What the best solution for creating charts in vb.net for winforms apps?
I'd rather not spend money unless I have to and I already know about
Dundas.

-Taco

"Mr. Taco" wrote
> What the best solution for creating charts in vb.net for winforms apps?
> I'd rather not spend money unless I have to and I already know about
> Dundas.

Define "best"...

"Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5":
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Andrew

"Mr. Taco" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb:
> What the best solution for creating charts in vb.net for winforms apps?
> I'd rather not spend money unless I have to and I already know about
> Dundas.

You may want to take a look at these free controls from Microsoft:

Download details: Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=130f7986-bf49-4fe5-9ca8-910ae6ea442c&displaylang=en>

Documentation:

Download details: Microsoft Chart Controls for .NET Framework Documentation
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=EE8F6F35-B087-4324-9DBA-6DD5E844FD9F&displaylang=en>

VS IDE integration:

Download details: Microsoft Chart Controls Add-on for Microsoft Visual
Studio 2008
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1D69CE13-E1E5-4315-825C-F14D33A303E9&displaylang=en>

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Those are some good resources; the documentation could be a little
better though.

FYI - I was unaware that MS bought Dundas.

Thanks for the links.

-Taco

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:
> "Mr. Taco" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb:
>> What the best solution for creating charts in vb.net for winforms apps?
>> I'd rather not spend money unless I have to and I already know about
>> Dundas.
>
> You may want to take a look at these free controls from Microsoft:
>
> Download details: Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=130f7986-bf49-4fe5-9ca8-910ae6ea442c&displaylang=en>
>
>
> Documentation:
>
> Download details: Microsoft Chart Controls for .NET Framework Documentation
> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=EE8F6F35-B087-4324-9DBA-6DD5E844FD9F&displaylang=en>
>
>
> VS IDE integration:
>
> Download details: Microsoft Chart Controls Add-on for Microsoft Visual
> Studio 2008
> <URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1D69CE13-E1E5-4315-825C-F14D33A303E9&displaylang=en>
>
>

"Mr. Taco" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb:
> Those are some good resources; the documentation could be a little
> better though.

You'll find a collection of samples in C# and VB (?) here:

Samples Environment for Microsoft Chart Controls - Home
<URL:http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mschart>

Forum dedicated to the chart controls:

Chart Controls for .NET Framework Forum
<URL:http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/MSWinWebChart/threads/>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>