charting in vb.net

[BT]

I am porting an esxcel application to a stand alone exe and am looking to
use VB.NET. Does anyone know is the charting capability via VB.NEt as good
as in excel.

Would you have to use a third party 'grid' type program only for charting or
is it all built into VB.NET

Any advice much appreciated.

Kind regards, Mark

 

[jedi]

Hi

I have found charting in VB or VB.net very tough.
I think you can automate the excel chart within VB, your exe will then
only run on machines that have excel on.

There are free components out there check out
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/120804-1.aspx

For asp charting you can use office web componenets check out
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/080603-1.aspx

I am currently trying to uses a charting component add-in from
www.gigasoft.com - I just use thier smallest chart component, which is
the cheapest I can fine at about $175.
But it is still very tough to implement- I am still looking for a
better way to chart in VB.

 

[BT]

Hi Jedi,

Since I posted I have found a great charting solution www.dundas.com -
download the eval the code is all there and it adds itself to the controls
in VB.NET tools so it is very easy to implement.
Some very cool charts and the guage product is great too (should apply to
them for a job!).

Thanks for your input, kind regards, Mark