Microsoft recently released a new super cool user control, the Charting Control. It look as cool as any commercial product in the market right now and it’s free . The control support both web and win form.

Unfortunately, this super cool control is work with .NET Framework 3.5 only. If you only have .NET 2.0, it not even allow you to set up the control. A lot of server still only support .NET 2.0(like mine), so I don’t have a chance to show you how it work.

The control also have 2d and 3d mode and if you add a bit of opacity setting, it look just amazing. Microsoft give out some screenshot of the control in action.

Some pictures from the samples

To get more information check its official website:

• MSDN: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mschart
• Microsoft Download Center
• Add-on for VS2008
• Chart Controls Documentation
• Chart Controls Forum