ChartDirector Version 5.0.2 Copyright (C) 2009 Advanced Software Engineering Limited All Rights Reserved

***** What is this file **

This is the common README.TXT file for all editions of ChartDirector Ver 5.0.2 (ASP/COM/VB, .NET, Java, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, ColdFusion, C++) and for all operating systems that ChartDirector supports. It describes how to get started with ChartDirector. More specific information can be found in the documentation that comes with your ChartDirector edition.

***** Other Information **

For license information, please refer to LICENSE.TXT.

For upgrade information, please refer to the release notes at http://www.advsofteng.com/release50.html.

For ordering and pricing information, please refer to http://www.advsofteng.com/purchase.html.

*** Documentation ****

ChartDirector includes comprehensive documentation and plenty of sample codes and projects.

The ChartDirector documentation can be found in the "doc" subdirectory under the directory where you install ChartDirector. For ChartDirector for ASP/COM/VB and .NET, the installer will also create a short cut in Start/Programs/ChartDirector for easy access to the documentation.

ChartDirector documentation is available in CHM (Compiled Help File) and HTML formats. The ChartDirector distributions only includes one of the formats (CHM on Windows, HTML on Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris/Mac OS X). If you need the other format, you may download from:

http://www.advsofteng.com/download.html.

In general, the CHM version is easier to use because of the better indexing and search facilities of the CHM viewer.

** Getting Started ***

After extracting or installing ChartDirector in your computer, the next and most important step is to read the Installation section of your ChartDirector documentation. It will describe:

• how to use ChartDirector in your development system and/or web server

• how to install and try the sample programs that comes with ChartDirector

The sample programs are excellent tutorials and are very useful for exploring the features of ChartDirector. They are also useful for checking if ChartDirector works properly in your development system and/or web server. It is highly recommended that you try them.