Using the Designer

About This Document
	What Is in This Document
	Related Documentation
Getting Started
	Development Process
	Running the Designer
		Windows
		UNIX
		Startup Conditions
	Creating a New Basic Chart
	Saving the Chart
		Saving a Chart for the First Time
		Saving an Edited Chart
	Testing Application Behavior
	Integrating Your Development into an Application
		Integrating a Chart into an Application
		Integrating a Style Sheet into an Application
	Reusing a Project in the Designer
Using More Designer Features
	Using Templates
		Creating Charts from Templates
		Creating a Custom Template
	Loading Data from Data Sources
		Loading Data from a Flat File
		Loading Data from Database (JDBC)
		Loading Data from In-Memory
	Customizing Your Chart
		Configuring the Chart Area
		Configuring Chart General Properties
		Configuring the Legend
		Configuring Grids
		Configuring Scales
		Configuring 3-D Rendering
		Managing Decorations
	Managing Data Style Rules
		Create Style Rule Wizard
		Data Points
		Data Series
	The Rules Menu
		Cutting
		Copying
		Pasting
		Pasting Styling Rules
		Deleting
		Renaming
		Moving Up or Down
		Enabling / Disabling
	Reconfiguring Your Data Source
	Undoing Actions
	Printing Your Chart
		Page Setup
		Print Preview
Writing an Application
	Deployment Considerations
		Deployment Paths
		Functional Application Types
	Creating a Basic Swing Application from a JViews Charts Component
XML File Format
	XML Structure
		Schema for XML Data File
		Document Type Definition for XML Data File
		XML Elements
		Interpretation of Values
	XML Project File
		XML Elements
Next Steps After the Designer
	Integrating the Project File Into an Application
		Using a Project File with a Predefined Data Source
		Customizing a Chart Loaded from a Project File
	Integrating the Styling into an Application
	Styling: CSS versus API
		Relationship Between CSS and API
		Available Graphical Parameters
		Computed Graphical Parameters
		Ease of Development
		Debugging
		Interactions
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