Question

I have an MVC4 application that I am working on and I am trying to find a way to generate a line graph that I can then send out in an email.

Clients are also going to be looking a graphs of similar data on a website and I would like to use the same tool for each (for visual consistency and maintenance).

I looked into using Microsoft Chart Controls, but I can’t find any MVC4/Razor examples or tutorials.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

All of the Microsoft chart controls have the ability to save the chart as a PNG file. You would need to save the chart and either embed it as part of an HTML-formatted message body or attach the image.

some sample code

This isn’t much, but it should get you started.

var chart = new Chart
{
    Height = 300,
    Width = 500
};
chart.Legends.Add(new Legend());
chart.Series.Add(new Series());
chart.ChartAreas.Add(new ChartArea());
chart.Titles.Add(new Title());
chart.SaveImage(savePath);