Importing Data into NetCharts® Applets
There are several ways to import data into a NetCharts Applets chart applet. The data import may occur on the server-side or client-side of a web application. In a Server-side design, the NetCharts Applets applet tag can be generated at run time, incorporating the latest data from some source. In a Client-side design, the chart definition used by a NetCharts Applets applet can contain directives that fetch data from certain network accessible data sources.
Using NetCharts Applets' Client-side Data Connectivity.
Client-side Data Connectivity uses the CDL FILE directive to allow NetCharts Applets applets to retrieve data at runtime from certain URL accessible data sources.
Using Server-side Scripting to Import Data
NetCharts Applets can be used in conjunction with most popular web scripting languages to create chart enabled web pages. The most common approach involves writing a script which queries some dynamic data source and integrates the result set into a NetCharts Applets applet tag. This distribution contains the following example scripts.
- Active Server Pages (ASP)
- Cold Fusion (CFML)
- Java Server Pages (JSP)
- Hypertext Pre-processor pages (PHP)
