DBD::Chart 0.50 is now available from either http://www.presicient.com/dbdchart/ or from CPAN (shortly).
Changes from 0.43: - added 3 axis bar charts - GD::Graph, GD::Graph3d no longer required (DBD::Chart::Plot includes its own barchart, piechart rendering engine) - added box & whisker charts - iconic barcharts and datapoints (ie, bars as stacks of icons, instead of solid rectangles) - generation of HTML or Perl imagemap files to create hotspots for data points - added GRIDCOLOR property to specify color of background grid - added TEXTCOLOR property to specify color of image text - several bug fixes - minimum Perl 5.6.0 required - moved log processing to the Plot module FYI: DBD::Chart is a Perl DBI driver abstraction for rendering charts and graphs using a variant of SQL. Review the DBD::Chart homepage at http://www.presicient.com/dbdchart/ for detailed information. NOTES: Current DBD::Chart users should re-run their scripts through this version to be certain they're satisfied with any possible changes, and to assure backward compatibility. While I have tried to maintain backward compatibility, DBD::Chart::Plot's new barchart and piechart engine will produce visibly different output than the previous GD::Graph-based versions, and (alas) I haven't had time to implement the 3-D effect for piecharts yet. For those directly using DBD::Chart::Plot (ie, using Perl attribute hashes rather than SQL), you should read the included README.plot for the updates. Again, I have tried to maintain backward compatibility, but there may be something that got lost in the upgrade. Feedback on problems, suggestions, even complaints, is welcome. Just drop a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Dean Arnold
