Greetings,

While I as at OpenForce 08, I had a rather interesting talk with Alex Gorev (blog) from Microsoft.  He is part of the team that released the new charting library from Microsoft.  This library is based on Dundas Charts code base from 2007.  Microsoft bought the software -- Dundas Charts still exists and has moved on with newer products. 

However, the new charting library is a welcome addition to the Microsoft installed base.  I have been working on a Charting module for over a year but have not been please due to the specific libraries required.  The module needed ZedGraph and Itextsharp to be installed on a users site.. Problem is this could colide with another library version already installed on the user site.  

With the new Microsoft Library, the problem is solved in that the library is part of the ASP.NET install (V3.5 SP1) but can be installed on V3.5.  So once the hosting provider has this library available (or you place on your server) ... you can take advantage of the library.   Here is where I want to give a shoutout to DotNetPark. I asked if they were going to add the library in the future.  I got a reply the same day saying they installed the library based on the request.  Now that is service!

I have taken the old module based on ZedGraph and built a version for V4.9 of DNN using the new library from Microsoft.  You can see it working at www.tressleworks.ca/Modules/SQLChart/SampleChart/tabid/114/Default.aspx 

I need to complete the documentation and fix a few minor bugs, but I expect to have this module available in a few days  Two versions will be available: (a free version with some limitations) and full version available by subscription.  However the real focus of the development is a version for V5 of DNN.

Happy Holidays
Paul.