Specifies the output format of the generated chart.

void object->SetOutputFormat( string output_format )

Arguments

object
Required. A Chart object.
output_format
Required. A string that specifies the format of the generated chart.

Remarks

The methods GetOutputLocation, ExportAsResponse, ExportAsFile and ExportAsBinary generates the final chart as an image or a Flash movie. The output format of the generated chart is specified by the SetOutputFormat method.

If not specified, the default output format is "SWF" (i.e. Macromedia Flash movie)

The output format is defined by a string value (the output_format parameter) which is interpreted as follows:

Code Definition
"SWF"
Macromedia Flash movie
"JPG"
JPG Image
"PNG"
PNG Image (Portable Network Graphics)

PHP Sample Code

The following PHP code illustrates use of the SetOutputFormat method.

//Create the chart series
$categories= array();
$values= array();

$categories[0] = "Jan";
$categories[1] = "Feb";
$categories[2] = "Mar";

$values[0] = 10;
$values[1] = 20;
$values[2] = 30;

$chart->SetCategoriesFromArray( $categories );

$chart->AddSeries();
$chart->SetSeriesValuesFromArray( 0, $values );

//Set the chart title
$chart->SetTitle( "My Chart" );

//Set the graphics settings from a style file
$chart->LoadStyle( "C:\myStyle.scs" );

//The chart is complete, we can now generate the chart as a JPEG image
$chart->SetOutputFormat( "JPG" );
$chart->ExportAsResponse();

See Also

GetOutputLocation Method | ExportAsResponse Method | ExportAsFile Method | ExportAsBinary Method

Applies To: Chart Object