TeeChart Pro ActiveX improves Internal Canvas

New version adds multi-color gradients, smooth texturing and line anti-aliasing.
May 6, 2014
Feature Release

TeeChart Pro ActiveX offers hundreds of charting styles in 2D and 3D, 30+ mathematical and statistical functions plus an unlimited number of chart axis. It renders in popular graphics formats including JPEG, PNG and WMF/EMF. It also generates Flex compiled code for on-the-fly Flash image generation with in-line animations.

Updates in 2014

  • The default graphic canvas for new charts is now GDI+.
  • Color Alpha (Transparency) - Any color (pen, font, gradient, brush, etc) is now treated as a 32bit color with RGB and Alpha components.
  • Line Anti-aliasing - Produce better looking charts without jagged diagonal and curved lines.
  • Filled Pens - The base IPen interface has a new Fill property. Wide borders and lines can now be filled with textures and gradients.
  • Multi-color Gradients - Allows gradients with more than 3 colors.
  • Smooth Texturing - GDI+ uses brush images to fill polygons, rectangles and rounded rectangles with better speed and output results.
  • Transformations - Rotate, translate and scale elements using GDI+ transform methods.
  • Shadows - With GDI+, shadows are created using gradients and transparency.
  • UseSeriesTransparency Property - When False, series marks will be painted using their own transparency.
  • New class methods to set and get the "Alpha" transparency (from 0 to 255) of a given color.
  • New method to draw a round rectangle in 3D.
  • Export Chart Series data to JSON format.
  • JSON output is also compatible with TeeChart for JavaScript.
  • Export charts to OpenDocument (*.odt) spreadsheet format.
  • XAML export format now includes the optional "Transform" elements.

About Steema Software

Steema Software was formed to help meet the growing demand for TeeChart 1.0 VCL for Delphi 1.0 developed by current CEO David Berneda in 1995. Steema has grown to become a leading company in the industry, servicing products and technology solutions to many thousands of developers worldwide.

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