Frequently Asked Questions

What is Chartlet ?

Chartlet is a Firefox extension dedicated to capturing periodically values from Web pages and restituting those values on demand as timecharts.

How much does it cost ?

It's free.

What platform do I need to run Chartlet ?

You can use the Chartlet extension from any Linux, Windows and MacOS-X platform

What version of Firefox do I need to run Chartlet ?

Chartlet works on Firefox 1.5 and 2.0. It also works on Flock browser.

What is the last version of Chartlet extension ?

1.0

How do I install Chartlet ?

Visit this link

How do I uninstall Chartlet ?

Go to the menu Tools/Add-ons. In the dialog box, choose Chartlet and click Uninstall. Restart Firefox to complete the uninstallation.

How do I use Chartlet ?

Visit this link

If I don't start Firefox, will data be captured ?

No, Firefox must be running for data to be captured.

I installed Chartlet but I don't see the icon in the toolbar nor in the toolbar palette. How do i fix it ?

First, make sure the extension is really installed and the browser has been fully restarted. Go to menu Tools/Add-ons, you should see the Chartlet entry in the window, without any special mention.

Second, look again if you didn't miss the icon in the toolbar or in the palette.

Ok, at this point this is really a problem. This has been reported very rarely but it seems that it may happen.

Locate the Firefox profile directory:

  • Windows XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxx
  • Linux: ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxx
  • Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/xxxx

With a text editor, edit the file localstore.rdf

Find and remove the string dwhelper_toolbaritem and the following comma character.

Save the file.

Restart Firefox, the icon should now be in the toolbar palette (View/Toolbars/Customize)