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Charting Commands Grouped by Usage

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

Setting up the plotting space
ch.Newdefines the plotting space

Creating a chart
ch.Setsets any chart property
ch.Plotline graphs (timeseries)
ch.Scatterx/y scatter plots
ch.Polarpolar and radial plots
ch.Dialdial and gauge charts
ch.Cloud3D Scatter Plotting
ch.Respresponse surfaces and mesh plots
ch.Barassorted barcharts
ch.Piepiecharts
ch.Stepstep charts
ch.Freqfrequency plots
ch.Tabletable and crosstab charts
ch.Towertower charts
ch.Tracetrace charts and kite diagrams
ch.VennVenn diagrams (2 and 3 area)
ch.VlineHi-Lo plots
ch.XbarBarcharts with given x-axis

More specialised functions ...
ch.Closecompleting the chart
ch.Nulto output headings and notes only
ch.NewPagerequesting a new page
ch.Bookmarksetting up an outline entry
ch.NewCellrequesting a new cell in a trellis
ch.RangeAxesset axis ranges from data matrix
ch.Ysecto switch to a second Y-axis
ch.Trellisdefine a collection of cells
ch.Multipleuse category variable to make a small multiple
ch.Resetto revert to default settings
ch.Noteadding chart notes
ch.NextNotefind vertical position of next note
ch.Bitmapadding bitmaps
ch.Metafileadding metafiles
ch.Hrefdefining HTML jumps
ch.Hintadding hints to data points
ch.JScriptdefine JavaScript functions and globals
ch.JSetdefine JavaScript properties and event handlers for data
ch.Boxplotgenerate multi-category box and whisker plot
ch.WriteKeyto force a non-standard key position

... and for experts only:
ch.Queryquerying current settings
ch.InnerGapquery the gap used between bars in the same group
ch.Runrun with current data array and chart type
ch.SetDefaultreplace shipped presets with application preferences (run once)
ch.MapCoordsconvert from chart co-ordinates to points.
ch.SetNewlineChange default newline character
ch.SetSeparatorsOverride default Thousands and Decimal
ch.Drawadd polylines anywhere on the chart.
ch.Textadd text elements anywhere on the chart.
ch.PasteUpinclude completed charts as components of a composite chart.
ch.FixFast access to set validated properties.
ch.Helpcall WinHelp for any function or property name
ch.DefineDashset up custom dash repeats
ch.DefineMarkerset up custom markers from .ICO files
ch.DefineTileset up custom fill patterns
ch.DefineEffectset up custom 3D effects (SVG filters)
ch.DefineFontset up non-standard fonts
ch.Includeadd SVG filters to output stream


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