Dundas Chart for .NET - Visual Studio 2005 Features
Why use Visual Studio 2005?
Visual Studio 2005 is one of the most significant recent releases by Microsoft in the past few years and contains many new features aimed at simplifying the development process. We want you to know that Dundas is fully behind the latest release and have been working very hard to ensure our products take full advantage of this exciting new technology to improve your development experience.
By taking advantage of the new design improvements within Visual Studio 2005, you can significantly speed up development time and work more efficiently. Dundas Chart for .NET has added several key features that do just this.
Visual Studio 2005 Features in Dundas Chart for .NET Include:
Full Visual Studio 2005 Integration
Dundas Chart for .NET was designed specifically for Visual Studio 2005, and is seamlessly integrated into the development environment.
Smart Tags
Building upon the improved design-time features of Visual Studio 2005, Dundas Chart for .NET provides smart-tags for all major chart elements. Smart tags reduce the number of clicks performed at design time to complete common chart tasks. When a chart element is selected, a list of that element's common properties is displayed.
AJAX Support
The Visual Studio 2005 Editions of Dundas Chart for .NET offer AJAX implementations to provide you with increased interactivity on charts. Add point-and-click functionality, handle drill-down & mouse-over events, and even create real-time charts without post-backs.Read AJAX Whitepaper »
High Level Data Binding
New in Visual Studio 2005, you have the option of binding the chart to a data control instead of binding the chart directly to a database. This allows you to data bind quickly and efficiently, allowing for greater encapsulation and more control within your application.
Debugging Display
Debugging visualizers are a new component of the Visual Studio 2005 debugger user interface that Dundas Chart takes advantage of. When an application is run in debug mode, Dundas Chart for .NET uses the debugging visualizer to provide advanced, fully customizable data display of chart objects.
Series Data Visualizer
The visualizer creates a dialog box or other interface to display a chart variable in a meaningful way that is appropriate to its data type (e.g. data points visualizer will display a list of X, Y values for a series of points, image visualizer will display a graphic for the chart image it represents, etc.).