With offline generation, the Generator is not being used as an extension of a Web server. Rather, the Generator is invoked from the command line and the generated artwork is directed to an output file that is then served as any other file.

This example illustrates how to use data from an ODBC-compliant database. In this case, you'll use an Access file to create a bar chart using the Chart template command in Generator.

In this tutorial you'll create a simple Generator template with a single text variable. You'll learn how you can pass a value for that variable to the template using ColdFusion.