ActionScript Graphing Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- ActionScript Graphing Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with Graph Drawing -- Introduction -- Drawing in two dimensions -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Graphics drawing -- Coordinate systems and transformations -- See also -- Building point charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Coordinate system -- Scaling woes -- Adding more parameters -- See also -- Creating a line graph based on a function -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Improving the Graph class -- Using points to draw functions -- Curves -- See also -- Adding labels and axes -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Vertical axis -- Screen versus graph coordinates -- Error checking and adding parameters -- Graphing a spreadsheet -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Two arrays -- Associative array -- Vectors -- Associative array to two-dimensional array conversion -- See also -- Area charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Having the color as a parameter -- The fill style -- See also -- Multiple area charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Improving the interface -- Styling the fill -- Styling a graph.

Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Transformation -- Gradient lines and points, bitmap areas -- See also -- Adding legends -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- TextField customization -- A background -- See also -- Using Flex for charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Flex without MXML -- ActionScript in Flex -- See also -- 2. Working with Data -- Introduction -- Preparing your data -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Databases -- Embedding CSV files -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- CSV parsing -- See also -- Loading a data file from the Internet -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Other events -- Relative URL -- Security and cross-domain policies -- See also -- Loading a file from the local hard drive -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Cancel file browsing -- See also -- Loading data with XML -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Loading from other sources -- Different XML structures -- Loading data from Excel files -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- as3xls -- See also -- Consuming the REST services -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- More web APIs -- Using SOAP services -- Exporting data as CSV to import in Excel -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Semicolon or comma -- CSV header -- Exporting data to a PDF file -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Headers and footers -- Adding images -- See also -- 3. Creating Bar Charts -- Introduction.

Drawing a bar chart with Flex -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Showing data tips -- Displaying vertical bars -- Adding more bars -- See also -- Building vertical bar charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Styling -- Interactivity -- Accommodating a wider data range -- See also -- Creating comparison bar charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a legend -- See also -- Drawing histograms -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Data range -- So many bars -- See also -- Creating sparklines to enrich text content -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding the area under the line -- Averaging the data -- Making 3D bar charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using gradient -- Using a real 3D engine -- See also -- 4. Drawing Different Types of Graphs -- Introduction -- Drawing a pie chart with Flex -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Bevel or not -- See also -- Creating donut charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Labels -- Donut chart as a pie chart -- See also -- Drawing meters and gauges -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Animation -- Using the Flash IDE -- See also -- Making Venn diagrams -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Interactivity -- More sets -- Building pyramid charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Getters and setters -- 3D! -- See also -- Drawing bubble charts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Interactivity -- Legends -- See also.

Creating tag clouds -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Modifying the alpha -- Using embedded fonts -- Creating a treemap -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Representing small values -- Using a tree as data -- See also -- 5. Adding Interaction -- Introduction -- Zooming and panning around a graph -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Cleaning up the code -- Using the mousewheel -- Centering on zoom -- Fix axes -- Sending data updates to the graph -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Scrolling data -- Random access -- Undo -- Dispatching and listening for events -- Making the points interactive: Hovering -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Attaching data to points -- Better display -- Selecting data points in the graph -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Selection by clicking -- Drawing selected items -- Adding to and removing from a selection -- A dynamic graph based on an editable table -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Data validation -- Zoom/pan on entry -- Dragging data points to new values -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Processing the new location -- More freedom -- Adding and removing points -- Linking graphs -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Multiple data sets -- Animation -- 6. Mapping Geographical and Spatial Data -- Introduction -- Showing a map using the openscales.org API -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Custom controls -- Using different maps -- Adding points of interest to a map -- Getting ready -- How to do it...

How it works... -- There's more... -- Changing the marker -- A URL for image -- Making the marker interactive -- Parsing data to use as region fill -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Checking for errors -- See also -- Coloring a map -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using different countries -- Using another color range -- See also -- Adding multiple layers to a map -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Making your own LayerManager control -- Animating turning on/off layers -- Overlaying a heat map -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using more precise data -- Starting from blue -- 7. Animating a Graph -- Introduction -- Animating between two data sets -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using TweenLite -- See also -- Animating a meter -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Visualizing easing functions -- See also -- Automatic updates -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Horizontal axis -- See also -- Zooming in on a specific data set -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a back button -- Reverse animation -- See also -- Animating subway locations -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Collisions -- Playing the sounds -- See also -- 8. Creating a Relational Network -- Introduction -- Preparing the data -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Links for more theory -- See also -- Creating the visual for a node -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Styling -- Arranging and linking the nodes -- Getting ready.

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