How do I create graphs in Perl on Windows?

Question

How do I use Perl to create graphs?

I\'m running scheduled job that creates text reports. I\'d like to move this to the next step (for the management) and also crea

Answer 1

At work we have used the excellent Chartdirector.

It's not free, but is very cheap (maybe 50 bucks or so). The cost is well worth it, as the API and docs are both excellent (way better than GD!), so easily saved more than that amount of my time.

There's also a free version, which includes a small yellow banner advertising the product on each chart - to be honest if this is for personal use, you can go for that as it's really not very intrusive at all.

Chartdirector is available for lots of platforms (Win, Linux, Solaris, BSD, OSX) and has an API for lots of languages, too (Perl, ASP, .NET, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, C++).

The output is easy on the eye, as you can see at their examples page.