Installation

Overview

Installation of AnyChart is very easy: all you need to do is to copy swf file(s) shipped with AnyChart downloadable package. Note that Flash Player 9 or above should be installed on your machine to view the charts.

Prerequisite

Flash ® Player is a required component to evaluate Anychart Flash Chart Components.

You can download the latest Flash Player from Adobe (ex Macromedia) Web Site.

Installation of AnyChart to your Web Server

Installation of AnyChart to your web server is a very easy task, that can be accomplished without any registration/tuning obstacles:

  1. Create a sub folder named AnyChart in the root folder your application (it's not obligatory to give this certain name or create it under root folder).
  2. Copy all the files from Downloadable Package -> swf folder and paste them into folder you've created.

That's it - now AnyChart Flash Charts are ready to use into you online application. Proceed to Your First Chart tutorial to start creating your own charts with our solution.

Installation of AnyChart Samples on Web Server

If you want to install any of the samples from livesamples folder to your server - just copy a required sample folder to your site and launch the files in your browser.

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Installation of AnyChart on your local machine

Installation of AnyChart to the local machine is almost the same, but requires some additional steps caused by Flash Player 9 Security issues.

Windows 2000/XP/Vista Installation Guide

  1. Open the folder where you want to create charts.
  2. Create a sub folder named AnyChart in the root folder your application (it's not obligatory to give this certain name or create it under this folder).
  3. Copy all the files from Downloadable Package -> swf folder and paste them into folder you've created.
  4. Open Downloadable Package > register folder and paste anychart.bat into folder with swf files you've created.
  5. Run anychart.bat
  6. Now you may delete anychart.bat - Read about anychart.bat below
  7. Restart your Browser if it is launched.

That's it - now AnyChart Flash Charts are ready to use into you online application. Proceed to Your First Chart tutorial to start creating your own charts with our solution.

Installation of AnyChart Samples

To install and run samples from livesamples folder on your local machine from the folders other than livesamples folder, please do the following:

  1. Copy a folder with a sample to the desired location.
  2. Open swf sub folder in samples folder (in your new location).
  3. Run anychart.bat located there.
  4. Restart your browser if it is launched.
  5. Remove anychart.bat if you'd like to.

You should register this way any folder on your local machine where you want to store AnyChart swf files.

AnyChart.bat description

anychart.bat does no harm to your PC or system - it just creates a configratuion file that tells FlashPlayer that AnyChart swf files can interact with local files. The configuration files are located in:
%APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust\
where %APPDATA% - path to current users application data folder.

anychart.bat creates a configuration file with a random name for each folder where you will run it and allows AnyChart swf files to be run from that folder.

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MAC Component Installation/Samples Installation

To install AnyChart на Mac OS you should:

  1. Open the folder where you want to create charts,
    e.g. /Applications/Charts or /Users/<NAME>/Applications/Charts
    Where <NAME> - user name
  2. Create a sub folder named AnyChart in the root folder your application (it's not obligatory to give this certain name or create it under this folder),
    e.g. /Applications/Charts/swf or /Users/<NAME>/Applications/Charts/swf
    Where <NAME> - user name
  3. Copy all the files from Downloadable Package -> swf folder and paste them into folder you've created.
  4. Open Flash Player security settings folder:
    /Users/<NAME>/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/FlashPlayer/#Security/FlashPlayerTrust
    Where <NAME> -user name.
    If there is no folder #Security\FlashPlayerTrust – create it.
  5. In this folder create AnyChart.cfg file.
  6. Open AnyChart.cfg in any text editor and specify the way to the folder where AnyChart is installed:
    e.g.
    /Applications/Charts/
    /Applications/Charts/swf
    or
    /Users/<NAME>/Applications/Charts
    /Users/<NAME>/Applications/Charts/swf

Installation of AnyChart Samples

To install and run samples from livesamples folder on your local machine from the folders other than livesamples folder, please do the following:

  1. Copy a folder with a sample to the desired location.
  2. Locate swf sub folder in samples folder (in your new location).
  3. Follow the steps described above for this folder.

You should register this way any folder on your local machine where you want to store AnyChart swf files.

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UNIX Component Installation/Samples Installation

To install AnyChart on Unix-like systems you should:

  1. Open the folder where you want to create charts,
    e.g. /home/<NAME>/Charts, where <NAME> - user name
  2. Create a sub folder named AnyChart in the root folder your application (it's not obligatory to give this certain name or create it under this folder),
    e.g. /Applications/Charts/swf or /Users/<NAME>/Applications/Charts/swf
    Where <NAME> - user name
  3. Open Flash Player security settings folder:
    /home/<NAME>/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#Security/FlashPlayerTrust
    Where <NAME> -user name.
  4. If there is no folder #Security/FlashPlayerTrust –create it.
  5. In this folder create AnyChart.cfg file.
  6. Open AnyChart.cfg in any text editor and specify the way to the folder where AnyChart is installed:
    e.g.
    /home/<NAME>/Charts
    /home/<NAME>/Charts/swf
  7. Restart your web browser if it's launched.

Installation of AnyChart Samples

To install and run samples from livesamples folder on your local machine from the folders other than livesamples folder, please do the following:

  1. Copy a folder with a sample to the desired location.
  2. Locate swf sub folder in samples folder (in your new location).
  3. Follow the steps described above for this folder.

You should register this way any folder on your local machine where you want to store AnyChart swf files.

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