'Create the base Figure object
@param: height x100px
@param: width x100px'

def __init__(self, path, width=9, height=6):

    try:
        from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import FigureCanvasAgg as FigureCanvas
        self.FigureCanvas = FigureCanvas
        from matplotlib.figure import Figure
        self.Figure = Figure
        MATPLOTLIB = True
    except ImportError:
        import sys
        print >>sys.stderr, 'WARNING:    S3Chart    unresolved    dependency:    matplotlib    required    for    charting'
        MATPLOTLIB = False
    self.filename = path
    self.width = width
    self.height = height
    self.asInt = False
    if MATPLOTLIB:
        self.fig = Figure(figsize=(width, height))
    else:
        self.fig = None
