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FusionWidgets XT boasts of a plethora of enhancements which are listed below:

What's new in XT (v3.3.1 - SR3)

Existing FusionWidgets XT users can learn how to use the new features introduced in FusionWidgets XT here.

Fix:

  • Fixed issues with unexpected thick borders and other graphic artefacts appearing on Chrome version 29 and above.
  • Fixed the issue where on printing charts in IE8 and below, the tooltips were also getting printed along with the charts.
  • Fixed issue with tooltip text being incorrectly wrapped when charts are resized.
  • Real time charts show correct y-axis limits post chart resize.
  • Missing plot border is added in Funnel and Pyramid charts for 2D mode.
  • Initial animation issue in Bulb gauge is fixed.
  • Plugged memory leakage caused while managing text wrapping when charts are repeatedly resized.
  • Tooltip of gauges now have shadows enabled by default. Can be turned off using chart attributes.
  • Data value label alignment issue related to the left margin of the chart is rectified in Cylinder and Thermometer gauges.

Improved:

  • FusionCharts export servers are now SSL enabled to allow seamless exporting of charts rendered inside SSL secured pages.
  • Gradient legend is now more responsive to user interactivity on touch devices.
  • Data label (value) positioning is improved in gauges for cleaner and uncluttered visualization.
  • Unify behavior to not include color range limits while calculating the scale limits in any gauge.
 
What's new in XT (v3.3.1 - SR2)

Existing FusionWidgets XT users can learn how to use the new features introduced in FusionWidgets XT here.

Fix:

  • Fix related to the visibility of Message Logger
  • Fixed runtime error in Stacked charts with null values
  • External images are no longer included in the export stream
  • Minor fix while exporting charts to PDF in Internet Explorer 9+
  • Fixed runtime error in Angular gauge when trendline marker tooltip is defined
  • Tooltip now correctly shows category labels when showLabel='0' is set to <category>

 
What's new in XT (v3.3.1 - SR1)

Existing FusionWidgets XT users can learn how to use the new features introduced in FusionWidgets XT here.

New Features:

Improved:

  • Optimized rendering of line charts.

Fix:

  • Hot-fix in VML Rendering Library.
  • Trendline labels for Secondary Y-Axis are now positioned correctly.

What's new in XT (v3.3.1)

Existing FusionWidgets XT users can learn how to use the new features introduced in FusionWidgets XT here.

New Features:

  • Support for JavaScript variant of Gantt Chart having new features like:
  • Support for Message logger in JavaScript Realtime charts and gauges.
  • Added showOnTop attribute to display the trendline on top or bottom of the dataplots in Flash Spark Column/Line charts.

Fix:

  • Minor fix in taskDatePadding attribute of Flash Gantt chart.
  • Minor fix in width attribute within <process> element of Flash Gantt chart.
  • Font cosmetics can now be applied to start and end date within <tasks> and <task> element of Flash Gantt chart.
  • Minor fix in rendering of annotations in iPad.
  • Minor fix in data plot representation when <set> element has zero value in JavaScript Funnel and Pyramid chart.
  • Minor fix for shadow not being clipped during initial animation of JavaScript Real-time Stacked Area charts.
  • JavaScript Realtime charts will now update after its container is re-sized.
  • Minor fix in rendering of canvas shadow while using useRoundEdges='1' in VML Browsers.
  • Unspecified values are no longer displayed in JavaScript Spark Win/Loss chart.
  • manageLabelOverflow attribute now works properly when set along with baseFontSize, in JavaScript charts.

What's new in XT (v3.3.0)

Existing FusionWidgets XT users can learn how to use the new features introduced in FusionWidgets XT here.

New Features:

  • Exported JavaScript charts and gauges can now be saved to a server (using PHP and JAVA).

Improved:

  • Better and crisp visualization of JavaScript charts and gauges.
  • Improved display of low and high anchors in Spark Line chart.
  • Added support to customize export related context-menu items of JavaScript charts and gauges.
  • Default value of refreshInterval attribute for Real-Time charts is set to 1 second.

Fix:

  • Links are no more invoked in drag events for Flash charts and gauges.
  • Common alpha can be set on gradient colors in Flash charts and gauges.
  • Minor fix for yAxisMinValue in Flash Real-time Stacked charts.
  • Minor fix in overlapping of divisional line labels for Flash Real-time charts.
  • Minor fix for sFormatNumberScale in Flash Real-time Dual Y-Axis charts.
  • showFullDataTable='1' now works correctly in <process> element of Flash Gantt chart.
  • Trendlines now appear behind the data plots when showOnTop='0' in JavaScript Real-time charts.
  • Minor fix related to displacement of data plot in JavaScript Real-time Line and Real-time Area charts.
  • getSVGString() and exportChart() can now be invoked multiple times in JavaScript charts and gauges.
  • Chart API and context menu items are now functioning as expected after exporting in JavaScript Real-Time charts.

What's new in XT (v3.2) Service Release 2

Existing FusionWidgets 3.x users can learn how to use the new features introduced in FusionWidgets XT here.

