Generates the chart in the requested format and returns the relative url location of the generated cache file as a string.

object.GetOutputLocation( )

Arguments

object

Required. A Chart object.

Return Value

The string that specifies the relative url location of the generated chart in the public cache.

Remarks

The method actually:

• generates the content (SVG, PNG, JPG, SWF or PDF data) from the chart object
• writes it as a file into the public cache
• returns a the relative url pointing to the generated file in the public cache

The format of the generated content can be specified by the method SetOutputFormat.

For a SVG image file (SVG) the method returns a string like this one:

  "/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.svg"

For a JPEG image file (JPG) the method returns a string like this one:

  "/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.jpg"

For a PNG image file (PNG) the method returns a string like this one:

  "/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.png"

For an Adobe Flash movie (SWF) the method returns a string like this one:

  "/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.swf"

For a PDF document file (PDF) the method returns a string like this one:

  "/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.pdf"

PHP Sample Code

The following PHP code illustrates use of the GetOutputLocation method.

<?php
  // Create the chart series
  $chart->SetDataFromQuery();
  $chart->LoadStyle("C:\\myStyle.scs");

  $chart->SetWidth( 400 );
  $chart->SetHeight( 200 );

  // We can now generate the chart as a JPEG image
  $chart->SetOutputFormat( "JPG" );
?>

Here is the chart rendered as an image:<br>
<img src="<?= $chart->GetOutputLocation(); ?>" width=400 height=200>

See Also

SetOutputFormat Method | GetHTMLTag Method | SetCacheName Method | SetPrivateCacheDir Method | SetMaxCacheSize Method | ClearCache Method | UseCache Method

Applies To: Chart Object