ASP/COM/VB Specific Features
This page provides information specific to ChartDirector for ASP/COM/VB. Please refer to the
General Features page for general ChartDirector features.
ChartDirector COM chart component
ChartDirector for ASP/COM/VB is the ChartDirector charting library implemented as a COM
component. It can be used by any system that supports COM, such as ASP web pages,
Visual Basic, MS Word, Excel, Access, any system with VBA, VBScript support, and many other
third party products.
Note: The "VB" in ChartDirector for ASP/COM/VB refers to classical Visual Basic
(VB 6.0, VBA and VBScript), and the "ASP" refers to classical ASP. If you are using VB
in Visual Studio, VB for the .NET platform or ASP.NET, please use
ChartDirector for .NET instead.
Works on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
ChartDirector supports all commonly used Windows versions, and works with both 32-bit and 64-bit
applications.
ASP Charting Features
One of the most common usage of VBScript is for ASP applications. ChartDirector
for ASP/COM/VB includes special server side and browser side controls to support
interactive charts for ASP applications.
Server Side Chart Viewer Control
ChartDirector has extensive chart types. The Chart Viewer control generates the
HTML tags to deliver these charts to tbe browser and to supporting user interactions,
such as richly formatted tooltips, clickable hot spots, programmable track cursors,
and zooming and scrolling. It also supports AJAX chart updates, streaming chart
updates and delivering the chart as an image or PDF download.
JsChartViewer Javascript Library
The Javascript Chart Viewer is the browser side counterpart of the JSP Chart Viewer.
It provides the user interface for user interactions with the chart on the browser side.
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for Responsive Web Design
ChartDirector can generate charts in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), in addition to PNG,
JPG and GIF. SVG ensures the chart remains sharp and crisp for responsive web design,
for which the chart can resize to fit different user devices.
ASP Charting Sample Code
Includes plenty of ASP charting sample code with an explorer-style browser page for easy
viewing.