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A variation of the FusionCharts and Javascript Example

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Regarding the advanced example given in the document section called "FusionCharts and Javascript" (pasted below), is it possible to change it so that on a checkbox click the chart changes type in addition to the data, so for example from MSColumn3D.swf to MSLine.swf?  I want to be able to offer to my users a table of data and then radio buttons so they can select which data they want to see charted (in a single charting area) but different data would require a different chart.  Can I do this using only JS or would this require AJAX?

<HTML>
<HEAD>
  <TITLE>FusionCharts - Client Side Chart Plotting</TITLE> 
  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" SRC="../../FusionCharts/FusionCharts.js"></SCRIPT>
  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
  //In this example, we'll show you how to plot and update charts on the
  //client side. Here, we first store our data (to be plotted) in client side
  //JavaScript arrays. This data is hard-coded in this example. However,
  //in your applications, you can build this JavaScript arrays with live
  //data using server side scripting languages. Or, you can make AJAX calls
  //to get this data live.

  //We store all our data in an array data. It contains data for three Products
  //for 3 quarters. The first column of each array contains the product Name.
  //Thereafter 4 columns contain data for 4 quarters.
  var data = new Array();
  //Data for each product
  data[0] = new Array("Product A",659400,465400,764500,650500);
  data[1] = new Array("Product B",546300,436500,546500,332500);
  data[2] = new Array("Product C",657600,564600,348600,436600);
  data[3] = new Array("Product D",436500,765700,453900,326400);

     //Flag indicating whether our chart has loaded
  var chartLoaded = false;

     /**
  * FC_Rendered method is invoked when the chart has completed rendering for the first time.
  * It's a pre-defined method name. 
  * @param domId Dom ID of the chart object
  */
  function FC_Rendered(domId){ 
 //It is in this method that you can update chart's data using JS methods.
	 //Check if this is the chart that we want to update
	 if (domId=="chart1Id"){ 
	    //Yes - it is.

		//Enable the form now, as the chart has loaded
		this.document.productSelector.disabled = false;

   	 //Set chartLoaded flag to true
		chartLoaded = true;

	    //Get reference to chart object using Dom ID
		var chartObj = getChartFromId(domId);
	    //Update it's XML - set animate Flag to true
		chartObj.setDataXML(generateXML(true));
	 } 
	 return true; 
  }		 

  /**
  * updateChart method is called, when user changes any of the checkboxes.
  * Here, we generate the XML data again and build the chart. 
  * @param domId domId of the Chart
  */
  function updateChart(domId){ 
	 //Update only if chart has loaded
	 if (chartLoaded){
//Get reference to chart object using Dom ID
		var chartObj = getChartFromId(domId);
  //Update it's XML - set animate Flag from AnimateChart checkbox in form
		chartObj.setDataXML(generateXML(this.document.productSelector.AnimateChart.checked));
	 }
  }
/**
  * generateXML method returns the XML data for the chart based on the
  * checkboxes which the user has checked.
  * @param animate Boolean value indicating to animate the chart.
  * @return XML Data for the entire chart.
  */ 
  function generateXML(animate){ 
 //Variable to store XML
	 var strXML;
		 //<chart> element
	 //Added animation parameter based on animate parameter 
	 //Added value related attributes if show value is selected by the user
		 strXML = "<chart caption='Product Wise Sales' formatNumberScale='0' numberPrefix='$' animation='" + ((animate==true)?"1":"0") + "' " + ((this.document.productSelector.ShowValues.checked==true)?(" showValues='1' rotateValues='1' placeValuesInside='1' "):(" showValues='0' ")) + ">";

	 //Store <categories> and child <category> elements
	 strXML = strXML + "<categories><category name='Quarter 1' /><category name='Quarter 2' /><category name='Quarter 3' /><category name='Quarter 4' /></categories>";

 //Based on the products for which we've to generate data, generate XML 
	 strXML = (this.document.productSelector.ProductA.checked==true)?(strXML + getProductXML(0)):(strXML);
	 strXML = (this.document.productSelector.ProductB.checked==true)?(strXML + getProductXML(1)):(strXML);
	 strXML = (this.document.productSelector.ProductC.checked==true)?(strXML + getProductXML(2)):(strXML);
	 strXML = (this.document.productSelector.ProductD.checked==true)?(strXML + getProductXML(3)):(strXML); 

     //Close <chart> element;
	 strXML = strXML + "</chart>";

     //Return data
	 return strXML; 
  }

  /**
  * getProductXML method returns the <dataset> and <set> elements XML for
  * a particular product index (in data array). 
  * @param productIndex Product index (in data array)
  * @return XML Data for the product.
  */
  function getProductXML(productIndex){ 
	  var productXML;
//Create <dataset> element 
	  productXML = "<dataset seriesName='" + data[productIndex][0] + "' >"; 
//Create set elements
	  for (var i=1; i<=4; i++){
		 productXML = productXML + "<set value='" + data[productIndex][i] + "' />";
	  }
	  //Close <dataset> element
	  productXML = productXML + "</dataset>";
  //Return 
	  return productXML; 
  }
  </SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
 <!-- In this example, we'll initially plot the chart with no data. -->
  <!-- Embed a chart -->

  <!-- Create the form for selecting products. We disable the form till the chart is loaded and initialized. -->
  <FORM NAME='productSelector' Id='productSelector' action='Chart.html' method='POST' disabled>
  <h4>Please select the products for which you want to plot the chart:</h4>
  <INPUT TYPE='Checkbox' name='ProductA' onClick="JavaScript:updateChart('chart1Id');" checked> Product A  
  <INPUT TYPE='Checkbox' name='ProductB' onClick="JavaScript:updateChart('chart1Id');" checked> Product B  
  <INPUT TYPE='Checkbox' name='ProductC' onClick="JavaScript:updateChart('chart1Id');" checked> Product C  
  <INPUT TYPE='Checkbox' name='ProductD' onClick="JavaScript:updateChart('chart1Id');" checked> Product D  

  <B>Chart Configuration:</B>
  <INPUT TYPE='Checkbox' name='AnimateChart'>Animate chart while changing data?  
  <INPUT TYPE='Checkbox' name='ShowValues' onClick="JavaScript:updateChart('chart1Id');" checked>Show Data Values?   

  </FORM>

  <div id="chart1div">
  FusionCharts
  </div>
  <script language="JavaScript"> 
  var chart1 = new FusionCharts("../../FusionCharts/MSColumn3D.swf", "chart1Id", "600", "400", "0", "1"); 
  //Initialize chart with empty data. We'll feed it data on the chart's FC_Rendered event.
  chart1.setDataXML("<chart></chart>");
  chart1.render("chart1div");
  </script>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Hi,

yes, you can do this easily writing some extra lines of Javascript codes  and this wont need AJAX. You need to use javascript to define a new FusionCharts with new SWF name and set the dataXML/dataURL and render it to the same div containing the earlier chart.

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