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Stock chart is no longer beta! Version 1.0.0.0 was released today. This version has two new features:

1) Data can be set in settings XML file, for example:

<data_set>
<csv>
<data>
2008-03-14,25473110,2212.49
2008-03-13,24192210,2263.61
2008-03-12,20771410,2243.87
2008-03-11,25260410,2255.76
2008-03-10,21010110,2169.34
2008-03-07,23869810,2212.49
2008-03-06,21650910,2220.50
2008-03-05,22090910,2272.81
2008-03-04,26699810,2260.28
2008-03-03,21450710,2258.60
2008-02-29,24053610,2271.48
2008-02-28,20320410,2331.57
2008-02-27,22165410,2353.78
</data>

2) The plot area of a chart can be striped, like zebra. To do this, you’ll need to set fill_color and fill_alpha for the y_left (or y_right) grid.

The full documentation is coming soon.

What’s next?
I have a big list of features which I plan to add for Stock chart in a future, some of them will be a real innovation, and I hope will become a standard in this area. The new big updates are planned in Autumn.

And a big thank you to everyone who tested the Stock chart while it was in beta phase!

Regards,

Antanas Marcelionis

Since version 1.5.1.0 Line, Column and XY charts can have striped plot area, like in these examples:

http://www.amcharts.com/xy/time-plot/
http://www.amcharts.com/line/chart-with-reversed-y-axis/

As you see, every second area between grid lines is filled with color.

Two settings were added to achieve this:

<grid>
   <y_left>
      <fill_color></fill_color>
      <fill_alpha></fill_alpha>

Instead of <y_left> there can be <y_right> or <value> (for column chart), <x> or <y> for XY chart.

Maps of Germany and Switzerland were added in v 2.1.12

Today Mozilla Foundation launched a web site, "Spread Firefox", with the purpose is to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. And this pages uses amMap! Here is it:

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord

I hope you will go and check it and help Mozilla to set World record!

Stock chart 1.0.1.0 Beta now supports custom events and can be controlled with JavaScript.

Map of United Kingdom was added in v 2.1.11

You can already purchase Stock chart. If you do this while it is in beta phase, you will save even 30%!

North and Central America map is available in v 2.1.10

I am happy to announce that after almost a year of hard work Stock chart beta version was released today.

Stock Chart’s main purpose is to display financial charts, however it can be used for visualizing any date-based data.

Stock Chart is a powerful application that lets you forget about most of the boring parts in building complex statistical systems. It has built-in period and data set selection tools, and even can group data to longer periods.

Stock Chart is in Beta phase at the moment. The official release is planned for around 10-15th June, 2008. Stock chart is sold as a separate product, and is not included in the amCharts bundle.

These features will be added until the release:

1. dividends, splits or any other custom events
2. logarithmic scale
3. candlestick/ohlc/line switch
4. JavaScript controls

I will be happy to hear your opinion, suggestions and bug reports: info@amcharts.com

Download Stock chart

We’ve released a new version of ASP.NET Controls for amCharts with support for new features found in 1.5 releases of amCharts.

Download ASP.NET Controls for amCharts 1.5.0 here.

As you may have noticed we’ve also unified major version numbers of amCharts and ASP.NET Controls in order to eliminate confusion. From now on version numbers of ASP.NET Controls will correspond to implemented functionality of amCharts.

Here’s a complete change log for this release:

1. FEATURE ADDED: Legend entries can be aligned to left/center/right (LegendAlign property)
2. FEATURE ADDED: you can add custom menu items to Flash’s context menu and control default items.
3. FEATURE ADDED: Guides. Guides are straight lines drawn through all plot area at a given value. Can also be filled with color
4. FEATURE ADDED: you can set series from which category values will be displayed
5. FEATURE ADDED: LegendReverseOrder to reverse order of legend items
6. FEATURE ADDED: Gradient Colors. All charts: BackgroundGradientColors, PlotAreaBackgroundGradientColors (except pie), LegendGradientColors, ErrorMessagesBackgroundGradientColors; Line&Column: guides FillGradientColors; Line: graph FillGradientColors, ScrollerGradientColors, ScrollerBackgroundGradientColors
7. FEATURE ADDED: all Top and Left settings could now be set in percents (field type changed to Unit), Width of labels and legend could be set in percents (field type changed to Unit), Top and Left distances could be measured from the opposite sides (right and bottom) set properties named XxxLeftMeasuredFromRight and XxxTopMeasuredFromBottom to activate this mode
8. FEATURE ADDED: PieChart: all radii can be set in percents
9. CHANGE: PieChart: new defaults: PieLeft=50%, PieTop=45%, PieRadius=25%, StartAnimationRadius=500%, PullOutRadius=20%