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-- SUMMARY --

Charts and Graphs is a API for developers. It can easily be extended by
third-party modules that want to add their own charting implementations. It does
nothing by itself. It should only be installed if some other module requires it.

See Views Charts <http://drupal.org/project/views_charts> for usage of a
user-centric application as the Charts and Graphs module is a framework +
collection of implementation modules (under the api folder). Please read
README/INSTALL files of the implementations since their installation may involve
downloading flash components or third-party libraries. Drupal guidelines does
not always allow packaging those with Drupal code.

For a full description of the module, visit the project page:
  http://drupal.org/project/charts_graphs

To submit bug reports and feature suggestions, or to track changes:
  http://drupal.org/project/issues/charts_graphs


-- REQUIREMENTS --

None


-- SUPPORT CHARTING LIBRARIES --

* amCharts <http://www.amcharts.com/> - Commercial / Free with an ad link

* Bluff <http://bluff.jcoglan.com/> - Beautiful Graphics in Javascript - MIT and
  GPL license

* Google Charts <http://code.google.com/apis/charttools/index.html> - Is free to
  use. Google ask you to contact them if you plan on producing more than 250,000
  API calls per day, see Google Chart Usage Policy at
  <http://code.google.com/apis/chart/docs/making_charts.html>.

* Open Flash Chart 2 <http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart-2/> - LGPL
  license


-- INSTALLATION --

* Install as usual, see http://drupal.org/node/70151 for further information.

* There is additional information available at <http://drupal.org/node/681660>.
  Google Charts can be used right away. Bluff needs a additional download to 
  work in IE. amCharts and Open Fharts Flash 2 require additional 
  downloads/configuration to work.


-- UPGRADE --

* On version 6.x-2.0-RC2 a settings page was introduced in Charts and Graphs. To
  get access to it you should uninstall Charts and Graphs and reinstall it when
  upgrading from a pre 6.x-2.0-RC2 version to 6.x-2.0-RC2 or later.

* On version 6.x-2.x the main "chart_graphs_get_graph" function has been
  renamed to "charts_graphs_get_graph" so it has the correct prefix. Fix your
  code.

* To upgrade from any 6.x-1.x version to 6.x-2.x first disable all Charts and
  Graphs module and submodules (charting libraries).

* Then move all files related to Charts and Graphs to a temporary directory:
  mv sites/all/modules/charts_graphs /tmp

* Untar the new release at the modules directory.

* Copy any downloaded file for some specific charting library from the temporary
  directory to the new module.

* Remove the old module:
 rm -rf /tmp/charts_graphs


-- CONFIGURATION --

* The configuration options are available at admin/settings/charts_graphs. They
  deal only with the appearance or not of a few warnings at the "Status reports"
  page.


-- TROUBLESHOOTING --

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-- FAQ --

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  1. -- SUMMARY --
  2. Charts and Graphs is a API for developers. It can easily be extended by
  3. third-party modules that want to add their own charting implementations. It does
  4. nothing by itself. It should only be installed if some other module requires it.
  5. See Views Charts for usage of a
  6. user-centric application as the Charts and Graphs module is a framework +
  7. collection of implementation modules (under the api folder). Please read
  8. README/INSTALL files of the implementations since their installation may involve
  9. downloading flash components or third-party libraries. Drupal guidelines does
  10. not always allow packaging those with Drupal code.
  11. For a full description of the module, visit the project page:
  12. http://drupal.org/project/charts_graphs
  13. To submit bug reports and feature suggestions, or to track changes:
  14. http://drupal.org/project/issues/charts_graphs
  15. -- REQUIREMENTS --
  16. None
  17. -- SUPPORT CHARTING LIBRARIES --
  18. * amCharts - Commercial / Free with an ad link
  19. * Bluff - Beautiful Graphics in Javascript - MIT and
  20. GPL license
  21. * Google Charts - Is free to
  22. use. Google ask you to contact them if you plan on producing more than 250,000
  23. API calls per day, see Google Chart Usage Policy at
  24. .
  25. * Open Flash Chart 2 - LGPL
  26. license
  27. -- INSTALLATION --
  28. * Install as usual, see http://drupal.org/node/70151 for further information.
  29. * There is additional information available at .
  30. Google Charts can be used right away. Bluff needs a additional download to
  31. work in IE. amCharts and Open Fharts Flash 2 require additional
  32. downloads/configuration to work.
  33. -- UPGRADE --
  34. * On version 6.x-2.0-RC2 a settings page was introduced in Charts and Graphs. To
  35. get access to it you should uninstall Charts and Graphs and reinstall it when
  36. upgrading from a pre 6.x-2.0-RC2 version to 6.x-2.0-RC2 or later.
  37. * On version 6.x-2.x the main "chart_graphs_get_graph" function has been
  38. renamed to "charts_graphs_get_graph" so it has the correct prefix. Fix your
  39. code.
  40. * To upgrade from any 6.x-1.x version to 6.x-2.x first disable all Charts and
  41. Graphs module and submodules (charting libraries).
  42. * Then move all files related to Charts and Graphs to a temporary directory:
  43. mv sites/all/modules/charts_graphs /tmp
  44. * Untar the new release at the modules directory.
  45. * Copy any downloaded file for some specific charting library from the temporary
  46. directory to the new module.
  47. * Remove the old module:
  48. rm -rf /tmp/charts_graphs
  49. -- CONFIGURATION --
  50. * The configuration options are available at admin/settings/charts_graphs. They
  51. deal only with the appearance or not of a few warnings at the "Status reports"
  52. page.
  53. -- TROUBLESHOOTING --
  54. Empty.
  55. -- FAQ --
  56. Q: Empty
  57. A: Empty.