Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Getting Started
by Ben Forta, Raymond Camden, Charlie Arehart
Generating Graphs
We’ll start with an overview of the charting features included in ColdFusion. ColdFusion comes with a series of tags that will allow you to:
Create many different types of graphs, including pie charts, bar graphs, line graphs, and scatter charts.
Format your graphs options that control fonts, colors, labels, and more.
Display the graphs on any ColdFusion page as JPEG images, PNG images, or interactive Flash charts.
Allow users to drill down on data shown in your charts. For instance, you could have people click the wedges in a pie chart, revealing the data represented in that wedge.
Combine several different charts, displaying them together on the page. For instance, you might create a scatter chart that shows individual purchases ...
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