This example illustrates how to generate a simple pie chart in ColdFusion.

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<CFSETTING ENABLECFOUTPUTONLY="Yes" SHOWDEBUGOUTPUT="No">
<CFHEADER NAME= "Expires" VALUE="#Now()#">

<CFOBJECT TYPE="COM"
          NAME="chart" 
          CLASS="SwiffChartObject.ChartObj.1" 
          ACTION="CREATE">

<CFSCRIPT> 
  dirpath = GetDirectoryFromPath( GetBaseTemplatePath() );

  sep= ";";
  ignoremultseparators= true;
  chart.SetSeparators(sep, ignoremultseparators);

  // Fill the categories
  categories= "USA" & sep & "Germany" & sep & "United Kingdom";
  chart.SetCategoriesFromString(categories);

  // Fill the first series named "Sales 2001"
  series= "45" & sep & "28" & sep & "16";
  chart.AddSeries();
  chart.SetSeriesValuesFromString(0, series);

  // Set the chart title
  chart.SetTitle("Geographical Distribution");

  // Apply a Pie style
  // The chart type is stored in the style file (*.scs)
  // Here the selected style is the predefined pie style "Honolulu"
  style = "pie/Honolulu";
  chart.LoadStyle( style );
      
  chart.SetWidth( 400 );
  chart.SetHeight( 200 );
  chart.SetLooping( false );

  chart_res= chart.GetHTMLTag();
</CFSCRIPT> 

<CFOUTPUT>
  <H2>The Pie Chart</H2>
  <br>#chart_res#
</CFOUTPUT>