Special Characters > Using < and >

 

You cannot directly use < and > characters in FusionWidgets XML as these are invalid characters from XML perspective. To use < and >, you first need to convert them into &lt; and &gt; respectively. This conversion makes the XML a valid one. Next, you need to tell FusionWidgets that you're sending HTML characters as part of XML but it should be rendered as text and not HTML.

Let's see an example to clear the concepts. We'll create a pyramid chart whose data labels would read <5, 5-10 and >10. To do so, we'll have to use the following XML:

 
<chart isSliced='1'>
   <set label='&lt; 5' value='420' />
   <set label='5-10' value='295' />
   <set label='&gt; 10' value='523' />
   <styles>
      <definition>
         <style name='myHTMLFont' type='font' isHTML='0' />
      </definition>
      <application>
         <apply toObject='DATALABELS' styles='myHTMLFont' />
      </application>
   </styles>
</chart>
 

In the above code, we're first defining the labels after converting < to &lt; and > to &gt;

After that we're defining a font style type whose isHTML property is set to 0. This helps us tell FusionCharts that we need to show this text as normal text and not HTML. We finally apply this font style to the object in which we wish to display the < or > signs.

When you now see the chart, you'll get the following: