Getting Help
Several avenues of help are available to you when working with Objective Chart.
Documentation
The documents listed below provide information about the features and use of Objective Chart.
• User's and Programmer’s Guide — The Objective Chart User’s Guide provides an overview of Objective Chart architecture and features. A tutorial shows how charting capabilities can be added to a standard MFC application. Numerous “how-to” instructions and figures illustrate how various style settings affect the appearance of the chart. The User’s Guide focuses on the configuration and display of a standard Objective Chart.
The Programmer's Guide is an advanced manual for Objective Chart. The more advanced features of Objective Chart, which are not required for most applications, are described. In particular, techniques for extending the capabilities of Objective Chart are discussed.
The User's and Programmer's Guide (HTML Help in ocug.chm and Portable Document Format in ocug.pdf) is located in the Docs subdirectory of your Stingray® Studio installation directory.
• Class Reference — The Objective Chart Class Reference is a detailed description of the classes and methods in Objective Chart, availble in the Docs subdirectory in ocref.chm.
• Samples — Objective Chart ships with a variety of samples. These samples are described briefly in Chapter 28, “Objective Chart Sample Applications.” Sample Chart applications are located in the <stingray-installdir>\Samples\Chart directory.
The Objective Chart documentation can be integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio help and the MSDN library. For more information on how to do this, and a complete description of the documentation that accompanies Stingray Studio, see
“Product Documentation” in the
Getting Started part.
NOTE >> Throughout this manual and other Objective Chart documentation, the small polygonal symbols used to display data items on line and scatter graphs are called “wigets” and purposefully not “widgets.”
Knowledge Base
The Rogue Wave Knowledge Base contains a large body of useful information created by the Support Services team. This information is available to any user of the Rogue Wave Web site, and no login or registration is required.
http://www.roguewave.com/support/knowledge-base.aspx.
Professional Services
The Rogue Wave Professional Services offers training and mentoring for all levels of project development, from analysis and design to implementation. For more information, see “Professional Services” in the Getting Started part.
Technical Support
Technical support for Objective Chart products is provided through the Rogue Wave Web site. For more information on registering with the support system, and the type of support you may receive, see “Technical Support,” in the Getting Started part.