Don't Quote The Web
In my previous post I made the mistake of quoting a web-page...which has now been amended. Oddly enough, a different link to the BBC's website will show the original text:...
View ArticleJFreeChart 1.0.9
JFreeChart 1.0.9 is now available to download from JFree.org. This release contains a security fix related to the generation of HTML image maps for charts. In addition, there are some small API...
View ArticleJFreeChart 1.0.10
JFreeChart 1.0.10 is out now. It's a free (LGPL) chart library written in Java. The NEWS file lists the latest changes. I've been working on JFreeChart for years and I charge money for the...
View ArticleCreating Thumbnails with JFreeChart
A developer asked me how to create thumbnail images using JFreeChart and, as sometimes happens, I gave him the wrong answer. Well it wasn't wrong, but I forgot about a handy method in the JFreeChart...
View ArticleCharts in Charts
A client asked how to add one or more small charts within a larger chart using JFreeChart. I figured that one approach would be to use the XYDrawableAnnotation class, but it turned out that I needed to...
View ArticleEastwood 1.1.0
The Eastwood Chart Servlet (an independent and open source implementation of Google's Chart API) has received quite a bit of interest in recent weeks, with some new developers offering patches, and a...
View ArticleJFreeChart 1.0.11
JFreeChart 1.0.11 (a free chart library for the Java platform) is now available to download. For an overview of the features available in JFreeChart, try the demo application (webstart). This release...
View ArticleNothing to lose
This made me chuckle. Stan Snowden (a commenter on a story at timesonline.co.uk) laughs in the face of the global banking crisis: "Ha! Ha! I've got no money, so I'm safe."
View ArticleBordeaux Java Users Group
A Bordeaux, Xavier Hanin a organisé un nouveau groupe d'utilisateurs du Java (BordeauxJUG). La première réunion est ce jeudi à 19h00. Je prévois d'assister à la réunion, même si mon français est terrible!
View ArticleJFreeChart at Devoxx08
I submitted a proposal to speak about JFreeChart at Devoxx08 and it was accepted. I haven't been to this conference before (it was called Javapolis previously, I think) but I've heard good things so...
View ArticleJFreeChart and JXLayer
Here is an applet: If it doesn't work for you, you probably don't have Java SE 6 installed. The applet combines JFreeChart, JXLayer and a (modified version of a) magnifying glass that Piet Blok wrote,...
View ArticleJFreeChart 1.0.12
A new version of JFreeChart was released on the last day of 2008, but I didn't have time to announce it until now. The sample chart below highlights a couple of features that made it into this release....
View ArticleJFreeChart / Bordeaux Java User Group
On Thursday night (January 8) I'll be making a short presentation about JFreeChart to the Bordeaux Java User Group. If you are in the area, register and come along. My French is nowhere near good...
View ArticleNo, Let Me Do It For You!
I've discovered an exceptionally useful tool for anyone that does any kind of technical support online. You can see this innovative tool in action in the following thread in Sun's Java2D forum - just...
View ArticleJFreeChart goes to JavaOne!
Last week I received notification that my JavaOne proposal for a birds-of-a-feather session on JFreeChart has been accepted. I agonised for a while before confirming my attendance, mainly because the...
View ArticleNetBeans - Ahead!
At the start of this year, I switched from Eclipse to NetBeans for all my JFreeChart development. At the time, I didn't really consider that worth blogging about (and maybe it still isn't - who cares...
View ArticleWhere is JFreeChart 1.0.13?
March has slidden by and the next release of JFreeChart hasn't gone out the door as planned. So where is it, some of you have been asking? Well, I'm still putting some finishing touches on the release,...
View ArticleThe World's Coolest Applet
Dan Dyer's Football Statistics Applet (screenshot below) is a very cool applet, and not just because it uses JFreeChart. It packs a *lot* of information into a small space, and makes it easily...
View ArticleJFreeChart 1.0.13
JFreeChart 1.0.13 has been posted at SourceForge. The release notes appear below. SPECIAL NOTICE: There will be a birds-of-a-feather session for JFreeChart at this year's JavaOne conference in San...
View ArticleBack from JavaOne
I got back from JavaOne on Sunday, all my travel connections worked out and my kids were happy to see me (and the chocolates from Ghirardelli). My birds-of-a-feather session on JFreeChart went well....
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