charting

[jakkjakk]

Hi guys,
I'm in the market looking for a charting library that will work with .NET. I need to be able to do at least Pie, line, candlestick, and HI-LOw Charts. I would prefer it not be Flash or Silverlight based and in a price range below 100 to deploy to a website. Right now I'm using a library called highcharts, which is at highcharts.com. Does anyone know of any better libraries? Free would be awesome but I am willing to pay some.

[gep13]

Hey,

You say you are using .Net, but you have posted in the Classic ASP forum. Was that a mistake?

If so, I can ask for your thread to be moved.

If you are using Visual Studio 2008 or newer, you can use the free controls that ship from Microsoft. Take a look at the link in my signature for more information about them.

Gary

[jakkjakk]

problem with those is, they're not interactive. You can't scroll over a point and have it highlight the point and tell you what the value is.

[gep13]

Are you sure about that?

I have just downloaded the sample applications from here:

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mschart

And they look pretty interactive to me.

Gary

[gep13]

Thinking about it, thought a screen shot might help..



Gary

[jakkjakk]

huh, I remember looking at it before, i guess I didn't look close enough thanks.

[gep13]

Not a problem at all.

You still haven't answered my first question, but I take it you are doing .Net Development, so I have asked for your thread to be moved to the appropriate forum.

Gary

[Hack]

Moved To ASP.NET

[jakkjakk]

it's for a website it's in asp

[gep13]

it's for a website it's in asp

If that is the case, why were you asking in your first post about a charting library that would work in .Net?!?

I am confused now by what you are asking.

The chart controls that I have linked you to will only work for .Net 3.5 and 4.0.

Gary

[DeanMc]

Where you looking for a CHAT control by any chance, I think thats where the mix up is!

[jakkjakk]

No, I was looking for a charting control.

[SeanGrebey]

No, I was looking for a charting control.

So what are you developing for? Asp, or ASP.NET and what version of .NET (MS Chart is available for 3.5 or later)

[jakkjakk]

There's a difference between ASP and ASP.NET? I'm using .NET 4.0

[SeanGrebey]

There's a difference between ASP and ASP.NET? I'm using .NET 4.0

Yes there is a big difference. ASP is the pre-cursor to ASP.NET. In ASP you use scripting languages (e.g. javascript/vb script) as opposed to .NET languages (e.g. VB.NET/C#) that you use in ASP.NET.

[SeanGrebey]

Ok so MS Chart should be the way to go. It's built into 4.0 (was an add on for 3.5).

[gep13]

There's a difference between ASP and ASP.NET? I'm using .NET 4.0

As already mentioned, yes, there is a huge difference between ASP and ASP.Net, that is why I asked you at the very start of your thread to clarify exactly what you are using.

Given that you are using .Net 4.0, in Visual Studio 2010, you should find the Chart Control directly in your toolbox, just drag and drop it onto your ASPX page.

Gary