Today we have released AnyChart Stock 1.6.0. This version includes the following changes:

New features

• The ability to specify Z-Index for series to define custom display order for regular series and technical indicators series. Read more about this feature at Series common settings: Z-Index.
• The ability to pin a certain value on a value scale to ensure its visibility. For more information, please see: Y-Axes Settings: Pinned Value.

Bug fixes

• Dashed line annotation slow rendering bug has been fixed.
• The fieldType property in the object model is no longer ignored after calling the applySettingsChanges method.

Version history: http://anychart.com/products/stock/history/
Trial download: http://anychart.com/download/

Our component for building Gantt charts has been updated. The new version - AnyGantt 4.2.0 - contains the following changes:

• AnyGantt JS integration library has been refactored:
  — AnyChart.js is now named AnyGantt.js;
  — AnyChart class is now called AnyGantt.

  Please note, that you have to change these names in your JS code when upgrading.

• A Flex version of AnyGantt component. Read more at Working with Gantt Chart in FLEX.
• Expand and collapse tasks using JavaScript.
• Scroll and Zoom using JavaScript.
• dateTimeRangeChange, verticalPositionChange and expandCollapse events to handle changes in data plot.
• Printing fixes.

Version history: http://www.anychart.com/products/anygantt/history/
Trial download: http://anychart.com/download/
Download for registered customers: http://www.anychart.com/customer_area/

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.

AnyStock 1.5.1 update is available for download at our site. It includes some significant changes:

Bug fixes

• IMPORTANT: Formatting rules now enforce escaping comma when it is used as a decimal or thousand separator. In the previous version you could use something like that: {%Value}{decimalSeparator:,} although documentation states that comma should be escaped by back slash. Since 1.5.1 rules are strict, and only the following expression works correctly: {%Value}{decimalSeparator:\,}.

  If you are upgrading from previous versions, you should check your configs and change them so that they followed the comma escaping rule.

• Formatting in value highlighter now works correctly.
• addEventMarker method now works correctly with localeBasedDate.
• Scroller events are now fired in the correct order when unselected area is clicked.
• Null values are now correctly treated as nulls (not zeros).
• MFI indicator now reads the period parameter correctly.

Improvements

• onAnnotationRemove event now returns not only the ID of a removed annotation, but also this annotation as an object — a useful improvement for implementing an “Undo” feature.
• Full compatibility with Flex 4.5 Mobile SDK — you can use AnyStock SWC in your iOs or Android Flex projects.
• Range preset buttons behavior improved, particularly when you sync two different chart objects at one page.

Documentation updates

• Updating Event Markers Visual Settings Using JavaScript sample from Online HTML/JavaScript Samples Center has been fixed.
• onAnnotationRemove description was updated in JavaScript API Reference and AnyChart Stock Flex Component: API Reference.

Version history: http://anychart.com/products/stock/history/
Trial download: http://anychart.com/download/

Developing the HTML5 version of AnyChart, our team has not only mastered a variety of tools and utilities, but also created a number of new ones - including Ctags for JavaScript based on Google Closure Compiler (gjstags).

Ctags is a program that generates an index (or tag) file of names found in source and header files of various programming languages. These tags allow definitions to be quickly and easily located by a text editor or other utility. Alternatively, there is also an output mode that generates a cross reference file, listing information about various names found in a set of language files in human-readable form.

Gjstags developed by AnyChart team supports classes, enums, interfaces, and so on. It is based on Google Closure Compiler, works under Mac OS X or Linux and is licensed under Apache License 2.0.

Anyone interested in gjstags can download it here: https://github.com/AnyChart/gjstags and is free to use it in any way.

AnyChart has licensed out AnyStock — the best web component for time-based and financial data visualization — to Bitcoin² project, thus becoming its technology sponsor.

Bitcoin is an open source peer-to-peer network created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto (whose real identity is unknown).

