graphing lines

[krusader]

I am trying to get FM to draw line graphs but have been unsuccessful

I have tried ChartmakerPro but its very complicated to use and the graphs don't look that great

I have used easy FM tricks to make bar graphs (I know there are also pie graph tricks)...are there any simple tricks to make line graphs in FM???

THANKS

[LiveOak]

Take a look on the FM web site for charting plug-ins. One I found is: http://www.x2max.com/english/products/products.shtml

If this doesn't provide graphs of adequate quality, you will probably have to export a text file and use and another application such as Excel or a purpose built charting application.

The key here is that if the experts can't produce graphs of adequate quality using FM, it is pretty unlikely that a simple "trick" exists that they have missed! In general, line graphs in FM are much more complex than bar graphs or pie charts.

-bd

[billholt]

Adding to Liveoak's comment: Version 2 of the x2max PI is being beta tested on the Mac side right now; and the developer is discounting the price for people who purchase it now. I'm one of the testers and have been delighted to find that version 2 is a major step up from version 1.5. He should skip the version 2 name to go straight to version 3.

Version 2 has more graphics capability than Excel. And, as I do a lot of regressions, it has saved me hundreds of lines of scripting with its built in regression calculations for a range of polynomial forms, exponentials, logs, and others.

The general picture handling capabilities - zoom, cropping, multiple independent placements, format and quality management - are a nice little surprises that the developer hardly mentions. Last time I checked, these functions were only implemented for the pict format, but jpeg, gif, et al, will be in the final.

Also, if you handle masses of data - or would like to - version 2 has the capability of importing data directly from an external file - bypassing the 64k limitation of global fields.

On the Mac side, he has version 13 of the beta available now. I have not been able to crash it in a long time - perhap by calling functions that were not yet in place in version 6 or 8.

Bill Holt