Hi I have been trying to find a way to convert an flash chart created using Open Flash Chats into an image.

Motivation

A web application that I am working on uses Open Charts to display several graphs and I want to provide the user with the option to download a PDF containing the displayed data. My current approach is to convert the flash object into an image before then creating a pdf using LaTeX (The look of the pdf is fairly important).

What I have tried so far:

I have tried several methods to download the flash file. Unfortunately the file that I end up with is always the file that Open Charts provides. I understand that the Open Charts swf file takes certain arguments and creates the necessary chart but I don't know how to make this happen (out side of the browser that is).

Here is the Perl Flash Charts library.

Here is a discussion on creating an image. Unfortunately this and this only provide Jana script based solutions. To achieve what I require I need a solution that can be run purely on the server.

I tried to do this by finding a way to execute JS through Perl. I have so far tried Java.pm and Java::Import. Although I am able to get some basic examples to run I am totally at a loss when it comes to running jquery and Open Charts through these modules.

Could someone please help out?

In reply to Converting Open Flash Charts to an Image. by tmharish

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