Chart2

Chart2 is a sub-project of the OpenOffice.org Chart Project. Our goal is to develop a new Chart component for (presumably) OOo 2.3.

Charts are used for visualizing data sets from e.g. spreadsheets by two and three dimensional diagrams. There are a lot of different two- and three-dimensional chart types you can choose from. This page gathers information about the new chart implementation of OpenOffice.org. It is especially written to help new comers to the process of developing in the new OOo chart module.

If you would like to participate, if you have comments or questions related to the chart you are welcome on the graphics mailing lists: (users,dev,features,bugs,cvs)@graphics.openoffice.org. See also the section at the bottom of this page called [Some useful information].

Development in the New Chart

As the information on how to compile the new chart and on how to develop in this project have become quite lengthy, they can be found now on separate pages:

• FAQ about Chart API Compatibility If you have problems with Macros or extensions that use the com.sun.star.chart API you may find answers or ask questions on this page.
• Compiling the new chart module
• Developing for the new chart module

Open Technical Issues in the New Chart

There still some architectural issues left that have to be solved. This section serves for showing those problems and showing the progress in finding solutions. The issues are now on a separate page.

Why not implement everything in OOo?

This article has been moved to a separate page.

List of whished enhancements for Charts

This list is based primarily on the List of wished enhancements for Charts.

• Introduction
• Chart-Types
• Legend
• Data Labels
• Axis
• Chart formatting
• Trend lines and error bars
• Range and data series
• Chart annotation
• Miscellaneous
• Killer apps from other Chart softwares :-)

Features

• Features in OOo 2.3
• Features in OOo 2.4
• Features in OOo 2.x
• Features in OOo 3.0

Documentation

The application help introduces an own module "Chart" in the top left drop-down listbox of Help Viewer. Main issue for documentation is http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=60360

Some useful information

• Chart Project Page: http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html
• Chart Specifications: http://specs.openoffice.org/chart/index.html
• IRC channel: #chart2.openoffice.org on freenode
• OOo Sun Developers Weblog: GullFOSS (which also shows up at Planet OpenOffice.org)