Charts in VB.NET ?

Why the new VB.net doesn't have a good Chart control
that I could bound to datatable ???
True, I can add a classic COM MS Chart control
component, but I having problems with bounding it to
anything in my dataset.

For ex:
mschart1.datasource=data_set.tables(0)
wont work.

Any suggestions how to make charts in .NET ?

Thanks

Goran M.

there are two charting packages that i know of built specifically for the .net framework.

I personally like fx chart
www.softwarefx.com

or there is
http://www.infragistics.com/

Check this if you'd like:

http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2002_08/...ures/anderson/

Hm... What I'm realy looking for is a free chart control...

Or, another option it would be to convert ADO.NET's datatable object to classic ADO recordset, so I could bound it to the existing MS Chart control.

Any suggestions?

thx

just noticed this:

http://www.softwarefx.com/GetChartFXLite/

Quote:

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Welcome to the Chart FX Lite Download Section

Chart FX Lite is a FREE version of our charting tool for Visual Studio .NET Windows Forms. Here you will be able to download the latest version of Chart FX Lite and get a serial number for the installation of the product.

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i am downloading it now.

Thanks.

Check out the charting component from Graphics Server. They have both a .Net product and a COM product . They also have a really nice online sample code library with both C# and VB.Net code for every sample.


www.GraphicsServer.com

Firstly what is the difference between a .NET and COM reference ?

Also, I have tried installing ChartFXLite and it works well...

Are there any samples/help on using the in built chart control in VB.NET ?

Also once I have got the graph, I need to copy the graph into the clipboard and then put it in a word document...

any ideas ?

If you're looking for something new, you might want to check out the "Gagnon-Harper Chart". Website: www.cristalcomponents.com