All,
The latest control added by the Microsoft in .net is NEW ASP.NET Chart control.
This control is required in the .Net family and Microsoft has fulfilled that. It can be used with .net 3.5 sp1 and it is free.
The main thing is it generates the “image tag” - simple html tag, which is supported by every browser and displays great charts. Also performance is good.
I have developed one sample application to use it for my curiosity. You can download it from here. I have used northwind database, product table.
The chart looks like this:
I think now, Microsoft has made the charting very simple and easy of cost.
You can download the Chart control, samples, a great documentation and a VS2008 Tool Support.
Happy Coding!
Krunal