User (Legacy) Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Hi, I am a newbie to ChartFx and have pretty much just started using them. I have a situation where my clients have a strict security policy so I have to generate the Charts as a bit stream. My charts are generated dynamically and I need to change the properties and datasource of the chart depending on certain selections made by the user. I need to pass all this info into the file that generates the chart. One way I could do this is to store selections made by the user in the session then access the info but this isn't clean at all. The other way is to dynamically generate the IMG tag and pass the parameters as get params (eg:<IMG SRC="chart.aspx?noofdays=7&charttytpe=bar&legend=true">) but again this isn't really practical if there are many params. What is the best way of doing this or How is this done? Really appreciate if someone could explain a good way of doing this. thanks Sumesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 If these are user choices, I don't see any other option. What kind of solution are you looking for ? Note: Take a look at the PSS extension, it provides you with extra security with little or no coding on your part. -- FP Software FX, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted January 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Well the solution I am looking for is to easily integrate a chart in a form without creating temp files. Ideally I want to have the chart solution in a user control using the bit stream approach. So wherever I need a chart, I could use the user control rather than creating an aspx page for each chart I need. Is it possbile to build a user control using GetHtmlData and how is it used on a form? Also is there any sample code on using PSS extensions and passing params and also building it as a user control. Any help much appreciated. Thanks Sumesh "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:nMl5EY43DHA.2468@webserver3.softwarefx.com... > If these are user choices, I don't see any other option. > > What kind of solution are you looking for ? > > Note: Take a look at the PSS extension, it provides you with extra security > with little or no coding on your part. > > -- > FP > Software FX, Inc. > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 When you use the PSS extension you do not have to worry about passing params since you do not need a two-page approach. You just code one page with your chart (you will handle here all the parameters you need but you do NOT need to pass these around). The PSS extension will pass your chart to a service (along with the credentials of the user generating the chart) and this service (in conjunction with an HTTP handler) will return the chart without generating any files. You can also use the PSS extension to cache charts (this is optional). -- Regards, JC Software FX Support "Sumesh" <sumesh.nair@flytxt.com> wrote in message news:qmBe6uA4DHA.2468@webserver3.softwarefx.com... > Well the solution I am looking for is to easily integrate a chart in a form > without creating temp files. > Ideally I want to have the chart solution in a user control using the bit > stream approach. So wherever I need a chart, I could use the user control > rather than creating an aspx page for each chart I need. > > Is it possbile to build a user control using GetHtmlData and how is it used > on a form? Also is there any sample code on using PSS extensions and passing > params and also building it as a user control. > > Any help much appreciated. > > Thanks > Sumesh > > > "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message > news:nMl5EY43DHA.2468@webserver3.softwarefx.com... > > If these are user choices, I don't see any other option. > > > > What kind of solution are you looking for ? > > > > Note: Take a look at the PSS extension, it provides you with extra > security > > with little or no coding on your part. > > > > -- > > FP > > Software FX, Inc. > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted January 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Thanks for the reply. Good to know that PSS handles all parameters and is also a one page approach. I need to have a bunch of charts on various pages and it would make most sense to package this as a user control. So will this approach work if I put all this into a user control? Secondly if I build a user control can I simply put the user control on a web form and will this display the graph.? Thanks for help... Sumesh "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message news:9s1J70C4DHA.2688@webserver3.softwarefx.com... > When you use the PSS extension you do not have to worry about passing params > since you do not need a two-page approach. You just code one page with your > chart (you will handle here all the parameters you need but you do NOT need > to pass these around). > > The PSS extension will pass your chart to a service (along with the > credentials of the user generating the chart) and this service (in > conjunction with an HTTP handler) will return the chart without generating > any files. You can also use the PSS extension to cache charts (this is > optional). > > -- > Regards, > > JC > Software FX Support > "Sumesh" <sumesh.nair@flytxt.com> wrote in message > news:qmBe6uA4DHA.2468@webserver3.softwarefx.com... > > Well the solution I am looking for is to easily integrate a chart in a > form > > without creating temp files. > > Ideally I want to have the chart solution in a user control using the bit > > stream approach. So wherever I need a chart, I could use the user control > > rather than creating an aspx page for each chart I need. > > > > Is it possbile to build a user control using GetHtmlData and how is it > used > > on a form? Also is there any sample code on using PSS extensions and > passing > > params and also building it as a user control. > > > > Any help much appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Sumesh > > > > > > "SoftwareFX Support" <support@softwarefx.com> wrote in message > > news:nMl5EY43DHA.2468@webserver3.softwarefx.com... > > > If these are user choices, I don't see any other option. > > > > > > What kind of solution are you looking for ? > > > > > > Note: Take a look at the PSS extension, it provides you with extra > > security > > > with little or no coding on your part. > > > > > > -- > > > FP > > > Software FX, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Yes. The PSS extension will work just the same if you are creating your charts from a user control. -- FP Software FX, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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