How do I create graphs in Perl on Windows?

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Alex picture Alex · Sep 15, 2008 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

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 create some graphs that go along with this. Is this possible / feasible? It'd be great if I could do this using Office some how.

update: solutions i'm going to investigate in this order

  • Spreadsheet::WriteExcel (this seems to now have changed from the last time i investigated this .... wait, this was suggested by the author of the module. cool.)
  • GD Graph - this is now available for ActivePerl(wasn't last time i looked)
  • SVG
  • Open Charts look interesting.
  • Chartdirector

Answer

shelfoo picture shelfoo · Sep 15, 2008

GD and GD::Graph are probably your best bets, you can use them to create images that you can then embed into whatever you need.

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