About PopChart XML in this Chapter

Most PCScript commands have a PopChart XML equivalent. We will show you the PopChart XML equivalent for some of those commands in this chapter. There are also several things that you can do with PopChart XML that you can't do in PCScript.

When we show you how to do something in PopChart XML, we will simply show you the appropriate PopChart XML elements or attributes to add or use. It will be up to you to get your PopChart XML to PopChart Server, through either an appearance file or the loadPCXML(String) and addPCXML(String) PopChart Embedder methods. You should probably read Chapter 10, "Using PopChart XML," to learn how to use PopChart XML.

In general, we will not include the Chart element in our examples. Be aware, though, that all PopChart XML elements that you send to PopChart Server must be surrounded by the Chart tag, as that is the top level element in a PopChart XML document.

In the future, PopChart Server will move more towards PopChart XML as the standard way for customizing your PopChart image. As we do that, the examples for PopChart XML will become more and more frequent, as well as easier to use.