Welcome

The Gsharp Product Family

Gsharp is a family of products which includes the Gsharp Web Edition, the Gsharp Professional Edition and the Gsharp Application Seat. The Gsharp Web Edition, GsharpWE, has been optimized for use as a graph engine on a Web server, and includes functionality designed specifically for the Web. GsharpWE processes GSL and produces Web-compliant HTML, images, imagemaps, and Java output.

The Gsharp Professional Edition, Gsharp, is an interactive data visualization tool which helps you create, automate, and publish graphs. Gsharp can be operated both through its interactive GUI using point and click operations, and it can be programmed using the Gsharp Script Language - GSL. More information is available on the product datasheet.

The Gsharp Application Seat is an engine for processing GSL scripts. With Gsharp 3.0 it is now possible to use GSL to create GUI objects such as menus, toolbars and dialogs. In a fraction of the time it would have taken to program, a real graphical application can be put together in GSL. You decide the menu structure, the graph styles and the interaction - Gsharp Application Seat provides the rest. The Gsharp Application Seat is available for UNIX, VMS and Windows. With Gsharp you can easily read, manipulate and present your data either interactively or using GSL. Once you have finished you can turn your work into a GSL template at the touch of a button. GSL templates can be used to present your data on the World Wide Web using the Gsharp Web Edition or can be plugged into your own application using the Gsharp Application Seat.

The downloaded Gsharp Web Edition includes only the GsharpWE program and examples. With GsharpWE installed on your own web server, you can run all of the graph templates and interactive examples which are provided, and try out techniques such as graph-on-demand, information drill down, and java interactivity.

Gsharp is not freeware. The Gsharp Web Edition is intended for evaluation purposes only. For production work, you will also need the Gsharp Professional Edition, which is used to interactively layout graph templates and generate reusable GSL. The Gsharp Professional Edition is seperately distributed on CD-ROM together with documentation. If you are interested in evaluating the Gsharp Professional Edition, you can request an evaluation kit.

Running the Examples

Sample Web Applications

The following example applications are set up by the GsharpWE install script and should be ready to run. Click on a link to start the example on your server.

gallery View a list of Gsharp Graph Templates
contour Create contour graphs from a Frame and Forms GUI.
seismic Explore seismic data using drill down techniques.
app The Gsharp Web Edition Plot Service.
profiles Perform client-side grid profiling with a Java applet
zoom A java applet communicating with the Gsharp Web Edition.

Obtaining a Permanent Product License

The downloaded Gsharp Web Edition uses a tempoarary license file with a fixed expiration date. To obtain a permanent Gsharp license, you must purchase the product. Please contact AVS to order a permanent license. Your request will be forwarded to your local Advanced Visual Systems sales office and a permanent Gsharp license file will be sent to you by email.