I'm posting to acknowledge the launch of the project that led to my creation of VizierFX - a visualization of a controlled vocabulary that I did for StemBook, an online stem cell biology research journal which is a project of Harvard University's Initiative for Innovative Computing. If you go to an article (such as this one) and click the graph icon, you will launch an application which uses VizierFX to display concepts in stem cell biology in a network format.

I know it's been a while since my last post, but I wanted to drop a line and say that yes, I am still working on VizierFX. I'm incorporating it in a work project of mine, and that has given me the opportunity to improve it a bit. Here's the scoop on some of the new features to come:

-Support for Degrafa Beta 3.1
-Rendering graphs with the proper vertical orientation (i.e. not upside down)
-Configurable animation length
-Beginning support for XDot drawing

I've just uploaded a new version of VizierFX. This version fixes some minor issues with node labels. If your node label or ID contains spaces, newlines, or foreign characters, it should work fine. Once again, it's available for download at http://code.google.com/p/vizierfx/, or just follow the "Get the Code" link above.

Kevin Keraudren of École Centrale Paris wrote me to say that he was using VizierFX to create an interactive sitemap for a movie catalog application he was working on. As far as I know, this constitutes the first real application that was developed with VizierFX! Check it out! Kevin also helped me with line breaks within nodes, which are not properly working, and these changes will probably make it into a newer version of VizierFX. Thanks Kevin!

Anyone else have any examples of VizierFX being used in the field? Leave a comment here or in the forum!

So, now that I finally have time to devote to VizierFX again, I've released a new version of the library, alpha 1.1. This version takes care of the following:

• The "URL" field for graph nodes is now active. If your node has a URL attached to it, then clicking that node will launch the URL in a separate window.
• Using "\N" as the label of a node now works correctly.
• Some minor code refactoring, including moving the function to draw an edge into the VizierEdge class.

I have put together a quick tutorial on how to set up a Flex application using GraphViz. Hopefully, between this and the demo applications, this will cover questions people have, but if not, let me know!

I have decided to put together a release of VizierFX, in the presence of some actual interest in the project. The compiled .SWC file is available here, and you can visit the Google Code site (also available through the "Get the Code" site)

This release is stable (as best I can tell), although it does not quite have the full functionality of GraphViz. I will put together a status page indicating what still needs to be taken care of in the not-too-distant future.

Hi everyone, and welcome to VizierFX! This is the home of a personal project of mine, which allows GraphViz graphs to be drawn in Adobe Flex. Right now I only have a few demos up, but there will certainly be more coming! Feel free to browse the site and let me know if you have any comments.