Chart Option

What can Chart Option do?

With the environment where XSL Formatter Chart Option is built, it's possible to draw Microsoft® Excel Chart as a vector image. The target sheet and the chart of the Excel file can be specified for <fo:external-graphic> as follows.

<fo:external-graphic src="MyBook.xls#sheet=2&amp;chart=3"/>

In this example, the third chart in the second sheet is specified. The first sheet is shown as 1, and the first chart is shown as 1. When sheet is not specified, the sheet which contains the first chart is selected. When chart is not specified, the first chart contained in the specified sheet is selected. When neither is specified, the first chart contained in that book is selected. At this time, it is possible to omit the fragment as follows.

<fo:external-graphic src="MyBook.xls"/>

Supports the following version of Excel.

Excel 97
Excel 2000
Excel 2002
Excel 2003

Restrictions:

Surface chart is not correctly displayed.
Size, position, aspect ratio and angle of the displayed chart (especially 3-D chart) might not be the same as those of the original display by Excel.
The display of the data table is not supported.
The display units of the axis scale is not supported.
The data labels other than value cannot be displayed. The display of multiple data labels of value in Bubble chart is also not supported.
The display of the legend key of the data labels is not supported.
Elaborate fill effects, such as Gradient or Texture, are not supported.
The vertical orientation of the axis label is not supported.
The hierarchical item labels might not be correctly displayed.
Maximum, minimum and major unit etc. of the axis scale might be different from Excel.
As for combination charts, the legend item might not be displayed in the correct order.
The custom (by specifying the range of cell) in the error amount is not supported.
The position where the data labels are displayed might be different from Excel.
As for the border style, those of the last 3 patterns are not supported.
Superscript and subscript in the font of the axis label are not supported.
"Round corners" in the patterns of the chart area is not supported.
The display of equation in the trendline is not supported.

The content-type is "application/vnd.ms-excel".

System requirement

XSL Formatter V4. or later is required. System requirement depends on XSL Formatter.

Pricing and Licensing

Pricing

Type of license	Price
XSL Formatter MathML Option for Standalone	$100
XSL Formatter MathML Option for Server	$500

Licensing

The license of XSL Formatter V3.2 or later is required to use MathML Option.
After getting XSL Formatter V3 a user can purchase MathML Option as an option.
XSL Formatter MathML Option is designed to work with XSL Formatter product version. It's not available to use only MathML Option.
XSL Formatter MathML Option can run only on a computer that it is installed by a user who is registered. This license does not allow to provide the function of XSL Formatter MathML for other computers directly or indirectly that is accessible to the computer XSL Formatter is installed.

How to buy

You may buy XSL Formatter MathML Option through our Resellers, or direct order to us. See also: Purchasing Assistance.

Support

You can receive maintenance support of MathML Option as far as XSL Formatter has maintenance period or during the 90 day warranty period from the purchase of XSL Formatter.