It tracks and verifies transactions in bitcoins — a digital currency which is generated by Bitcoin software. When the program is run, users’ computers are constantly trying to solve cryptographic puzzles to get bitcoins as a reward. As more coins are generated, the puzzles get harder, and the reward goes down, which makes Bitcoin a deflationary currency. Bitcoins can be converted to and from other currencies, primary by online exchange services. In August 2011, there were over 7.1 million bitcoins in existence.

Currently, a new version of the Bitcoin algorithm is developed - Bitcoin². Its aim is to raise bitcoins’ liquidity by making transactions safer, creating a congenial investment climate for financial companies, and providing person identification tools so that the system could be used within the international legal framework.

Bitcoin’s ideology is close to crypto-anarchism that expounds the use of strong public-key cryptography to bring about privacy and freedom.

• Bitcoin² Project — a new generation of virtual currency for B2B and B2C.
• AnyStock — Stock and Financial Flash Charting Component.

AnyChart 6.0.1 is published and live on our site, we are working hard on HTML5 engine, and this week the following changes have been made:

• Funnel chart type
• Custom attributes feature

Version history: http://anychart.com/products/anychart/history/
Trial download: http://anychart.com/download/

We are glad to announce the release of AnyChart 6.0 containing an HTML5 (SVG based) version of our component.

Our aim is to make the HTML5 version a complete substitution for the Flash version as well as to make the switch to HTML5 as easy as possible. Another thing that we see as a highest priority is the compatibility of our component with different browsers and platforms.

So key features of the HTML5 version are the following:

• HTML5 charts are configured exactly the same way as Flash ones - in XML.
• The names of API methods are the same.
• The HTML5 version is designed to work in all up-to-date versions of popular desktop browsers, such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera.
• It is also compatible with popular browsers for the mobile platforms Android (2.2+) and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch).

Though we have fully integrated the HTML5 version with our documentation as well as with the redistributable package, HTML5 support is still in the beta phase. Not all chart types and not all features are available for the moment, and we do not yet guarantee that all your charts in SVG version will look and work exactly like they do in Flash version.

However, we are going to cover all Flash version features by the HTML5 engine by the end of the year, and you will be able to upgrade your charts without any significant changes in your web sites and applications.

You can see how our HTML5 engine works in the examples from the Documentation and Gallery sections - just select an HTML5 tab when you view a chart. In case the features required to display a certain sample are not ready yet, you will see a relevant message.

To review an instruction on implementation, see HTML5 Migration Guide tutorial.

We are working hard to make the HTML5 version work exactly like the Flash version, and AnyChart will be updated each 1 or 2 weeks this fall. Check our web site or subscribe to our blog RSS or Twitter to be always aware of the latest changes.

Thank you once again for the interest in AnyChart - Modern Data Visualization Solution.

We have released an update of AnyChart Stock and Financial Charts, AnyStock 1.5.0, with the following changes:

New features

• The ability to set different left and right timescale margins in pixels has been added. Read more at: Timescale Right and left paddings.
• We have added a new parameter in the applySettingsChanges() method: preserveSelectedRange, which allows to preserve selected range when chart settings are modified.

Bug fixes

• The bug in the version 1.4.0 that lead to incorrect placement of event markers is fixed.

So if you work with AnyStock 1.4.0 and use the event markers feature, you have to update to the version 1.5.0.

Documentation updates

• Basic and Advanced Samples for AnyStock Flex have been added. See AnyChart Stock Flex Component: Your First Chart and AnyStock Flex Stock Portal.

Download AnyStock 1.5.0: http://www.anychart.com/download/
Version history: http://www.anychart.com/products/stock/history/

The ability to set left and right timescale paddings in pixels was in extreme demand, and we always do our best to provide our customers with as wide range of built-in technical indicators as possible - so we have decided not to put off the AnyStock 1.4.0 update that gives you the full control of timescale margins and three new technical indicators:

• Adaptive Moving Average
• Modified Moving Average
• Chaikin Volatility

Thus, AnyStock has become even better than before and now supports already 30 built-in and ready-to-use technical indicators.

Download AnyStock 1.4.0: http://www.anychart.com/download/
Version history: http://www.anychart.com/products/stock/history/