.0 includes built-in support for zooming and scrolling for 
realtime charts, in which the viewport will be adjusted as the data are updated 
in realtime.

Meters and guages in ChartDirector have undergone a major upgrade. Linear 
meters can now uses bars in addition to pointers to represent data values. 
Color scales can be added at various positions to represent the scales by color 
gradients with variable thickness. The background, border and pointers styles 
have also been enhanced.

A list of new features in ChartDirector 6.0 can be found in the release note at 
http://www.advsofteng.com/release60.html



You can already get MBS ChartDirector Plugin in version 15.1 and use the new 
SVG and PDF features. For the improvements on control handling, we'll soon 
update our examples. 


Sincerely
Christian

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