Stock market visualizations
by Russ9000 · in General Discussion · 02/16/2010 (9:53 pm) · 6 replies
Hello,
I'd like any opinions on using of one of Torque's products to create stock market visualizations. I want to visually compare multiple price data series. Here's an example chart of a pricing series. Take that chart, add three or four more of them stacked on top of each other, and add a scrollbar that allows a user to select the visible time period (zoom in/out) as well as scroll to different time periods.
It reminds me of a platform game, thus here I am asking for opinions.
I think it looks possible. Which engine would you use?
Is it possible to integrate the engine into a C# WinForms or WPF application?
How would you represent each price bar or series? A sprite? How many sprites can I add before I run into CPU or memory issues?
Am I crazy, should I punt and find a different tool? :)
Thank you in advance for any thoughts offered.
I'd like any opinions on using of one of Torque's products to create stock market visualizations. I want to visually compare multiple price data series. Here's an example chart of a pricing series. Take that chart, add three or four more of them stacked on top of each other, and add a scrollbar that allows a user to select the visible time period (zoom in/out) as well as scroll to different time periods.
It reminds me of a platform game, thus here I am asking for opinions.
I think it looks possible. Which engine would you use?
Is it possible to integrate the engine into a C# WinForms or WPF application?
How would you represent each price bar or series? A sprite? How many sprites can I add before I run into CPU or memory issues?
Am I crazy, should I punt and find a different tool? :)
Thank you in advance for any thoughts offered.
#2
02/17/2010 (2:25 pm)
If your destination is a C# application, you'd be much better off using Silverlight.
#4
02/17/2010 (9:41 pm)
I've gone the chart component route with Xceed, DevExpress, and ModulusFE products. Good idea but in practice their render speed is slow at best when adding the number of data points I'd like to view.
#5
I recommend Silverlight simply because it's a little shinier end user experience than stock .net, it's integrated with C# and it has an open source charting component.
02/18/2010 (2:07 pm)
For starters, I would look at the free .Net charting components.I recommend Silverlight simply because it's a little shinier end user experience than stock .net, it's integrated with C# and it has an open source charting component.
#6
03/31/2010 (9:07 pm)
is using Silverlight best option 
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