Re: [Easy400Group] Using PHP on iSeries to generate Graphics/Chartsto be used in main website.

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also use JFreeChart, but I don't have Tomcat or any other app server 
installed.  I call it directly from an RPG program (using RPG's ability 
to call Java methods).

You could also write a java program to do the same thing.  You only need 
to use something like Tomcat or WAS if you plan to run this from a Java 
servlet, JSP, etc.

Here are links to articles that I wrote about using JFreeChart from RPG 
(these require a System iNetwork membership, but a free "Associate" 
membership will do the job):

http://www.systeminetwork.com/article.cfm?id=53248
http://www.systeminetwork.com/article.cfm?id=53273
http://www.systeminetwork.com/article.cfm?id=53353
http://www.systeminetwork.com/article.cfm?id=53396


Luis Colorado wrote:
> Javascript-based graphics pose some intresting problems, one of them
> being browser-compatibility. I don't know if there are nice
> JavaScript graphics libraries out there that deal with multi-browser
> compatility... I'd be happy to know of them.
>
> We have used a Java-based tool (jfreechart), which works nicely, and
> it's free ($100 if you pay for the manual and updates). It can be
> used with very little (if any) knowledge of Java, but you need Tomcat
> or some other java application server. The graphs are generated a
> jpeg files, so you don't have to deal with any browser compatibity
> issues.