VB.NET Charting Solution

[Mr. Taco]

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

 

[Andrew Morton]

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/...86-BF49-4FE5-9CA8-910AE6EA442C&displaylang=en

Andrew

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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/...86-bf49-4fe5-9ca8-910ae6ea442c&displaylang=en>

Documentation:

Download details: Microsoft Chart Controls for .NET Framework Documentation
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...35-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/...13-E1E5-4315-825C-F14D33A303E9&displaylang=en>

 

[Mr. Taco]

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]]

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/>