NetCharts Pro 7.1 Release Notes and New Features

  • 7.1.3
    Support for setting an Image instance on NFNote regions
    NetCharts Pro 7.1.3 now supports the setImage(Image) API method for NFNote instances.

    Updated Behavior for BarCorners in Horizontal Stacked Barcharts
    In horizontal stack bar charts, NetCharts Pro 7.1.3 now applies BarCorners to the correct locations based on the bar corner styling.

  • 7.1.1
    Support for locale specification during chart generation
    NetCharts Pro v7.1.1 now supports the specification of the Locale to use for date and number formatting on a chart instance basis via a CDL parameter or API call.
    The new CDL parameter is named Locale and supports a named Java Locale as the value. For instance:
    Locale = es_ES;
    The new API method is NFGraph.setLocale(Locale locale) and accepts a Locale instance specifying the Locale. For example:
    NFGraph graph = NFGraph.getGraphFromTemplate(template);
    graph.setLocale(new Locale("es", "ES"));

    Improved SVG Drilldown
    Updated use of target and URL parameters for drilldown in SVG charts..
  • 7.1
    Improved Performance
    NetCharts Pro 7.1 has optimized the chart object destruction process, improving performance of high volume chart generation with more accurate and responsive resource re-allocation.

    New Dial Chart Parameters
    NetCharts Pro 7.1 dial charts contain a number of visualization enhancements, including drop shadows on Dial hands and highlights on Dial hands and Dial sectors. See the CDL and API documentation for HandDropShadow, HandBorders, HandButtonBorder, HandButtonEdgeHighlights and SectorEdgeHighlights

    Improved Line Series Visualization
    The visualization styles for line series in improved. LineSymbols can have spotlights. Line Series can be filled with values from the Color table. Legend symbols match the visualization style of Line Symbols. See the CDL and API documentation for LineStyle and LineSymbolSpotlights.

    Improved Data Legend Formatting
    The values in a Data Legend now inherit the numeric format of the axis to which the data is bound. This allows, for example, one row of data in a data legend to be formatted as currency while another row is formatted as percentages.

    Updated PNG Encoder
    The libraries used by NetCharts Pro 7.1 for generating PNG and SWF images have been updated.

    EMF Encoder Removed
    Support for the EMF output type is now available as an add-on plug-in to NetCharts Pro 7.1. Please contact Technical Support to obtain the plug-in.