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Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

Title:FOCUS, from INFORMATION BUILDERS
Moderator:ZAYIUS::BROUILLETTE
Created:Thu Feb 19 1987
Last Modified:Mon May 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:615
Total number of notes:1779

25.0. "FOCUS GRAPHING" by MEMV02::SHELTRY (Wayne - MEM Finance IS - Acton) Tue Jan 19 1988 13:28

    Has anyone tried using GRAPH commands against your FOCUS databases
    yet?  I was playing around with it this afternoon but with no luck.
     What I know about graphing with FOCUS on IBM (sorry...but I just
    had to say it) doesn't apply on VMS.  Could use some thoughts on
    what anyone has done, specifically in the area of generating
    PIE charts.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Wayne
    
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25.1Wait for FOCUS 5STOPIT::LINNELLThu Jan 21 1988 05:2817
    As far as I am aware, it is not possible to produce PIE charts using
    FOCUS 1.3.1A or lower, as the graphs are drawn using characters
    and it isn't too easy to draw a pie with dots and dashes.
    
    Do not dispare, We here in E.U.E. (Reading UK) have been producing
    graphs from focus using DECgraph. We do this by producing a DECgraph
    input file from a FOCUS Table request and the invoking DECgraph
    from the FOCUS routine.
    
    Even better news. I have a beta test version of FOCUS 5!! and it
    supports Regis graphics and draws very nice pie charts. The release
    date for this version is not definate yet but it shouldn't be too
    long. 
    
    Adam