graphics in broswer window

Angharad has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi there
A general question ... I'm looking to create a script that will, given a two column data input, produce a graphical chart ... but as a browser 'pop-up' output.
I was wondering as to what people thought the best direction to take would be on this and if anyone knows of any handy packages that might be quite useful.
Thanks

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Re: graphics in broswer window by davidrw (Prior) on May 23, 2005 at 13:28 UTC
Making a browser 'pop-up' is purely a html question -- you'll probably want something like one of these: `<form ... target="_blank"> or <a href="..." target="_blank"> or something (button, link, etc that invokes a javascript function: <script language="javascript"> function makeWin { // you can set the dimensions,etc of the window using this. var win = window.open( ... ); } </script>` [download] As for creating graphs in perl, GD::Graph is probably one of the most popular packages for that. For CGI in general, start in the "Network/CGI Programming" section of the Tutorials.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: graphics in broswer window by ghenry (Vicar) on May 23, 2005 at 13:51 UTC
Here's one of my previous nodes which you can look at to see an example of GD::Graph: GD::Graph::linespoints - Various questions The main docs have loads of examples though. HTH. Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way..... Fancy a yourname@perl.me.uk? Just ask!!!	[reply]
Re: graphics in broswer window by Angharad (Pilgrim) on May 23, 2005 at 13:49 UTC
Thanks a lot	[reply]