How to Change Flash Chart after Publishing to the Web

Chart in Flash is an SWF file which contains both chart appearance and data. Nevertheless, data can be saved separately in an XML file for easy changing. Animated Chart Pro edition allows creating real time chart that means its data updates automatically from XML file. It doesn’t matter whether XML file contains dynamic data or specific set of data which never changes – in both cases creating this file gives you possibility to change chart data without changing the whole web page with the flash chart.

 

After creating your flash chart with Animated Chart software, you can save it as a project file (*.ach). If you need to change your chart later, the project file will bring you to the final point of your chart creation – and you won’t have to create chart from a sketch again. Besides, having project file lets you change only the parameter you need, e.g. data only, or color only, keeping other settings the same as for your primary flash graph. After applying all changes needed, you can save chart or its data again.

 

                  

 

                 

 

The rule to edit already published chart is simple – to edit data, replace XML file, to change appearance – replace SWF file. If your flash chart consists of SWF only, simply replace SWF. You can do that even without editing your web page HTML code if your new file name will be the same as previous one. Replace this file in your web folder and you are done. Note that you’ll have to edit code if you changed chart width or length, as these values are set in your HTML code.  If you only want to resize flash chart, you even don’t have to edit your chart in the program, you can simply set new values in its HTML code. Just take into account your graph proportions not to distort the flash graph.

 

If the name of your new swf file differs from the previous one, or path to the file changed, these parameters should be changed in an HTML code of flash chart too. Animated Chart generates HTML code of flash graph automatically and inserts width, height and file name into it. So, if you change all these parameters, it may be simpler for you to copy the new code and insert it instead of the old one than to change values manually.

 

 

To edit already published chart, you should:

 

1) open chart project file (yourfilename.ach) with Animated Chart and make desired changes

 

2) depending on what you change:

3) server-side changes: