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Charting Commands Grouped by Usage

See: Charts (alphabetic list), Properties grouped by usage

Setting up the plotting space
chNewdefines the plotting space

Creating a chart
chSetsets any chart property
chPlotline graphs (timeseries)
chScatterx/y scatter plots
chPolarpolar and radial plots
chDialdial and gauge charts
chCloud3D Scatter Plotting
chRespresponse surfaces and mesh plots
chBarassorted barcharts
chPiepiecharts
chStepstep charts
chFreqfrequency plots
chTabletable and crosstab charts
chTowertower charts
chTracetrace charts and kite diagrams
chVennVenn diagrams (2 and 3 area)
chVlineHi-Lo plots
chXbarBarcharts with given x-axis

More specialised functions ...
chClosecompleting the chart
chNulto output headings and notes only
chNewPagerequesting a new page
chBookmarksetting up an outline entry
chNewCellrequesting a new cell in a trellis
chRangeAxesset axis ranges from data matrix
chYsecto switch to a second Y-axis
chTrellisdefine a collection of cells
chMultipleuse category variable to make a small multiple
chResetto revert to default settings
chNoteadding chart notes
chNextNotefind vertical position of next note
chBitmapadding bitmaps
chMetafileadding metafiles
chHrefdefining HTML jumps
chHintadding hints to data points
chJScriptdefine JavaScript functions and globals
chJSetdefine JavaScript properties and event handlers for data
chBoxplotgenerate multi-category box and whisker plot
chWriteKeyto force a non-standard key position

... and for experts only:
chQueryquerying current settings
chInnerGapquery the gap used between bars in the same group
chRunrun with current data array and chart type
chSetDefaultreplace shipped presets with application preferences (run once)
chMapCoordsconvert from chart co-ordinates to points.
chSetNewlineChange default newline character
chSetSeparatorsOverride default Thousands and Decimal
chDrawadd polylines anywhere on the chart.
chTextadd text elements anywhere on the chart.
chPasteUpinclude completed charts as components of a composite chart.
chFixFast access to set validated properties.
chHelpcall WinHelp for any function or property name
chDefineDashset up custom dash repeats
chDefineMarkerset up custom markers from .ICO files
chDefineTileset up custom fill patterns
chDefineEffectset up custom 3D effects (SVG filters)
chDefineFontset up non-standard fonts
chIncludeadd SVG filters to output stream


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