Using Microsoft's Chart Controls In An ASP.NET Application: Using the Chart Controls with ASP.NET M

<p> The Microsoft Chart controls are a series of classes in the <a that allow web developers to ability to add charts to their ASP.NET applications. The most pertinent charting-related class is the <a class</a>, which contains information about the appearance, series, charting areas, and so forth. In most of the demos and code samples explored thus far, used the <code>Chart</code> class as a Web control, adding the <code>&lt;asp:Chart&gt;</code> declarative markup to our ASP.NET page, setting a few properties and, occasionally, writing a few lines of code. When used as a Web control, the <code>Chart</code> class both creates the chart (as an image) and then renders an <code>&lt;img&gt;</code> element that points to the generated chart image. </p><p> Using the Chart Web control is a standard practice in a WebForms application, but it is not suggested when building an <a MVC</a> application. (While it is possible to add Web controls - including the Chat Web control - to the views of an ASP.NET MVC application, it is generally frowned upon.) So, if we use the Chart Web control in an ASP.NET MVC application, how do we display a chart? In addition to being used as a Web control, the <code>Chart</code> class can also be used programmatically. It is quite possible to create a new <code>Chart</code> object, set some properties, plot the data points, and then generate the chart image. In fact, we looked at using this technique in an earlier installment, <a Generating Chart Images</a>, in which we saw (among other things) how to generate chart images programmatically and add them as attachments in an email message. </p><p> This article explores how to display charts in an ASP.NET MVC application. Read on to learn more! <br /><a More &gt;</a></p>

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