New Features:

  • JavaScript Real-time charts now show context menu to start, stop and clear chart updates.
  • New jQuery API to manage Real-time charts.
  • Ability to turn off url-decoding of links using the unescapeLinks attribute in JavaScript charts.

Improved:

  • Normalized the default font sizes of caption and sub-caption in Flash Funnel, Pyramid and Real-time charts.
  • JavaScript Real-time charts now render with smoother visualization and better performance.
  • Enhanced management of the open, close, high and low anchors in Spark Line chart.

Fix:

  • jQuery 1.8 compatibility issues.
  • Mixed content browser warning on Internet Explorer when using charts within secured (https) pages.
  • Exporting issues related to JavaScript LinkedCharts.
  • Minor fix in label position while using stagger label display mode.
  • Minor fix related to legend interactivity in JavaScript charts.
  • Minor fix to improve auto-calculation of axis limits in JavaScript Real-time Stacked charts.
  • Minor fix related to displacement of dataplot in Line and Area charts.
  • Flash LinkedCharts overlay button does not disappear anymore while exporting.
  • Links are no longer invoked when mouse is dragged onto chart from foreign elements.
  • Real-time JavaScript charts no longer display redundant divisional grid color during real-time data update.
  • A single dataplot in JavaScript Spark Win/Loss chart no more spreads across the total canvas height.
  • setAdaptiveYMin now remains disabled by default in Flash charts when all the values are negative.
  • JavaScript charts now export the current state of the charts.
  • Data labels of JavaScript Real-time charts are now properly visible in the exported images/PDF.
  • Alpha is now correctly applied when defined through colorRange in Flash Bulb gauge.
  • Pointer and trend-point labels are now positioned correctly in JavaScript HLinear Gauge.
  • Bold and Italics styles can now be applied to tool tips in Flash charts.
  • Flash Real-time charts can now display multiple vLines.
 
What's new in XT (v3.2) Service Release 1

Existing FusionWidgets 3.x users can learn how to use the new features introduced in FusionWidgets XT here.

New Features:

  • Support for real-time JavaScript charts that include
    • Real-time Line chart
    • Real-time Area chart
    • Real-time Column chart
    • Real-time Stacked Area chart
    • Real-time Stacked Column chart
    • Real-time Dual Y-Axis Line chart
  • Ability to control number formatting for Indian and East Asian thousand/lac separation formats.

Improved:

  • Considerable reduction of memory leaks upon resize, data-update and dispose of charts.
  • Text-selection (I-beam) cursor does not appear when hovered over text.

Fix:

  • ExportReady event not being raised in advanced event model.
 
What's new in XT (v3.2)

Existing FusionWidgets 3.x users can learn how to use the new features introduced in FusionWidgets XT here.

  • Automatic rendering of JavaScript gauges and charts (except Gantt chart) on devices where Flash player is not supported (like iPad and iPhone).
  • Support for JSON data format.
  • Support for LinkedCharts, where a single data source controls multiple charts.
  • Advanced print management using JavaScript.
  • Additional options for efficient event handling using JavaScript.
  • Support for dynamic update of chart properties using JavaScript.
  • Better management of the position of labels in charts and gauges.
  • Long labels are truncated to prevent cropping of labels or cluttered looks.
  • Charts and gauges now support percentage (%) based sizes along with dynamic resizing when parent containers resize.
  • Background image can now be used to fill the gauges and charts in different modes, and custom alignment is possible.
  • Annotations can now be positioned using Macros - variables with dynamic values.
  • A real-time chart or gauge can now ask for instant update when the chart loads (using refreshInstantly='1' in <chart> element).
  • Real-time stacked charts now support 100% stacked mode.
  • Adjustment of minimum Y-axis value in stacked charts now supported.
  • In Line charts, data values can now be positioned either above or below the dataplots. Automatic positioning of data values is also supported.
  • Custom alignment of caption and sub caption using Styles.
  • Added option to set round edge effect to all charts having columns.
 
What's new in FusionWidgets (v3)

FusionWidgets v3 offers the following new features over FusionCharts Instrumentation Suite v2:

Common changes:
 
  • 7 new charts:
    • Real-time stacked column and real-time dual Y line chart
    • Bullet graphs - horizontal and vertical
    • Spark Line, Spark Column and Spark Win/Loss charts
  • Made using FusionCharts v3 framework, thereby offering:
    • Easy but advanced integration with JavaScript
    • Styles support from FusionCharts v3 framework
    • Built in Adobe Flash 8 using ActionScript 2
    • New Debug Mode
    • Gradient Support
    • Palette Support
    • Dashed Line Support
    • Number scale support
    • Better printing support
    • Advanced drill-down features
    • Entire chart as a hotspot
    • Custom tooltip for each data plot item
    • Multiple language support for application messages
  • Edit mode supported for angular and linear gauges.
  • Message logger supported in all real-time charts for streaming real-time messages from server to client.
  • Alert Manager supported in all real-time charts.
  • More control over Annotations (previously custom objects) using XML and JavaScript.
  • Context Menu in all real-time charts to stop/start update, clear chart. Helps user stop an update, if he feels that this counter is not needed to monitor for the given timeframe. After stopping, he can also restart the update dynamically.
  • JavaScript API in all real-time charts to stop/start update, clear chart, reload chart etc. at client-side.
  • New JavaScript API to feed data to chart.
  • Single color theme introduced to help you create your own color palettes for the chart, based on a single color.
  • In real-time charts - ability to add a data stamp (similar to timestamp) at the end of real-time data stream URL - for easy tracking of "what value was last sent to chart?" No need to use registers, sessions or database fields to control this. Use this simple and effective technique over stateless environment.
 
