VB.NET Charting Solution

7 Jul 2009 7:53 PM

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

7 Jul 2009 9:32 PM

Andrew Morton

"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/details.aspx?FamilyId=130F7986-BF49-4FE5-9CA8-910AE6EA442C&displaylang=en

Andrew

7 Jul 2009 10:29 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Mr. Taco" <mrtaco@nospam.nospam> 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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8 Jul 2009 2:46 PM

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] wrote:
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> "Mr. Taco" <mrtaco@nospam.nospam> 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>
>
>

8 Jul 2009 3:59 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Mr. Taco" <mrtaco@nospam.nospam> 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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8 Jul 2009 7:11 PM

Martin Wulfe

I'm using VB2005 writing an ASP.Net site. I recently downloaded and
installed the new Framework 3.5 controls, but do not see the MS Chart
control listed.

What do I have to do use this control?

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8 Jul 2009 9:03 PM

Mr. Taco

In design mode, in VS2005, right-click in your toolbox and select
"Choose Items". (If you want, you can make a new tab first, and call it
charts or something.)

Then choose "Browse" in the first tab (.net controls). Navigate to where
the chart control was installed, usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Chart Controls\Assemblies\

Then select the control you want (ASP or Winforms)

Forms dll is:
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.dll

Click "ok" and it should be in your tool box now, ready to use.

Easy, huh?

-Taco

P.S. I did this in VS2008, but I'm hoping it's similar.

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> I'm using VB2005 writing an ASP.Net site. I recently downloaded and
> installed the new Framework 3.5 controls, but do not see the MS Chart
> control listed.
>
> What do I have to do use this control?
>
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9 Jul 2009 5:14 PM

Martin Wulfe

Taco -

I tried you solution, but it does not seem to work. The DLLs in the
folder you described are all dated 8/2008. I am hoping for the new
version for Framework 3.5.

I selected the one for the web (mine is an ASP app), and it did load it
and the chart appeared in the toolbar. But when I added it to my site,
instead of the control, a text box appeared saying "Error creating
control-Chart1 Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Martin

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