"Serge Belich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone point me to "complete' Perl Module for creating Bar and Line
> Charts? (With documentation?) I have tried unsuccessfully installing
> several modules, where upon building or testing sample scripts, there are
> error messages stating that other modules are needed. (Ex. Installing
> module GDGraph-1.32 (GD::Graph) calls for GD::Text::Align to be
> available.)
>
> If there is no 'complete' module available, would there be a complete
> document stating the exact steps needed for a quick (and headache-free)
> installation?
Serge,
c:\TEMP> ppm
PPM interactive shell (1.1.1) - type 'help' for available commands.
PPM> search gd
Packages available from http://www.activestate.com/Packages/:
GD [1.27] Interface to Gd Graphics Library
PPM> search png
Packages available from http://www.activestate.com/Packages/:
PNGgraph [1.11] Produces PNG graph plots
First install GD, and then PNGgraph. There are no other dependencies
of which I am aware. Above available for 5XX builds; not sure about
status for build 5.6. (But after my investigation below, I don't
believe these modules are the latest; read on.)
If you wish to see the documentation for a module before you install
it, all of the standard, and many modules available via PPM are
documented here for build 5.6:
http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl/docs/
I see GD, but not PNGgraph. Hmmm.
Here, many more CPAN modules are documented; this seems like
the right page to find PNGgraph:
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/by-category/18_Images_Pixmaps_Bitmaps.html
There is Chart-PNGgraph which is deprecated. The documentation says
it is superceded by GD::Graph. The documentation for GIFgraph says
it is also superceded by GD::Graph.
By doing a search, I found PNGgraph here:
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/PNGgraph/PNGgraph.html
Although it isn't stated, it looks as though PNGgraph has also been
superceded by GD::Graph. Doing another search, GD::Text::Align
should be documented here:
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/GDTextUtil/GD/Text/Align.html
...but it is a dead link.
Summary: It has been a while since I used GIFgraph and it looks there
has been a good bit of restructuring. Maybe someone else here can
help. :-)
--David
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