Chart Conrols Notes

The Chart controls enable you to create ASP.NET pages or Windows Forms applications with simple, intuitive, and visually compelling charts for complex statistical or financial analysis. For examples of how to use Chart controls, download the samples on code.msdn.microsoft.com. You can find more samples of community content at Chart Control Forum.
The Chart controls have the following key features:

Category	Feature
Development Environment	Visual Studio design time support.
Scalability	Support for unlimited number of chart areas, titles, legends, and annotations. Support for unlimited number of data series and data points.
Chart Types	35 distinct chart types.
Data	Data binding. Data copying, merging, splitting, sorting, searching, grouping, and filtering. Data exporting. Binary and XML serialization. Empty data point handling. Support for dates, times, currency, and more. More than 50 financial and statistical formulas for data analysis and transformation.
Appearance	3D support for most chart types Automatic and manual layout and alignment management. 3D customization. Fully customizable legends. Automatic and manual scaling. Logarithmic scaling for any base. Intelligent data label positioning. Annotations, labels, scale breaks, interlaced strip lines.
Customizations	Real-time chart manipulation. Post-paint and pre-paint events. Drill-down charts and tool tips.
Windows Forms-specific	Zooming and scrolling. Chart printing.
ASP.NET-specific	Support for AJAX click events. State management. Binary streaming. Animated frame rate control.