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This page is from the outdated yFiles for Java 2.13 documentation. You can find the most up-to-date documentation for all yFiles products on the yFiles documentation overview page.

Please see the following links for more information about the yFiles product family of diagramming programming libraries and corresponding yFiles products for modern web apps, for cross-platform Java(FX) applications, and for applications for the Microsoft .NET environment.

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yFiles Extension Packages

yFiles extension packages offer further possibilities to export or exchange (i.e. read and write) graph structure data.

ySVG

The ySVG extension package adds support for the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format to the yFiles graph visualization library. Features include:

  • An extendable SVG and SVGZ writer for yFiles Graph2D objects that makes it possible to add hyperlinks, roll-over effects, and other useful stuff to the generated SVG diagrams.
  • The possibility to define the appearance of nodes in SVG format.

Please see Chapter 11, ySVG Extension Package for more information on this extension package.

yExport

The yExport extension package adds support for popular vector graphics file formats to the yFiles graph visualization library. The following output formats are available to save the visual representations for nodes and edges as well as any other graphical decorations visible:

  • PDF (Portable Document Format) - desktop publishing file format for representing documents in a device independent and display resolution independent way.
  • SWF (Shockwave Flash) - vector graphics file format for publishing multimedia contents on the Web.
  • EMF (Windows Enhanced Metafile) - vector graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems.
  • EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) - PostScript document with additional restrictions that describes an image or drawing.

The PDF output capabilities of yExport enable to easily integrate diagrams in PDF documents, the de-facto standard for printable documents. EMF is the format of choice to import, respectively paste via the clipboard, high-quality diagrams into Windows text processing and graphics applications, like, e.g., Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint®.

Please see Chapter 12, yExport Extension Package for more information on this extension package.