Real-time data-streaming charts specific changes
 
  • Axis updates each time to reflect the limits from data in current view.
  • Annotations introduced - helps you draw any custom shapes, objects, load images anywhere on the chart.
  • Canvas Margins can be adjusted allowing you to set increased canvas margins so that if you've larger data labels or y-axis values, you can adjust the margins accordingly.
  • Selectable (Interactive) Legend - so that you can opt to show/hide a full dataset at client-side. Helps if you're comparing multiple streams of input and just want to focus on one - but keep others in frame. 
  • Real-time vLines with labels.
  • Ability to send clear command from server - so that chart can be cleared as and when required.
  • Ability to send stopUpdate command from server, if you need to stop update of a specific chart.
  • Ability to retrieve the chart's current data view using client-side JavaScript.
  • JavaScript event FC_ChartUpdated raised when new data feed is received by chart. You can use this event to update your other display containers whenever the chart updates in real-time.
  • Ability to specify different updateInterval and clearInterval (apart from refreshInterval) - helps you specify when data is retrieved and queued - and when chart is refreshed to show new data. Also, you can set pre-defined clear intervals to clear the chart.
 
Angular Gauge specific changes
 
  • Gauge can now be drawn in any angle and any direction.
  • Auto-scale facility for the gauge and annotations.
  • Customizable gradient fill mix for color scale.
  • Customizable gradient properties for pivot.
  • Percent based gauge radius supported.
  • Edit mode supported.
  • Option to show value for each dial, with customizable co-ordinates.
  • Ability to add trend-points, trend-arcs & trend-markers.
  • Option to show tick and trend values inside or outside gauge.
  • Message logger supported.
  • Alert Manager supported.
  • Rear-extension supported for each dial to render more realistic gauges.
 
Gantt chart specific changes
 
  • Supports both date & time now.
  • Customizable output date format.
  • Ability to show each task’s completion in percentage as either empty bar or using a different fill color (slack fill color).
  • Scrolling support for both data table and Gantt pane.
  • Ability to show individual task bars as groups – to indicate task groups.
  • Customizable tooltip properties – also, you can opt to show whether to show task date as part of tooltip content.
  • Ability to add a legend to the chart to show color keys. Fully customizable legend cosmetics.
  • Ability to define each task’s height and top-padding in percentage, instead of just pixels.
  • Pre-define palettes and single color theme selectors to help you easily set colors for the chart.
  • Round edged task bars supported.
  • Customizable gradient mix & shadow for task bars.
  • Ability to define annotations over the Gantt chart to show further information.
 
Funnel Chart specific changes
 
  • Ability to draw the same data as either streamlined funnel chart or as section funnel chart.
  • Interactive funnel slices, when clicked can separate from the main funnel.
  • Option to plot funnel slices as hollow or filled.
  • Option to set same slant angle for each funnel slice (or make them dependent on data).
  • Ability to seamlessly convert 3D funnel to 2D funnel, by right clicking on chart and selecting View 2D.
  • Option to render the funnel in 2D mode itself with more control over border and fill properties.
  • Option to show values as actual values or in percentage.
  • If shown as percentage, you can opt to show it as percentage of the first value or percentage of previous value.
  • Smart labels to avoid overlapping of funnel labels.
  • Option to place labels at side or at center.
  • Custom tool text for each funnel slice.
 
Pyramid Chart specific changes
 
  • Interactive pyramid slices, when clicked can separate from the main pyramid.
  • Ability to seamlessly convert 3D pyramid to 2D pyramid, by right clicking on chart and selecting View 2D
  • Option to render the pyramid in 2D mode itself with more control over border and fill properties
  • Option to show values as actual values or in percentage
  • Smart labels to avoid overlapping of pyramid labels
  • Option to place labels at side or at center
  • Custom tool text for each pyramid slice
 
Linear Gauge specific changes
 
  • Multiple pointers supported.
  • Each pointer can have tool text and link.
  • Edit mode supported.
  • Customizable gradient fill for gauge.
  • Round edged gauges supported.
  • Much better control over tick marks & tick values.
  • Ability to show pointer above or below gauge.
  • Option to create trend-lines/zones.
 
LED Gauge specific changes
 
  • Better control over tick marks & values.
  • Single color fill supported for entire LED.
 
Thermometer Gauge specific changes
 
  • 2D/3D fill mode.
  • Better control over tick marks & values.
 
Cylinder Gauge specific changes
 
  • Enhanced and realistic 3D look.
  • Better control over tick marks and values.
  • Animation support for fill.
 
Bulb Gauge specific changes
 
  • Ability to show value inside or outside the bulb.
  • Option to show color range label as chart value, instead of actual numerical value.