Question

I’m trying to paint a simple bar chart via C# but I’ve never experimented with the Graphics and Drawing namespaces. I thought of generating a “start” and “end” graphic and then repeating an image somehow (to show a “length”) but I have no idea how to do this.

I’d be really happy if you can point me in the right direction and/or if you have sample code to do this.

Answer 1

I’ve got to agree with Eros. There are lots of very good graphing libraries to accomplish what you want. The best I’ve come across:

• Microsoft Chart Controls – There’s even a Visual Studio plugin and a good tutorial.
• Flot – This one is jQuery based, so good for web apps.
• Google Chart – Simple API and even an ASP.Net Control