XML/SWF Charts – powerful tool to create attractive charts and graphs from XML data

May 16th, 2011No Comments  |  Filed Under: Software & Tools

I was looking for Flash Charts tool and found incredible cool tool XML/SWF Charts. So just wanted to share here.

XML/SWF Charts is a simple, yet powerful tool to create attractive charts and graphs from XML data.

You just create an XML source to describe a chart, then pass it to this tool’s flash file to generate the chart. The XML source can be prepared manually, or generated dynamically using any scripting language (PHP, ASP, CFML, Perl, etc.)

XML/SWF Charts makes the best of both the XML and SWF worlds. XML provides flexible data generation, and Flash provides the best graphic quality.

XML/SWF Charts requires a web browser with Flash Player 9 or later.

Features:

  • Quick generation of charts and graphs from static or dynamic data (any scripting language)
  • Full updates and data streaming without reloading the web page.
  • Interactive scrolling (any number of data-points), drill-down, 3D rotation, links, guides, labels, etc.
  • Flash applications, web applications, and support for Javascript communication.
  • Supports unicode text to display special characters and multi-languages.
  • Chart types : supports almost all types

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How to enable GZIP Compression in Apache Server to Speed up Website

April 23rd, 20113 Comments  |  Filed Under: Tutorials

Compression is a simple and effective way to speed up your site. Modern browsers supports gzip compressed content and are capable of uncompressing gzip data into plain text.

The gzip module configuration depends on your Apache Server version:
Apache 1.3 uses mod_gzip while Apache 2.x uses mod_deflate.

mod_gzip configuration for Apache 1.3.x:

<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
mod_gzip_on Yes
mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
mod_gzip_item_include file \.(html?|txt|css|js|php)$
mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.*
mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.*
mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*
mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader ^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.*
</IfModule>

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HDGraph – a free tool for Windows to draw multi-level pie charts of disk space

March 22nd, 2011No Comments  |  Filed Under: Software & Tools

HDGraph, is a free tool for Windows able to draw multi-level pie charts of disk space usage. It shows all the directories and sub-directories of the hard drive on a single graph, allowing to see the largest directories at a glance.

HDGraph is compatible with all storage visible in the Windows explorer : folder of hard disk drive, usb pen drive, network folder, cd, dvd etc.

Requirements: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP with Microsoft .NET Framework v. 2.0 or above
License: HDGraph is free under CeCILL license