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Attend individual sessions, or complete the entire webinar series
Session #1 – Foundation & Overview 
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Session #2 – FileMaker-Native Graphs go to detail page
Session #3 – Using Web Technologies go to detail page
Session #4 – Using Charting Plug-ins (this page)
‘Ace of Charts’ Webinar #4: Plug-ins
Third-party plug-ins used to be the only game in town for producing charts within FileMaker Pro. This session shows how to use functions from two plug-ins on opposite ends of the complexity spectrum: the venerable and powerful xmCHART from x2max and the more basic but adaptive 360Works Chart. You will also receive working example files that you can adapt for your own solutions.
Course Length & Price
Sessions start at 11:00 AM or 2:00 PM and run 75 minutes (+10 minutes Q&A); $75 each
Schedule of Upcoming Classes
To register for a specific class using a credit card, please select your class and complete the online registration form—or call us at 800.946.5433 to speak in person.
* 10:00 AM for 75 minutes on March 30, 2012 (Fri) via GoToTraining Register Online
* 10:00 AM for 75 minutes on May 31, 2012 (Thu) via GoToTraining Register Online
Classroom Location
“Let’s meet online!”
Webinar Series Description
‘Ace of Charts’ is an eye-opening examination of the means and mechanisms for adding attractive, useful charts & graphs to existing FileMaker solutions. Learn to make embedded dynamic graphs that update on-demand or automatically.
Read full series description here.
This Webinar Session’s Content
The following topics are covered in this specific webinar:
Refresher: Charting Fundamentals
- Visualizing the seven primary types of data relationships
- Chart parts & usage tips
Incorporating Charting Plug-ins
- Overview of the plug-in framework
- Anatomy of an xmCHART-enabled solution
- Configuration syntax and taxonomy of xmCHART from x2max
- Anatomy of an 360Works Chart-enabled solution
- Configuration syntax and taxonomy of 360Works Chart
Best Practices
- Schema: recommended fields and relationships
- Building for Reusability
- Designing for Interaction
Additional Resources Provided via Download
- Working example files that you can adapt for your own solutions
- Good Charting Habits
- Deployment Checklist
- Links to other design resources
Instructor
Lee Lukehart is a FileMaker authorized trainer and has earned every developer certification that FileMaker has offered (11/10/9/8/7). He authored the popular white paper on FileMaker Pro Charting and the TechNet webinar on advanced charting techniques. His students appreciate his attentive manner and patience in the classroom, and they say his responsive training style makes learning new skills fast and fun.
And on a good day he can make a trend line with only 1 data point. ;-)
