justjeff1 Report post Posted July 30, 2007 I have read the docs for "FusionCharts in PowerPoint Presentations", but I'm still not clear how this works in a live environment. If I create a php application to draw a chart on a php page, how would I then save the swf and the associated xml file so I could add them both to my ppt? I know how to save the swf file, just not the xml. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pallav Report post Posted July 30, 2007 You cannot directly do so from PHP. The PowerPoint part is meant for static charting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justjeff1 Report post Posted July 30, 2007 Ok, so theoretically, I could built a PHP application that not only drew the chart but also saved a copy of the XML that was used to draw that chart, and create a link to download that XML, correct? To be clear, the idea here is that we have a backend application that all of us log into that we use to generate charts, but I want the users to be able to (fairly) easily take the resulting chart and place it in a powerpoint. If PHP is not the most efficient way to do this, what is the best way to allow several users in one office to be able to pull charts from one database and put those charts into a powerpoint? Is there a way to pull data down from a MySQL call and automatically generate the XML, in other words? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pallav Report post Posted August 1, 2007 You can generate the XML from your PHP - but if you want to use in PowerPoint, the XML has to be of specific file name at the specified path (the path which is specified in PowerPoint during chart embedding). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
exwhyz Report post Posted March 25, 2008 Along the lines of being able to export charts from the website into documents, this is a must-have feature to export the chart into PPT via server side code. Any reason why this functionality is not built into FusionCharts. This should be the high on the list as a lot of my customers that I have demonstrated the fusioncharts have asked for this functionality and for lack of it they are looking at other options. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pallav Report post Posted March 30, 2008 Since FusionCharts cannot be exported as a single file, we cannot directly provide this option. For any FusionCharts SWF to function, it needs the SWF + XML data. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rajroop Report post Posted February 16, 2010 Hey there, We've just released a new and free add-in for PowerPoint that lets you add FusionCharts very easily to your slides. Check out oomfo @ http://oomfo.com Would love to have your feedback/suggestions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
