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Do I need to purchase a license of HighCharts separately? |
No. FusionCharts comes bundled with a license of HighCharts in it, as part of its exclusive agreement with creators of HighCharts software. When you purchase a license of FusionCharts, the same license applies to HighCharts as part of it. |
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Can I save the charts generated by FusionCharts as an image? |
Yes - starting FusionCharts v3.0.5, you can save the charts as images from FusionCharts itself. Please see the section "Exporting Charts as Images/PDFs" to see how to do this. |
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Can I email the charts? |
Yes - you can email the charts as ActiveX Objects. But, most of the modern day email clients wouldn't show the chart for security reasons, as it's an ActiveX object. However, using the new image save feature, you can just right click on chart, save it and send via email. |
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Can I use JSON as data source for FusionCharts? |
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Yes - FusionCharts JavaScript class allows you to provide JSON data to the chart. You would need to build your JSON as per the JSON format that the FusionCharts JavaScript class accepts. For more information on the JSON data format required to create a chart, please go through the FusionCharts JSON data format defined in the JSON section. |
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Can FusionCharts directly consume data from my database instead of XML/JSON? |
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No - FusionCharts cannot directly access any database. Using FusionCharts, you'll always need to provide data to the charts in XML format. FusionCharts JavaScript class also provides for the option to specify data in JSON format. For this, you'll have to set a middleware script (like ASP, PHP, .NET, ColdFusion, J2EE etc.), which would access your database and then build the XML or JSON output for FusionCharts. |
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Can I stop FusionCharts from animating? |
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Yes - absolutely. Just set <chart animation='0' ..> in your XML data or { chart : { animation : "0" } ... } in your JSON data and the charts won't animate any more. |
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Can I place my DHTML Menu over the chart? |
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Yes- starting from FusionCharts v3.2 the charts are rendered in Opaque mode(default), allowing all DHTML elements like menu etc. appear over the chart. |
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I want to hide the "Print Chart" menu item from context menu. How can I do that? |
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Just set <chart ... showPrintMenuItem='0' ...> in your XML data or { chart : { ... showPrintMenuItem : '0' }... } in your JSON data. |
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I want to use a dataURL like Data.asp?id=1&subId=2 for the chart. How can I pass these attributes as a part of dataURL? |
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In case, you rendering the chart using HTML Embedding method, just URL-Encode the dataURL and then provide the same to the charts. However, if you are implementing your chart using the FusionCharts JavaScript class, you do not need to do anything extra. The JavaScript class will take care of the rest. All you need to do is pass your dataUrl. |
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Can I use FusionCharts v3 with my Flash 6/MX 2004 applications? |
No - FusionCharts v3 cannot be used with Flash 6 / MX 2004 applications as it has been coded in Flash 8 (ActionScript 2). In case, you require an older version of FusionCharts which runs on Flash 6 player, please send drop us a mail, including your Order Id, at [email protected] and we'll be glad to provide you with the same. |
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Can I create a chart, using FusionCharts suite, in my Flex applications? |
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No - you would need to use specially compiled chart SWF files from FusionCharts for Flex to create charts in your Flex applications. Moreover, you need to use FusionCharts.swc (separate builds are provide for Flex SDK 2/3/4), the Flex Builder component, to load the charts into Flex applications. You can read more on how to use FusionCharts in Flex from Guide For Flash Developers > Using Flex page. |
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Can I create a chart in my Flash CS3/CS4 movies? |
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Yes - you would need to use specially compiled charts SWF files from FusionCharts for Flex to create charts in your Flash movies and applications. However, you would also need to use a loader class file which is provided in the Code > FlashExamples > CS3CS4 > com folder of the Download Pack. You can read more on how to use FusionCharts in Flash CS3/CS4 from Guide For Flash Developers > Using Flash CS3/CS4 page. |
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Is there any limitation on the size of a chart that I can create? |
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In Flash Player 10, the maximum size for a chart is 8,192 pixels in width or height, and the total number of pixels cannot exceed 16,777,216 pixels. (i.e., if a chart is 8,192 pixels wide, it can only be 2,048 pixels high.). Note that in Flash Player 9 and earlier versions, the limitation is 2,880 pixels in height and 2,880 pixels in width. |
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Can I use the FusionCharts as a part of my commercial product under the Personal/Website/Intranet/Enterprise/Enterprise Plus license? |
No - none of these licenses allow you to include FusionCharts as a part of your commercial product. For that, you need an OEM license. Please contact us as [email protected] to get more information on OEM license. |
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I want load the XML/JSON data from another domain name (website). Can you tell me how to do this? |
Since Flash doesn't allow loading of XML documents/data from other domains, it is not directly possible to load data from other domains. However, a proxy page can do the trick. |
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Can I change the Chart messages like "Loading Chart.", "Retrieving Data" etc.? |
Yes - please see Advanced Charting > Chart Messages section. |
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Can I change the background color of when Chart Messages are shown? |
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Yes - you can set the color of the background over which the Chart Messages are shown. To do this, you need to set the color value as a parameter of FusionCharts JavaScript constructor, as shown under: var chart1 = new FusionCharts("Column2D.swf", "ChId1", "300", "250", "0", "1", "#FF0000");
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