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Fractal:SDK



Opening up the most advanced potential for Fractal Map customization and integration, the full Fractal:SDK consists of three components:
  • Fractal:Intelligence operating as a visual development environment for Fractal Map Projects allowing configuration of initial data connections and other settings
  • Fractal Map XML Specification allowing you to fine tune projects created in Fractal:Intelligence and control runtime configurations
  • Fractal Map C++ and .NET APIs allowing you to embed Fractal Maps fully inside other applications, closely control the behavior of the Fractal Maps and create custom modules to adjust or extend their behavior
"Fractal Maps would enhance a whole range of data-centric products, and never fail to draw the crowds when I am demonstrating Word Menu in public." said Stephen Greenfield, President of Write Brothers Inc. "Better still we found integrating Fractal:Edge's components into our Word Menu application a pretty seamless experience. They were always there (even on the other side of the world) when we had a question, not that we had many - they know their stuff and it showed in the underlying architecture of their components and supporting documentation."

From data-rich consumer applications to the most sophisticated distributed enterprise solutions, Fractal:SDK lets you enhance your product with a valuable and compelling front-end.
 

The Fractal Map shown to the right is a simple map of the Fractal:Edge website. Each circle represents a page in the site starting with the largest, outer circle representing the homepage. If there are further links from that page they will be shown as smaller circles within it.

Fractal Map with the homepage highlightedBy moving your mouse over a circle and "hovering" over it (by keeping the mouse still) for a short time, you will see labels appear to show you the titles of the page you are hovering over (at 12 o'clock) and the pages it is linked to.

Clicking on a circle opens the relevant page in your browser window.

Fractal Map with the homepage highlightedIn addition, the Fractal Map will show a "crumb trail" for the page you are viewing by highlighting the relevant circles in red. The smallest red circle represents the page you are viewing and any "parent" pages higher up in the website structure will also be highlighted red showing you the route you would take to reach the page. Note that the homepage itself is never coloured red in this way.

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