I get a lot of questions about 'relationship' of our Microsoft Chart Control to the well known controls. You can definitely see the similarities in the features, appearance, APIs and demos we use.So I will start with a little bit of history.

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Dundas is one of the leaders in data visualization, who provides well known Chart, Gauge, Map and other visual controls for different Microsoft development platforms (ASP.NET, Windows Forms, SQL Reporting Services and SharePoint). Microsoft acquired Dundas Data Visualization Intellectual Property in April 2007 and is integrating this technology in different Microsoft products. New Chart and Gauge report items were already released as part of SQL Reporting Services 2008.

We also announced the new Map report item which will be available in the next release of SSRS. Microsoft Chart controls (ASP.NET and Windows Forms), released at PDC 2008, also based on the source code acquired from Dundas! Microsoft Chart control is available as a separate installation for.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and will be part of.NET Framework 4.0.Where I can download the new Microsoft Chart controls?You can download and install chart from this.So what are the differences between Microsoft and Dundas controls?Microsoft Chart control is based on Dundas Chart source code version 5.5. We spent significant amount of time making sure the control passes Microsoft security review and meets accessibility, API and other requirements. As a result there were a few changes including changes in the public API.

Several features were also cut:. Chart UI (Toolbar, Context Menu and Property Pages).

Flash and SVG Rendering and Animations. ASP.NET scrolling and zoomingWhen other controls (Gauge, Map.) will be available in the.NET Framework?Microsoft does not have the exact dates at this moment when other data visualization controls for.NET Framework will be released.Can I still purchase visualization controls from Dundas?Yes, you can still purchase visualization controls from Dundas. Our team will continue bringing new visualizations to different Microsoft products; meanwhile they will be available from Dundas directly, where they continue to support and enhance available visualizations.How do I get technical support?Standard Microsoft support options are available including dedicated. Please note that Dundas keeps supporting the products purchased directly from them and is not responsible for any support for Microsoft Chart Controls.Thanks,Alex.

Thanks again Alex. It appears from here:that there have been a large number of bugs fixed by dundas from 5.0 to their current 7.0 offering. If MS is using the 5.0 codebase with some slight api changes, should we assume that all of the bugs that dundas fixed in the interim are present in the MS offering? We likely could make the swap to the MS chart at least for a good portion of our system, but I am hesitant to do so considering the step backwards I feel we would be taking from a defect perspective and the regression testing required to make sure our product remains stable.

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Do you know when we could expect the MS offering to be inline with the 7.0 codebase from dundas?. Hopefully the conundrum we are in is abundantly clear to MS. At the very least it would be fantastic if MS were to allow Dundas to sell support licenses until Oct. 2011, as this is the date Dundas must stop support. They were forced to stop selling licenses Oct.

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That is quite a gap where surely others are in a sort of supportless limbo, unable to safely 'downgrade' to the MS offering built upon the 5.0 codebase, but unable to get effective support from MS or Dundas for code built on the 7.0 (or 5.5+) codebase. We are more than willing to pay for said support, but no one can even take our money, quite an unusual problem to have I should say! I appreciate your time. What would be the best way to monitor the progress of the dundas codebase assimilation?Thanks again for your time!.