Graphics Server .NET

What's new in Graphics Server .NET V4.0?

• Data binding properties for Windows Forms and ASP.NET 0 You can use new data binding properties to bind a chart to a data source at design-time. No code required
• DataSourceDataProvider binds to data sources created in Visual Studio at design time - You can tie into a data source that you have created in Design view, or to another data source already available, and can add extra series to the chart
• DigitalClock Widget - This new widget looks similar to a digital LED readout that displays numbers or roman characters. A typical use would be to display counters or date/time information
• FunnelVertical chart type - This new chart type is similar to a single-series stacked bar chart but looks like an inverted cone with a spigot at the bottom. You have full control over the gaps between funnel segments, the arc width of semi-circles, the placement of labels, and more
• Smart tags for Visual Studio 2005 - Graphics Server now includes a set of controls designed specifically for Visual Studio 2005: GSNet2005WinChart for Windows Forms and GSNet2005WebChart for ASP.NET. Among other adaptations to the new development environment, the controls now have smart tags for quick access to key features

What’s new in Graphics Server V3.5?

Visual Appearance

• Different symbols for every data point
• Tooltips (windows forms)
• Marker Labels for every 2D or 3D data point

Axis Features

• Grid lines for minor tick marks
• Smart Scaling

Standard Chart Types

• Pie (2D & 3D), multiple doughnut, pie within doughnut
• Line (2D & 3D)
• Area (2D & 3D), 100% stacked,
• Horizontal Bars (2D & 3D), 100% stacked, paretto, overlapping
• Vertical Bars (2D & 3D), 100% stacked, paretto, overlapping
• Bubble (2D & 3D), image fill
• Candlestick
• High, low, open close
• Volume
• Range
• Funnel
• Gantt, multi-segment, percent complete
• Polar
• Radar
• Scatter
• Error bar
• Meter
• Gauge
• Slider
• Stoplight
• LED
• Thermometer

Custom Chart Types

• Box Whisker
• Control Chart
• Histogram
• Time Series
• Time Series Data Provider
• Wafer Map Chart

Special Effects

• Free Hand Annotation
• Drawing Arrows
• Coloring Axis Range
• Custom Tooltips
• Axis Label Generator
• Marker Dragging
• Scrolling
• Zooming
• Live Chart - New in 3.0
• Animated Charts - New in 3.0

General Features

• Unlimited number of series
• Unlimited number of data points in a series
• Unlimited X and Y Axes - New in 3.0
• Multiple sets of X and Y Axes Labels - New in 3.0
• Unlimited annotations
• Sticky callout annotations
• Quick Layout
• Chart Designer
• Layout Designer
• Style Designer
• Chart Template Selector
• Device Selector
• Drill down
• Multiple image formats
• Multi-Columned legend
• Multiple title items
• Multiple device meters
• Grid border labels
• Printing support
• Template support
• Highly customizable public API
• Chart Serialization
• Comprehensive samples - Visual Basic and C#

Interactive Designer / Chart Wizard - New in 3.0

Graphics Server .NET now comes with a powerful design environment for interactively creating the graphs you want. From the Interactive Designer you can:

Control the look and feel of:

• Graph Type
• Axis
• Markers
• Legend
• Titles
• Background
• Statistics
• Annotation

Interactively select, move and resize:

• Titles
• Annotations
• Legends
• Grid

Enter custom data to design the exact chart you want

Connect to your own data sources via connection strings and table/column choices

Live Web Controls - New in 3.0

• Live Chart Control
• Live Timer
• Live Dropdown List
• Live Textbox
• Live Button
• Live Widget Control

Visual Appearance

• 3D wall width customization
• Cage wall customization
• Complete 3D X,Y,Z rotation
• Antialiasing
• Alpha blending
• Background Drawing
  • Solid colors
  • Gradients
  • Hatching
  • Transparencies
  • Scaled and tiled images
• Borders
  • No border
  • Simple
  • Textured
  • Shadows
• Custom symbols
• Predefined color palettes
• Post paint and pre paint events
• Tooltips (web forms)

Legend Features

• Different styles and locations
• Anchoring and alignment
• Legend icons & boxes
• Icon alignment
• Reverse order
• Docking

Data Population

• Data binding
  • Data views
  • Data tables
  • Data sets
  • OLEDB
• Custom data provider population mechanism
• Sticky annotations
• Customizable conditional marker painting
• Hidden point support

Date/Time

• Date and time axis scale
• Custom axis label generator
• Hidden point support
• Date and time label formatting

Statistics

• Exponential trend line
• Inverse trend line
• Limit lines
• Error bars
• Logarithmic trend line
• Mean trend line
• Min/Max trend line
• Moving average trend line
• Power trend line
• Spline fit trend
• Standard deviation
• Variable order polynomial

Internet Features

• Binary streaming
• Image maps
• Multiple image formats
• Tooltips

Axis Features

• Flexible major and minor tick marks
• Flexible grid markers
• Paretto
• Labels
  • Fonts
  • Offset
  • Rotation
• Primary and secondary X and Y axis
• Adjustable bar gap
• Overlap bar charts
• Grid lines
• Auto and manual scaling
• Custom axis label generator
• Axis scale
  • Auto rounding
  • Best fit
  • User defined
  • Zero origin
• Axis Position
  • Left
  • Right
  • Top
  • Bottom
  • Variable
• Titles
• Logarithmic
• Show origin

Customization Features

• Unlimited number of devices
• Custom axis label generator
• Custom data provider
• Custom devices

Widgets & Devices

• Background Effects - New in 3.0
• Thermometer Conditions - New in 3.0
• Gauge Conditions - New in 3.0
• Border Effects - New in 3.0
• Auto Sizing Options - New in 3.0
• New Needle Types - New in 3.0
• Available in win form and web form
• Unlimited annotations
• Device level events
• Needle level events
• Zone level events
• Bulb level events
• Custom devices
• Meters
  • Adjustable meter scale (0-360 degrees)
  • Multiple needles
  • Multiple zones
• Gauges
  • Vertical or horizontal
  • Multiple needles
• Sliders
  • Vertical or horizontal
  • Single Needle
  • Adjustable needle fill color
• Thermometers
  • Vertical or horizontal
  • Fill to value
  • Adjustable value fill colors
• Stoplights & LEDs
  • Multiple bulbs or lights
  • Customizable colors for any bulb
  • Active and inactive states