The Original Java Graphing Applet
In February 1996, NetCharts Applets was released as the first commercially available Java-based graphing component. It has been used worldwide and integrated within hundreds of derivative products.

Key NetCharts Features:
- Easy To Get Going
- Automated Display Features
- Uses easy to understand, compact, powerful text-based Chart Definition Language (CDL) that controls hundreds of chart attributes
- Drillable Charts
- Dynamic Chart Generation
- Insurance Against Obsolescence
Who Uses NetCharts Applets?
Anyone who builds web-enabled applications can use NetCharts Applets. Many large companies, government agencies, and other organizations have users needing to visualize, interpret, and react to data via the Internet.
Why Use NetCharts Applets?
NetCharts Applets provides a fast and easy system for building sophisticated interactive online charts, reducing the overall time and costs associated with building graphical reporting applications.
- Simple chart definition system and dozens of pre-built charts save you time
- Charts can be dynamically updated in real time from one or more data sources-your charts are always current
- It contains the simplest data bridge available
- End-users need interactivity: pop-up labels and drill-down through data
- Developers need ultimate control over chart attributes
- A customer who embeds our product in a popular CRM reporting tool said, "just point the chart at the data and the chart is drawn." It doesn't get easier than that.
NetCharts Applets Is the Right Solution When.
- The simplicity of an applet is the right solution for you
- You have information in databases that people need to see
- Your organization needs to deliver interactive current information to users over an intranet, extranet, or the Internet
- You are an HTML author or web developer and you need to create chart applets that will be deployed via web browser
- You want to be able to control how your chart looks without programming
- Your users need to interact with your application
- You don't need a server-based solution
Additional NetCharts Applets Information:
- Features
- Specifications
- Product Brochure (1.53MB PDF)
- NetCharts Applets Users Guide (727KB PDF)
- Using NetCharts Designer to build NetCharts applications (79KB PDF)
- Developers' Resources
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