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Creating and Loading GIF Files

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Procedure: How to Save a Graph as a GIF File (Graph Editor)
  1. From the Graph Editor, select Create GIF, and then Load & Save to upload the file to a Web (FTP) site from which it can be downloaded. The following dialog box opens:

    Create GIF, Load & Save dialog box

  2. Use the Save and Load tabs at the top of this dialog box to select one of the following options:

    • Save Chart Image as GIF to FTP.
    • Save Chart as Text to FTP.
    • Load Chart Text From FTP.
    • Save Chart Image as GIF to File.
    • Load Chart Text from File.

    The bar at the bottom of the dialog displays your selection.

  3. Specify the location (FTP Host, User ID, Password, Directory, and File Name) from which a GIF file is to be loaded or where you want to save the currently chart.
  4. Click the bar with your Save or Load selection at the bottom of the dialog box to save or load the GIF image chart.
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Syntax: How to Add Methods for Saving and Loading GIF Files

Selections in the associated dialog boxes add the following methods to the code that defines this chart:

Editor Field

Method

Save Chart Image as GIF to File

 
sendGIFToFTP ( FTP Host, User ID, Password, 
Directory, File Name );

Save Chart as Text To File

 
sendChartToFTP ( FTP Host, User ID, Password, 
Directory, File Name );

Load Chart Text From File

 
getChartFromFTP ( FTP Host, User ID, 
Password, Directory, File Name );
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