Generates the chart in the requested format and returns the HTML tag as a string.

String object.GetHTMLTag( )

Arguments

object: Required. A Chart object.

Remarks

The method actually:

generates the content (SVG, PNG, JPG, SWF or PDF data) from the chart object
writes it as a file into the public cache
returns an HTML tag (as a string) referencing generated the file

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

Return Value

For a SVG image (SVG) the method returns a string like this one:

<OBJECT type="image/svg+xml"
        data="/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.svg"
        width="300"
        height="200">
</OBJECT>

For a JPEG or PNG image (JPG or PNG) the method returns a string like this one:
```
<IMG src="/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.jpg" width="300" height="200">
```

For an Adobe Flash movie (SWF) the method returns a string like this one:

<OBJECT width=300
        height=200
        classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000"
        codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0">
        <param name=movie value="/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.swf">
        <param name=quality value=high>
  <EMBED src="/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.swf"
         width=300
         height=200
         quality=high
         pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
         type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
  </EMBED>
</OBJECT>

This Flash object will need the Flash 4 Player or higher on the client browser. If Flash compression is enabled, the Flash object will automatically requires the Flash 6 Player or higher.

This HTML tag is compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera browsers.

For an Acrobat PDF document (PDF) the method returns a string like this one:

<OBJECT type="application/pdf"
        data="/charts_cache/9A7DE3D6-CE1E412B.pdf"
        width="300"
        height="200"
</OBJECT>

JSP Sample Code

The following JSP code illustrates use of the GetHTMLTag method.

// Create the chart series
chart.SetDataFromTxtFile("C:\\myData.txt");
chart.LoadStyle("C:\\myStyle.scs");

// We can now generate the chart and print the HTML tag referencing it
out.println( chart.GetHTMLTag() );

Arguments

Remarks

Return Value

JSP Sample Code

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