1.2 MCharts Features

The main features of MCharts are:

• Chart area
  • Composite charts - charts can have other charts inside them
  • Gradient, hatch painted chart background
  • Image painted (center/stretch/tile) chart background
  • Automatic chart fitting into its container
  • Mouse scrolling/zooming of chart area
  • Rotation/Zooming of 3D charts

• Labels and Annotations
  • Configurable axis (title) and series labels (series name)
  • Axis label lay-outing that labels wouldn't overlap
  • Chart title
  • Mouse tool-tips
  • Vertical/Horizontal marker lines with labels
  • Vertical/Horizontal marker ranges (marked area) with labels
  • Highly configurable chart legend
  • Labels and title rotation in all 3D axes
  • Rotated axis labels.

• Legend
  • Legend inside chart or as a separate view
  • Auto-generated symbols for Legend entries
  • Entries arranged into columns or rows
  • Entry size adjustment according to layout method
  • Configurable Legend Entry text alignment
  • Configurable Legend Entry icon alignment
  • Series highlighting via Legend Entry drill-down

• Series
  • Any number and type of series in a single chart
  • Bubble2D series
  • Pie2D series
  • Bar2D (horizontal/vertical, error, floating, stacked, waterfall, event types, 100% stacked) series
  • Bar3D (horizontal/vertical types) series
  • Line2D (Scatter, Stepped, Spline, Direct, 100% area) series types
  • Line3D (Scatter, Stepped, Spline, Direct) series types
  • Contour series
  • Financial (HL, HLC, OHLC, Candle) series types
  • Gradient, hatch painted series
  • Image painted series
  • Various Markers for data points
  • Image markers - use images to mark data points
  • Special color for individual values in series (ColorMapper)
  • Tool-tips for series values
  • Series stacking
  • Automatic update on data change
  • Easy switch of series type using same data model

• Axis
  • Unlimited number of X and Y axes
  • International date and time format
  • International numeric and exponential format
  • Automatic scaling
  • Axis sub-scales
  • Configurable scale and sub-scale font and label color
  • Configurable axis position (top, bottom, left, right, or mapped to data value)
  • Configurable axis title position (below, in-line)
  • Axis stacking
  • Different type of axes (Label, Date List, Date, Math, Logarithmic)
  • Axis labels with URL link capability
  • Dynamic axis markers that show current mouse pointer position on chart

• Other features:
  • Chart image encoders into PNG, GIF, JPEG, SVG formats
  • MonarchCharts compatibility with different platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux)
  • Fully compilable source code for Source code licensees with Ant build script
  • Data filtering
  • Data grouping
  • Database/ XML/Text files/Classes binding support
  • Real time updates of all chart objects
  • Programmable mouse interaction events (Plug-ins)
  • Interactive demos and source code examples
  • HotSpot map support on ALL chart series
  • DrillDown capability for ALL chart series
  • Default settings for common uses