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Benefit |
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Link to data from almost any source: HTML, JDBC/ODBC
databases, raw text files, "live" data via a class or method, dynamic data
server processes, CGI scripts, and more. Charts update instantly whenever the data
changes. |
Present users with up-to-date graphics that are derived as
often as needed from any data source. Uses your custom data directly from whatever
form it is in. Make live charts from online servers, from statistics files, from
databases, or any other sources. |
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Charts are always "alive". Developers can
use the supplied Editor interface, or easily write their own. Users can change any aspect
of the chart, directly from within a web page. |
Allows users to interact directly with the chart.
Users can resize chart elements, or change any element of the chart. For those who would
rather look at a pie chart instead of the bar chart, it's a one-click operation to change! |
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Optimal default settings provided. All charts have
user-definable default settings for colors, fonts, scales, grid lines, and every other
attribute that can be set. No setup code (other than establishing a data source) is
needed. |
Supply the data, Perspective takes care of the rest! "Settings"
are needed only to override the defaults. Saves massive amounts of code, programmer time,
and webmaster worries! |
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Built-in drill-down support. Allows specification of a
URL and Target for every single data point. Perspective maintains this information
throughout all editing operations. |
Create feedback charts and data drilldown graphics easily.
Display a pie chart with data for an entire company, and users can click on any slice of
the pie to "drill down" to get more specific information. Or have one chart
create another chart depending on where the user clicks. Or use a chart as a map for a web
site! All this, and much more, is possible using Perspective's drill down features. |
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Complete JavaDoc compliant HTML documentation for all code
interfaces. Plus a comprehensive Programmer's Manual with definitions and examples of
every function, property, and method. |
Programmer's documentation is as close as their web
browser. No need to hunt down a manual, or flip through pages; Perspective's
HTML-based documentation gives programmers an easy-to-use way of learning all the details.
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Printed manual contains complete programmer’s
reference to all properties and methods. |
Hard copy at the developer’s fingertips. Many
web-based products come with only online documentation. Perspective’s complete
printed manual provides a handy, off-line reference for study and quick lookups. When
working on a web site, it’s often inconvenient to have to refer to another web site
for important references – Perspective’s full printed manual alleviates that
need. |
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Full Property and Method based Application Programmer's
Interface (API). Use Perspective either as a true JavaBean (with full Property list
support) or as a class library. |
No new standards to learn. Perspective uses the
standard "set" and "get" style programmer’s interface. There are
over 350 properties and methods that allow complete control over every aspect of every
chart. |
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Writes out Java source code as its file
format. Cut and paste lines from saved files into your own applications. |
Generate templates quickly and easily;
auto-generate chart setup code. Using the Perspective chart editor, charts can be
customized in any way desired, and its settings saved out to a file. The file contains
every line of Java source code needed to create that chart; just cut and paste it wherever
needed. The same code can also be used directly from HTML!
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Over 80 different chart types, including
dozens of varieties of Bar, Line, and Area (both single and dual Y varieties) and Pie
charts, plus Radar, Polar, Histogram, Scatter – and over 10 different varieties of
Stock Charts, including HiLoClose with Volume! |
A chart for every purpose. Perspective
provides the breadth of chart types usually found only in extremely high-end, specific
applications. Whether the need is for general business charts, financial analysis,
scientific, or "other", Perspective has the chart and the templates to properly
display all types of data. Perspective’s Pie and Stock charts even include the
hard-to-find Ring Pie and Candle/"Japanese" HiLo charts. |
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Full 3D charts with wire frame rotation, plus
preset viewing angles! Bars, Pyramids, even full three dimensional surface charts. |
Easy manipulation of all 3D charts.
Perspective provides 13 different varieties of fully three dimensional charts, including
surface charts and floating markers! All 3D charts can be rotated about any axis, either
preset or in real time. If the desire is to wow users with fancy, professional looking 3D
charts or to provide 3D charts for specific analysis, Perspective covers all the bases. |
| Gradient, texture, and picture support for all
chart areas – including Pictographs!
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Create fancy charts with custom logos or
pictures. Perspective ships with a full set of texture fills and clipart, and any
custom bitmap can be specified by the developer. Perspective also has built-in color
gradients, just like a professional drawing package. If it can be done in PowerPoint or
CorelDraw, it can be done in Perspective! |
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Works with all development systems that
support Java 1.1. |
Standardized support means Perspective works
in almost every development environment.
Perspective has been tested with Symantec
Visual Caf�, Metrowerks Code Warrior, Borland JBuilder, IBM VisualAge for Java, Sun Java
Workshop, and many others. Perspective’s Java implementation means that any 1.1
compliant JDE will work great. |
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Generates GIF images from any chart, at any
time. Perspective can write a chart GIF at any time to any FTP site, for use in
creating non-Java pages, printing, or any other time you need a bitmap of a chart. |
No need to do screen captures or use other
graphics packages to create bitmaps.
Bitmaps can be created from a chart directly from
the web page. And users can write a GIF file to any writable FTP site in the world, if
that option is made available to them. |
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ToolTips for every chart element. |
Instant feedback when the mouse hovers over a
chart area. Users of office suites will appreciate the familiar yellow box that
appears over any chart area when the user dwells for a second or so. Perspective provides
built-in default tips for every object, or they can be customized to provide specific
instructions for specific own needs. For example, a user can hover over a pie slice and a
customized Tip could read "Click here for more information on January sales". |
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Includes sample code, sample applets, and
sample deployments of charts on various web pages. |
Ready-made examples of all types of charts for
Java. Perspective comes with a variety of HTML based chart deployment examples, as
well as examples of database query and retrieval, and various examples of "live"
charts that update at set intervals or whenever the data behind them changes. |
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Downloads only the minimum classes needed to
draw a particular chart. |
Create custom archives that include only the
portions of the library needed for specific tasks. Perspective's class files are
implemented such that only the bare minimum number of files are actually loaded into
memory for a particular operation. For example, a Pie chart loads only the classes needed
to actually image a Pie chart. Developers can choose from our pre-made library of archives
for various purposes or create their own, thus defining a set of files for download that
meets a particular need. |
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Any or all user interface elements can be
provided to the end user. |
Create a user interface that matches a
specific need. Perspective comes with a full editing applet, TDGChartEditorApplet,
which includes controls for all portions of the chart engine. Developers can "pick
and choose" from these "widgets", using just the ones needed for their
clients. In addition, each widget has its own set of properties for enabling or disabling
any sub-feature. In this manner, developers can create a custom chart user interface using
our set of fully customizable components. |
