Forms 10g BI Graph Bean - Is there way of printing the graph ?

Question

Hi All,
A simple "nice to have" requirement : after producing a graph on the Form using the BI Graph Bean, is there a way of printing it ?
Regards,
Steve

Answer 1

I've actually modified the Bean and solved the problem by writing the graph to a file which can then be printed. This code goes into the FormsGraph code at around Line 1128
             * Saves the graph as either a GIF or a PNG file
            if (_ID == pSaveGraph) {
                String sFileName = null;
                if (_object != null && (String)_object != "") {
                    sFileName = (String)_object;
                    File f = new File(sFileName);
                    if (f.canWrite()|| !f.exists()) {
                        FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream(f);
                        if (sFileName.toLowerCase().endsWith("png")) {
                            m_graph.exportToPNG(fo);                           
                        } else if (sFileName.toLowerCase().endsWith("gif")) {
                            m_graph.exportToGIF(fo);
                        } else {
                           DebugMessage("SAVE_GRAPH: Not a GIF or PNG type file");                          
                        fo.close();
                        return true;
                    } else {
                        DebugMessage("SAVE_GRAPH: cannot write to " +
                                     sFileName);
                        return true;
                } else {
                    DebugMessage("SAVE_GRAPH: No Filename passed");
                    return true;
            }and then separately I've declared by new ID
     * Allows the graph to be saved
    protected static final ID pSaveGraph = ID.registerProperty("SAVE_GRAPH");So when calling the save graph add in the filename as the 4th parameter eg:
    set_custom_property(v_bean,1,'SAVE_GRAPH',v_file_name);