Display Graph using Boost Graph Library

Question

Can anyone please tell me that once I've created a graph using Boost Graph library, how can I display that graph?

My biggest concern is that the edge weights are coming from an exernal data source over the network. And I need to be able to display the edgeweights live as they get updated.

Answer 1

Displaying graphs is a little bit harder then you seem to imagine. Your best bet is to use GraphViz through write_graphviz to create a visual representation of your graph.

Updating that graph "live" is a lot harder and you won't get anywhere with GraphViz but would need some real-time-graphics API and graph layouting algorithms that work continously.