Archive for February, 2009

amMap 2.3.0 released

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

NEW FEATURES:

Reload both data and settings files when drilling down
Previously, when building drill-down map, you could link an area or a movie to another data file only. With a new map some people want to change some settings so now you can link both to a new data and settings files. All you need to do is to separate data and settings files with “||”

For example: url=”europe_data.xml||europe_settings.xml”

Remove the “home” option from the object list
If you want to remove the “home” option from the object list dropdown or listbox, simple set “none” for the <object_list><home_text> setting.

Clicking anywhere on a map area can center and zoom-in.
If you want to enable this feature, set <zoom><zoom_on_click> to true. In this case the <background_zooms_to_top> setting will be set to false automatically.

Text in the text box can be not selectable
You can disable selection of text in a text box by setting <text_box><selectable> to “false”.

Preloader when reloading data
A new setting, <preloader_on_reload> was added. In case you are reloading data or settings with JavaScript function, you can make preloader visible or invisible. The default value is false.

FIX: “Infinity” in the preloader. In some cases people could see the “Infinity” text in the preloader and the preloader bar was broken for a second. Fixed in this version.

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“Getting Started” Tutorials

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

We’ve added a couple of tutorials/walkthroughs to both downloadable and online documentation.

  1. Installation
    Describes steps necessary to start using amCharts for WPF in Visual Studio
  2. Walkthrough: Adding a simple pie chart
    Contains step-by-step instructions on adding a simple pie chart with static data.
  3. Walkthrough: Adding a simple data-bound pie chart
    Shows steps necessary to add a data-bound dynamic pie chart.

These should help you get started.

Introducing amCharts for WPF

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

We are happy to announce the the first release of amCharts for the WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) platform. This release brings power and flexibility of amCharts to Microsoft .NET Framework.

Initial release includes support for Pie and Donut charts (other chart types coming soon).

Key features of Pie & Donut chart:

  • Animated or static
  • Pull the slice in or out on click
  • 3D or 2D
  • Values can be displayed in the legend
  • Custom description for any slice
  • Clickable/selectable slices (you can use this feature for drill-down charts)
  • Grouping of small slices into one slice
  • Partial pies
  • Support for data-binding

Check out the online demo to see for yourself.

You can download current version (0.9.0.0 beta) by visiting our download page.

In the spirit of the original amCharts for WPF can be used absolutely FREE of charge even in commercial projects as long as you don’t mind a small link back to amCharts site in the top left corner of your charts. Alternatively you can purchase a commercial license to remove the link.

And, by the way, while in beta commercial licenses are being sold with 75% discount. So, if you like what you see and what’s coming don’t miss your chance to save big. Prices will go up with each release.

We believe that you’ll like our new product and will really appreciate your thoughts and feedback in the forums or via email.

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Stock chart v 1.1.3.0 released

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Stacking supported for “line” type graphs. You can stack one graph to another if you set <stack_to>[gid]</stack_to> for the graph, where gid is the id of a graph to which you want to stack the graph. Graphs can not be smoothed. The graph to which you are stacking must be described above the graph which you are stacking.

You can hide/show graphs by clicking on the legend keys. This feature is enabled by default, if you want to disable it, set <graph_on_off>false</graph_on_off> in the <chart><legend> settings. You can also show or hide graphs with JavaScript functions:

flashMovie.showGraph(cid, gid);
flashMovie.hideGraph(cid, gid);

When you show or hide graphs, the chart calls

amGraphShow(chart_id, cid, gid);
amGraphHide(chart_id, cid, gid);

functions, so you can synchronize the chart’s legend with other elements on your page.

Remove data set, chart or graph with JavaScript. To do this, simply call the following functions:

flashMovie.removeDataSet(did);
flashMovie.removeChart(cid);
flashMovie.removeGraph(cid, gid);