Charting with Nevron Chart Control
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Ibrahim Ersoy
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on May 31, 2011
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Want to impress your customers with Chart Control. Nevron Chart Control is the answer.
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Introduction
I was always looking for a chart control with 3D-chart support that I can use to impress my customers who were looking for awesome-looking charts. Customers like to see an extraordinary user interfaces and functionality such as showing them beyond abilities of Web Technology. User interfaces with 3D graphics has become of the needed features in these days Web interfaces and this is where I found Nevron chart tops most of the chart components out there.
Installation
First thing that annoys me most of the time is complexity of the installation and setup process of chart components. I found, Nevron installation and setup very easy and straightforward.
For Visual Studio 2005, 2008, or 2010, you need to run Nevron DotNetVision setup.exe and it will integrate the controls within the Visual Studio.
Note: When you run first time, you may need uncheck "Run as Administrator" from Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010(devenv.exe) Properties although you run it as "Administrator".Unless it might give you a warning message that you must install Nevron DotNetVision again. After this steps activate your license using License Key Manager application.
Using the Controls
Once Nevron Chart controls are integrated within the Visual Studio, it is very easy to use them. The Chart controls act as like any other Visual Studio control. Just drag and drop from Toolbox to the Form, set its properties and methods, build and run and you are all ready to go.
Let's follow these steps.
You just need to drag or Double-Click NchartControl from Nevron Chart WebForm Toolbox.
Then right click and select "Show Wizard...". This action will launch the Chart Wizard where you can select chart type, legend, labels, lights, borders, axes and set various views.
For my sample application, I choose 3D Charts and then Exploded Pie,then click to Tab name "Borders" and set them as following.
And select OuterRounded (image frame) and this is our Pie Chart looks like.
Other Features:
You can set Legend Properties in Legend Tab.You can add shadow in legends if you choose to check "Show Legend Shadow" and you can set Color from "Legend Color..." button.
Lights are the effects you can use on 3D Charts only! You can add metallic light as you can see above.
You can add/change the border. There are several nice options and you can pick and choose what you like.
Axes works with Line-Based Charts. You can change axis, add title, change layout and formatting in this tab.
View works with only 3D Charts!
You feel like you're using a camera object if you're familiar with 3D Design Applications. You can change Margin values or change Projection and so on.
Conclusion
If you are looking for a product that supports 2D and 3D Charting then Nevron Chart Control is way to go! Installing and using is very simple as you've already seen and you can impress your customers using this Chart Control.
To me, support of a product is very important. Nevron has a very customer friendly support team and they are available all the time to help you via phone, chats, or emails. They have an Online Documentation and Knowledge Base help as well. These pages can help you if you're new to Nevron Chart Controls.They also provide Consulting Services. If you need any Custom Development, you can contact with them so that they can work with you and deliver the need in time.
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