NOTE: Due to the fact that these objects use Adobe® Flash, they have additional requirements and limitations.

Fx Trend Graph
The Fx trend graph (obj_fxtrend). See the Fx Trend Graph section for more details on working with these graphs and additional interactivity supported in a Thin Client deployment.
 

Fx Bar Graph
The Fx bar graph (class name: obj_fxbar). See the Fx Bar Graph section for more details on working with these graphs and additional interactivity supported in a Thin Client deployment.
 

Fx Pie Graph
The Fx pie graph (class name: obj_fxpie). See the Fx Pie Graph section for more details on working with these graphs and additional interactivity supported in a Thin Client deployment.
 

Requirements and Limitations

Requirements

• The Fx graphs require version 9.0 or newer of the Adobe® Flash Player.
• In the Thin Client, the Fx graphs are supported in any supported browser that has the Flash Player installed. If a display containing an Fx graph is loaded into the Thin Client and the Flash Player is not installed, a link to the Flash Player download page will appear on the display.

Limitations

• In the Display Builder and Display Viewer applications, Fx graphs are supported on Windows platforms only. If a display containing an Fx graph is opened in the Display Builder or Display Viewer, and the correct version of the Flash Player is not available or the local operating system is not Windows, the Fx graph will be blank and an error message will be issued. In the Display Builder, the Fx Graphs tab will still be visible.
• The Fx graphs are not supported in the Display Viewer Applet on any platform.
• The Fx graphs can be resource intensive during display loading and updating. This should be kept in mind when designing displays. A display containing several Fx graphs may load slowly.
• The Fx graphs are drawn inside a Flash Player window. This means that Fx graphs will be drawn above all other objects in a display, except other Fx objects, regardless of the object order. The Move to Front and Move to Back operations have no effect on Fx graphs. Also, in the Display Builder, if an Fx graph extends beyond the edges of the display, it will obscure other panels in the Display Builder, such as the object palette, property sheet, etc. When zooming or scrolling in the Display Builder or Display Viewer, Fx graphs will obscure any portion of the vertical and horizontal scrollbars that they overlap.
• In the Thin Client, if the context menu is opened near an Fx graph, the menu will be partially hidden by the Fx object. Also, a right-click inside an Fx graph will open the Flash Player menu, not the Thin Client's context menu.
• When moving an Fx graph in the Display Builder, it is best to grab and drag the object by one of its edges, just inside the selection highlight rectangle. The graph can't be dragged from within the plot area, since that will initiate a zoom. It can be dragged by other interior areas, but it may not move smoothly.

• Fx graphs store RGB values for all colors, this causes two problems:

  •  If you assign a custom color to a Fx graph and then change the custom color definition, the Fx graph will not update since it stored the RGB value of the custom color instead of the Color Index number. The only way to update it is to manually pick a new color in the Display Builder.
  •  If you apply a custom color to the Fx graph with the same RGB value as a standard color, when you close and re-open the standard color will be selected not the custom color. Because Fx graphs store RGB values, the corresponding color in the standard palette will be selected first.