Generates a Flash movie or an image from a chart and returns the corresponding binary data.
object.ExportAsBinary
The ExportAsBinary method returns a binary value that contains the generated Flash movie, or JPEG / PNG image, or SVG / PDF document.
This method is actually similar to the ExportAsResponse method. However, ExportAsBinary does not require the Response object provided by the web server. The method actually:
The format of the generated content can be specified by the method SetOutputFormat.
The following VBScript code illustrates use of the ExportAsBinary method in a ASP page.
'Create the chart series Response.Expires= 0 Response.ContentType= "application/x-shockwave-flash" Dim values_1(2) Dim values_2(2) 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 bin_swf= chart.ExportAsBinary 'Once generated, we simply write it into the Response object Response.BinaryWrite bin_swf
ExportAsFile Method | ExportAsResponse Method | SetOutputFormat Method
Applies To: Chart Object