WebMathematica and SVG graphics
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- Subject: [mg117823] WebMathematica and SVG graphics
- From: Eduardo <eduzea at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 02:31:45 -0500 (EST)
Hi, I have some Mathematica plots with interactive features like Tooltip and Mouseover which I'm trying to reproduce in a web environment using WebMathematica. From the documentation it is not clear how far one can go. Exporting a ListPlot with Mouseover effects drops the interactive component when it is rendered as a GIF or SVG. One approach I am trying is to write the plot as SVG and then use Mathematicas XML capabilities to insert the Mouseover in the SVG. Apparently in version 5.0 there was a function XML`SVG`GraphicsToSymbolicSVG which returned the SVG code, but in 8.0 I can only find Export[] in SVG format. So my questions are: 1) Is there a better way to do this, getting interactive plot features like Mouseover into a web graphics format? 2) If SVG is the way to go, is there a package in 8.0 that can help (like XML`SVG` in 5.0) 3) If not, is there a way to Export the SVG to an in memory variable for further processing, rather than to a file? Any pointers a greatly appreciated. Thanks and regards, Eduardo Zea