<Sharon> wrote in message news:kg2742p29kgilr4139kq232h6ioncgdfpu@4ax.com...
>
> (Frustratingly), after unsuccessfully trying to use a picturebox
> control to paint a line graph based on serial communications with a
> remote device, it seems picturebox controls just won't work for this
> purpose.
>
> I have read Bob Powell's helpful articles and he seems to concur that
> the picturebox is the wrong tool for this.  I think I have seen or
> read every article Google could find on the subject, and while there
> were quite a few questions asked, there really didn't seem to be any
> responses that I could make work, even though the coding examples were
> quite similar to my approach.
>
> So, has anyone here ever been able to draw a line graph on a Visual
> Studio 2005 form? Would  anyone happen to know of a control
> (preferably free), from which I could adapt the code to my
> non-commercial application?
>
> Could anyone point me towards a resource that might be able to discuss
> how to do this with a realistic approach?    (Or is the graphics in
> VS2K5 just not able to be used for this kind of application?)
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Sharon