XML Architecture

The XML architecture supports all of the information necessary for charts to be rendered. This includes all of the labels, axes, colors, and data. The following outlines this XML structure.

Please refer to this reference for all modifications.

<layout>

Properties: Title – the Title to show in the preset manager list Description: This tag is the main root-level tag for Layouts. Child Tags: title, background, innerbg, numformat, xaxis, yaxis, rightyaxis, color_wheel, data

<dwc>

Properties: Layout – the XML file used for this chart's layout Color – the Color XML file used for this chart's color scheme Description: This tag is the main root-level tag for Dynamic Web Charts. Child Tags: title, background, innerbg, numformat, xaxis, yaxis, rightyaxis, color_wheel, data

<title>

Properties: Style – font style Description: The title of the chart Child Tags: None

<background>

Properties: Color – color of the background image to use Align – background horizontal alignment Valign – background vertical alignment Description: The background information for this chart Child Tags: None

<innerbg>

Properties: Startcolor – color at start of fade Endcolor – color at end of fade Direction – background fade direction Description: More background information for this chart Child Tags: None

<numformat>

Properties: Decimals – number of decimals to show Force – whether to force decimal places Comma_decimal – whether to use a comma as the point character No_thousand – whether or not to use the thousands place separator Description: How numbers are formatted Child Tags: None

<xaxis>

Properties: Min – minimum value on the axis Max – maximum value on the axis Color – the color of the axis Gridcolor – the color of the grid Offset - true / false for starting datapoints on or offset from Y-Axis Description: The information for the x axis Child Tags: ticks, legend, labels

<yaxis>

Properties: Min – minimum value on the axis Max – maximum value on the axis Color – the color of the axis Gridcolor – the color of the grid Offset - ?? Description: The information for the y axis Child Tags: ticks, legend, labels

<rightyaxis>

<ticks>

Properties: Number – number of ticks on the axis Width – width of tick line Axiswidth – width of axis line Showevery – how often to show the tick Description: The number of ticks on the axis Child Tags: None