We are glad to announce that AnyChart 6.0.11 is now available for download. Our team keeps improving the HTML5 engine and broadening the range of features supported by it. We have also made a number of important bug fixes both for the HTML5 and Flash engine.

New HTML5 features:

• Radar plots
  A radar plot is a graphical method of displaying multivariate data. Variables are represented on axes starting from the same point, where the relative position and angle of the axes is uninformative. It is also known as spider chart, star chart, kiviat diagram, etc. AnyChart allows displaying three types of series on radar charts: Line, Area and Marker.
• Polar plots
  A polar plot is a plot drawn on a circular grid, showing trends in values on the basis of angles: each point on a plane is determined by a distance from a fixed point and an angle from a fixed direction. AnyChart allows drawing Line, Area and Marker series on polar plots.
• Indicator and Bulb gauges
• Label gauges
• Circular gauges (now fully supported)

HTML5 bug fixes:

• The getInformation() method obfuscation problem with Gauge charts is fixed.
• Axis Crossing attribute problems are fixed.
• Bar/Line overlay problems are fixed.

Flash bug fixes:

• Flex component no longer throws an error when the legend is enabled in charts.

• Marker series are now properly animated.

And the last, but not the least: we have solved the problem with maps in Chrome. Pepper Flash Chrome plugin peculiarities make it impossible for AnyMap of earlier versions to work properly, and there is only way to avoid this for sure: upgrade to AnyChart 6.0.11.

The full list of improvements: http://anychart.com/products/anychart/history/
Trial download: http://anychart.com/download/

Today we are glad to announce the release of AnyChart 6.0.5. We are constantly improving the HTML5 engine, and soon it will become fully functional. Besides that, we keep adding new features and refining various aspects of AnyChart, including the smallest details (which, as we believe, are never insignificant) to make it more and more convenient to use.

In AnyChart 6.0.5 we have introduced a number of important improvements:

• A new Scale Auto Calculation Mode - Axes Scales: Scale Auto Calculation Modes.
• A new scale attribute always_show_zero - Axes Scales: Always Show Zero in Auto Calculation Mode.
• AnyChart Flex Component can now be used in Android applications.
• AnyChart Flash Integration can now be used in iOs applications.
• The getInformation() method now returns gauges and pointers collection for Gauge charts.
• AnyChart() constructor can now have up to three parameters, where the third parameter is a custom chart id.
• Chart custom messages are now configured in a different way: properties are replaced with a messages object. Read more in the Preloader tutorial.
• The getPNG() function now have two optional parameters: width and height. Read more in the Save as Image tutorial.
• Series now have a new attribute - enabled - which allows to hide them when a chart is rendered and then show again using the showSeries() method. Read more in the tutorial on working with data in JavaScript.
• A number of features, such as label controls, color swatch control, actions, templates, and the apply_palletes_to attribute are now fully supported in the HTML5 engine.

Important note: Because of the bug in Flash Player 11.0.1.152 Radar and Polar charts are displayed incorrectly. If you use any of 5.x or 6.x AnyChart versions with this version of Flash Player, please, switch either to AnyChart 6.0.5 or to Flash Player 11.1.102.55 (or later).

For more bug fixes and version history, see: http://anychart.com/products/anychart/history/
Trial download is available at: http://anychart.com/download/

Please, feel free to contact us if any questions arise. We appreciate our clients and work hard to anticipate their needs and keep pace with the latest demands of the industry, making our charts even more flexible and attractive.

On 26th of February AnyChart is proud to release version 5.1.2.5 of AnyChart Flash Charting Component with new JavaScript library methods, enhanced pie and donut charts labeling algorithm, extended external scroll interface and a lot of bugfixes.Please download the latest trial version from AnyChart Download Section.

• New: Chart Show and Hide methods
• Improvement: Pie labeling mechanism improved
• Improvement: JS Scroll interface extended
• Bug fix: JavaScript data manipulation and loosing changes
• Bug fix: “No data” message in Funnel and Treemap
• Bug fix: Memory Leaks in IE
• Bug fix: Point click in Pie charts return value
• Bug fix: Absolute Deviation threshold issues
• Bug fix: Pies and palettes
• Bug fix: Scroll behavior
• Bug fix: Tooltip cut off
• Bug fix: Logarithmic axis labeling
• Bug fix: AM/PM Date Time issue
• Bug fix: Negative values labeling

We hope you enjoy all these improvements and we’ll do our utmost to make AnyChart even better in future releases.

AnyChart component for Adobe Flex 3 is now available!

Now Flex developers have better alternative of Flex Charting for adding interactive charts, maps and diagrams into their applications. Our solution allows to build dashboard, reporting, analytical, statistical, financial or any other data visualization solutions with Adobe Flex 3. AnyChart is an advanced Flash based data-visualizataion solution, allowing everyone to utilize power of animation and ultimate interactivity.

It’s just a beta 1 version and we are open for your opinions and suggestions.
You can send them as a comments to this post or contact us directly (support@anychart.com).

You can download SWC library from here:
http://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/docs/platforms/flex/AnyChartTrialSWCComponents.zip

And please take a look at the following samples:

Sample #1: Chart types.

http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/chartTypes/AnyChartFlexChartTypes.html
Source code of this sample is available here:
http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/chartTypes/srcview/index.html

Sample #2: Sales map.

http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/salesMap/AnyChartFlexSalesMap.html
Source code of this sample is available here:
http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/salesMap/srcview/index.html

Sample #3: Yahoo Weather with AnyChart Flash Maps.

http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/yahooWeather/YahooWeatherSample.html
Source code of this sample is available here:
http://www.anychart.com/platforms/flex/samples/yahooWeather/srcview/index.html

Quick start guide:
1. Download AnyChartFlexComponent.swc and add them to the “libs” folder of your project
2. Open your Flex application in the “Design” view.
3. Drag AnyCharFlex from Components panel to the stage (Custom->AnyChartFlex)
4. Open the “Code” view and write XML for the chart. e.g.

<ns1:AnyChartFlex x="10" y="10" width="550" height="400">
<ns1:anychartXML>
<mx:XML>
<anychart>
  <charts>
    <chart>
      <data>
        <series>
          <point name="pt1" y="10" />
          <point name="pt2" y="20" />
          <point name="pt3" y="30" />
          <point name="pt4" y="40" />
          <point name="pt5" y="20" />
        </series>
      </data>
    </chart>
  </charts>
</anychart>
</mx:XML>
</ns1:anychartXML>
</ns1:AnyChartFlex>

That’s it! Quick and Easy!

You can find complete XML reference here:
http://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/docs/xmlReference/index.html

Beta 1 provides full support of the AnyChart XML format, it means that all AnyChart features are available!

So - you are welcome to play with our demos and leave your comments! Your opinion is very important for us - Thank you!