>
> Hello,
> I'm trying it use the Microsoft Office Chart control 11.0 in VB.net
> (for a windows forms project) and can't seem to get it to work, I've
> been playing around with various snippets of code. below is what I've
> got at the moment, I'm trying to feed in literal numbers.
>
> I placed a chart control on the form and called it ChartSpace1 and
> adjusted a couple of settings to get it roughly as I want it, then ran
> this code:
>
> Dim chConstants
> Dim chtNewChart
>
> chConstants = ChartSpace1.Constants
> chtNewChart = ChartSpace1.Charts.Item(0)
> chtNewChart.SetData(OWC11.ChartDimensionsEnum.chDimCategories,
> 0, "Test")
>
>
> It fails on the last line, with an "unspecified error"
> I'm not looking to do anything complicated, just a simple bar graph,
> and no, I do not want to pay $400 for a third-party control :-)
>
> Thanks for any help offered.
>
> Scott
>
>

"jo0ls" <jo0ls@invalid.null> wrote in message
> I gave up on the chart control. A free version of the dundas winchart
> control is in the resource kit:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/default.aspx
> download, or get MS to send it to you for free (or do both)
>
> It says "powered by dundas winchart" on the control in your app as you
> didn't pay for it. Oh, it puts something similar on printouts too (though
> you can save the chart as a picture, draw a white box over the added
> caption and then print the picture *cough cough*).