Re: Plotting a graph on a web page

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From: Nick Andrew
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 00:00

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In <34861FDC.7DA15CC@health.qld.gov.au> David Thiele <thieled@health.qld.gov.au> writes:

>What is unclear is how to incorporate this graphing function into our
>CGI scripts so that the graph appears "on the fly" with user supplied
>data.  Can gnuplot be called from the CGI script to generate say a
>postscript format of the graph which we then send to convert to generate
>a .gif file which can then be displayed on the web page.  If so how?

Gnuplot can generate a PPM which you can convert to a gif.

Nick.
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Date: 1997/12/05
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