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<p>I've been having a look at some of the examples designed in Actuate BIRT designer Professional. The chart examples in particular are very interactive and have animations etc. I believe the charts use Javascript functions from high charts.</p>
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<p>I have a few of questions about the Professional designer.</p>
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<p>Am I right in saying that these sorts of animations on charts are not available using the standard open source BIRT designer?</p>
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<p>I an running a fairly old version of the BIRT engine (3.7.2). I think I chose this old version because my app server (websphere 6.1) could not support anything better. If I get the Professional version of the designer will the rptdesign files work on my version of the engine?</p>
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<p>Is there an excel emitter included in the purchase that would support images, charts etc?</p>
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<p>Sometimes using the open source designer you have to manually clean up the xml. I guess that doesn't happen in the Professional version? Is that right?</p>
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<p>Thanks for your help. As you can probably tell I'm a newb.</p>
