Generates a Flash movie or an image from a chart and returns the corresponding binary data.

byte[] object.ExportAsBinary( )

Arguments

object
Required. A Chart object.

Return Value

The ExportAsBinary method returns a binary value that contains the generated Flash movie, or JPEG / PNG image, or SVG / PDF document.

Remarks

This method is actually similar to the ExportAsResponse method. However, ExportAsBinary does not write the generated data to the output. The method actually:

The format of the generated content can be specified by the method SetOutputFormat.

JSP Sample Code

The following JSP code illustrates use of the ExportAsBinary method.

// Create the chart series
int[] values_1= new int[3];
int[] values_2= new int[3];

values_1[0] = 10;
values_1[1] = 20;
values_1[2] = 30;

values_2[0] = 100;
values_2[1] = 200;
values_2[2] = 300;

chart.SetSeriesValuesFromArray( 0, values_1 );
chart.SetSeriesValuesFromArray( 1, values_2 );

// Set the graphics settings from a style file
chart.LoadStyle( "C:\\myStyle.scs" );

// The chart is complete, we can now generate the movie
byte[] bin_swf= chart.ExportAsBinary();

See Also

ExportAsFile Method | ExportAsResponse Method | SetOutputFormat Method

Applies To: Chart Object