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Graph controlI was asked by my boss to create representation of data by Graphs in VB 6
application. I checked the features of VB6 Graph control as well as Excel graphs. They are not good enough. I tried to find any third party ocx and all I found do not look good enough either. I found several .NET controls that look good. I was wondering if it is a good idea to create an inherited from one of those I found controls my own and wrap it for COM interop. Is this approach going to work at all? If yes, then, is it going to bring any problem? Thank you Excel graphs are not good enough? There are a gazillion options in Excel,
and you can change almost every attribute about the graphs.Can you describe what you are trying to end up with? If you can do it in Excel, you can use VB6 to automate it. Robin Show quote "Esha" <a**@optonline.net> wrote in message news:%23Sfuw0q%23GHA.924@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >I was asked by my boss to create representation of data by Graphs in VB 6 >application. > I checked the features of VB6 Graph control as well as Excel graphs. They > are not good enough. > I tried to find any third party ocx and all I found do not look good > enough either. > I found several .NET controls that look good. > I was wondering if it is a good idea to create an inherited from one of > those I found controls my own and wrap it for COM interop. > Is this approach going to work at all? If yes, then, is it going to bring > any problem? > > Thank you > > Thank you Robin
Several things in Excel make my boss unhappy - graphics is not fine (lines are not straight), there is no Funnel type and Gauge type of graphs (at least I do not know about them and couldn't show my boss how they look). He insists in having those 2 types of graphs (funnel and gauge). Esha Show quote "RobinS" <RobinS@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote in message news:UdWdnSHAvaVCC97YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... > Excel graphs are not good enough? There are a gazillion options in Excel, > and you can change almost every attribute about the graphs.Can you > describe what you are trying to end up with? > > If you can do it in Excel, you can use VB6 to automate it. > > Robin > > "Esha" <a**@optonline.net> wrote in message > news:%23Sfuw0q%23GHA.924@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>I was asked by my boss to create representation of data by Graphs in VB 6 >>application. >> I checked the features of VB6 Graph control as well as Excel graphs. They >> are not good enough. >> I tried to find any third party ocx and all I found do not look good >> enough either. >> I found several .NET controls that look good. >> I was wondering if it is a good idea to create an inherited from one of >> those I found controls my own and wrap it for COM interop. >> Is this approach going to work at all? If yes, then, is it going to bring >> any problem? >> >> Thank you >> >> > > Esha,
Check out TeeChart by Steema software. It's by far one of the best graphics packages I've for plotting data that I've ever found. www.steema.com Regards, John Show quote "Esha" wrote: > Thank you Robin > Several things in Excel make my boss unhappy - graphics is not fine (lines > are not straight), there is no Funnel type and Gauge type of graphs (at > least I do not know about them and couldn't show my boss how they look). > He insists in having those 2 types of graphs (funnel and gauge). > > Esha > > "RobinS" <RobinS@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote in message > news:UdWdnSHAvaVCC97YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... > > Excel graphs are not good enough? There are a gazillion options in Excel, > > and you can change almost every attribute about the graphs.Can you > > describe what you are trying to end up with? > > > > If you can do it in Excel, you can use VB6 to automate it. > > > > Robin > > > > "Esha" <a**@optonline.net> wrote in message > > news:%23Sfuw0q%23GHA.924@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > >>I was asked by my boss to create representation of data by Graphs in VB 6 > >>application. > >> I checked the features of VB6 Graph control as well as Excel graphs. They > >> are not good enough. > >> I tried to find any third party ocx and all I found do not look good > >> enough either. > >> I found several .NET controls that look good. > >> I was wondering if it is a good idea to create an inherited from one of > >> those I found controls my own and wrap it for COM interop. > >> Is this approach going to work at all? If yes, then, is it going to bring > >> any problem? > >> > >> Thank you > >> > >> > > > > > > > Hi,
Take a look at Measurement Studio (www.ni.com), and IOcomp (www.iocomp.com). Dick -- Richard Grier, MVP Hard & Software Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth Edition, ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March 2006. See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information. I would recommend Googling as a place to start.
Put in funnel graph as the required fields. See what comes up. I personally have no idea what a funnel graph is, but Google will give you a fine list of sources. Then look at a few posts. Then stick VB or Excel or "visual basic" in the "at least one of these words" field which will narrow it down. The case for leaving out VB and Excel from your first search is that you may find something that works but is not in VB or the poster misspelled "Excel". Just for background, what is a funnel graph? I may know them by another name or learn something new. Thanks. Show quote On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:15:19 -0400, "Esha" <a**@optonline.net> wrote: >Thank you Robin >Several things in Excel make my boss unhappy - graphics is not fine (lines >are not straight), there is no Funnel type and Gauge type of graphs (at >least I do not know about them and couldn't show my boss how they look). >He insists in having those 2 types of graphs (funnel and gauge). > >Esha > >"RobinS" <RobinS@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote in message >news:UdWdnSHAvaVCC97YnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com... >> Excel graphs are not good enough? There are a gazillion options in Excel, >> and you can change almost every attribute about the graphs.Can you >> describe what you are trying to end up with? >> >> If you can do it in Excel, you can use VB6 to automate it. >> >> Robin >> >> "Esha" <a**@optonline.net> wrote in message >> news:%23Sfuw0q%23GHA.924@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>>I was asked by my boss to create representation of data by Graphs in VB 6 >>>application. >>> I checked the features of VB6 Graph control as well as Excel graphs. They >>> are not good enough. >>> I tried to find any third party ocx and all I found do not look good >>> enough either. >>> I found several .NET controls that look good. >>> I was wondering if it is a good idea to create an inherited from one of >>> those I found controls my own and wrap it for COM interop. >>> Is this approach going to work at all? If yes, then, is it going to bring >>> any problem? >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> >> >> > You want a specific kind of graph, That does exactly what you want in
exactly the way you want it and to look just like you imagined it. Just like everybody else, only different :-) There isn't any kind of control or program that can do what everybody wants :-( But don't despair! VB has many many different drawing methods, and as long as you can do the maths you can draw any type of graph in any way you please straight on to a form or a picturebox. In that way you get exactly what you want, in the way that you want it without the limitations of third party software. With a little (or a lot) of work it's more than possible. Ivar  |
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