I am attempting to use PLUGINs for the first time, with RChart being my guinea pig. I am still using RBase version X, and trying to decide if RCharts is valuable to me before I upgrade.
I used the RChart desktop icon to launch RCharts and create a chart file: MidTerm.RBC My databases and this chart file are stored in folder D:\RBxData\ My goal is to insert the PLUGIN command into a form's EEP to initiate the display of this chart in a separate window (either as a chart within a separate form or otherwise). But before doing so, I tried testing the PLUGIN command from the R>, using the syntax from RCharts help file. After navigating to D:\RBxData\ and connecting to the database containing the table with the chart's data, I used this command at the R> R>PLUGIN RCharts vResults |FILENAME MidTerm.RBC R>SHO vResults -ERROR- Invalid parameter ( 639) R>PLUGIN RCharts vResults |FILENAME D:\RBxData\MidTerm.RBC R>SHO vResults -ERROR- Invalid parameter ( 639) I noticed that all example charts in the sample database bundled with RBase are displayed within a report. This is done by inserting an IMAGE object into the report, using the PLUGIN command to save the chart to a file, and then retrieving this file into the report's Image object. Does this also work for forms by placing an IMAGE object into a form? Is it even possible to display charts within a form? Based on the examples, and thinking my only option is to save the chart to a file (rather than display it real time without a form), I tried to create a .JPG file using the PLUGIN command: R>PLUGIN RCharts vResults |FILENAME MidTerm.RBC |SAVE_TO_JPG D:\RBxData\MidTerm.JPG R>SHO vResults -ERROR- Invalid parameter ( 639) R>PLUGIN RCharts vResults |FILENAME D:\RBxData\MidTerm.RBC |SAVE_TO_JPG D:\RBxData\MidTerm.JPG R>SHO vResults -ERROR- Invalid parameter ( 639) My installed RBase files are stored on a separate drive partition F:\ as shown below. Although this shouldn't make a difference (hasn't so far), I provide this info anyway. F:\RBaseX (RBase is installed in this folder) F:\RBaseX\RChartsX (RCharts is installed in this sub-folder) F:\RBaseX\RDocsX (RDocs is installed in this sub-folder) F:\RBaseX\... F:\RBaseX\RChartX.RBM (This key RChart file is in the RBaseX folder with F:\RBaseX\RBGX.EXE the RBase software) My experiments show I need help to get started using RCharts. I am hoping that some of you RChart gurus can help me get going in using RCharts within a RBase application. Richard Hopkins -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbase-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/256231001.11422.1678133335681%40mail.yahoo.com.
