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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%

Version 1.5.0.0 of all charts was released today. You will be surprised how many new features this version has!

FEATURES

New features supported by all charts:

1. Data in settings file
   Data can be set in settings xml file too – both CSV and XML. This allows you to have one file for everything.
2. Set positions in percents and from the opposite side
   Label and legend positions (x and y) can be set in percents now. You can also set x from the right and y from the bottom (just add "!" before the number, for example: <x>!20</x>. Label and legend width can be set in percents too.
3. Customize right click menu
   Right click menu can be fully customized. You can add your own menu items which will call custom JavaScript functions.
4. Append data
   Instead of reloading full data file, you can append data now. You can also remove some data from the beginning. This will save you a lot of loading time and bandwidth. New function flashMovie.appendData(data, remove_count) was added.
5. Gradient fills
   You can fill background, plot area, legend and some other objects with gradients now.
6. Align legend entries
   Legend entries can be aligned to the left, center or right.

New Line chart features

1. Horizontal lines and areas
   Line chart can display horizontal lines at a given values. You can also set start and end value and fill the area between these values with color or gradient. Using this feature you can color plot area above the 0 in one color, and below – in another.
2. Columns
   You can set  relative width of vertical line now. So from now on line chart is also a simple column chart.
3. New JavaScript calls
   New JavaScript calls added:

amClickedOnSeries(series) 
when clicked anywhere on plot area

amRolledOverSeries(series)
when indicator position changes

amClickedOnBullet(graph_index, value, series, url, description)
when clicked on the bullet

amRolledOverBullet(graph_index, value, series, url, description)
when rolled over the bulled

New Column chart features
Column chart, the same as line chart can have horizontal lines and areas

New Pie chart features
All radiuses of pie chart can be set in percents.

FIXES

1. Memory leak problem on data reload fixed
2. Balloons renders html text now
3. A possibility to disable thousands separator
4. Align of rotated text fixed

UPGRADING

As always, all you need to do is to replace the swf file. Check carefully if the chart works as expected. Please report me (info@amcharts.com) if you’ll notice any bug.

ASP.NET
ASP.Net controls will be upgraded during next week.

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