MSChart in .NET 2.0 or Alternative

[SteveHasel]

I'm looking to dynamically create a series of charts in .NET using Visual Studio 2005 and attempt to export them to a document(either .pdf[preferred] or .doc). I was attempting to use MSChart, but it turned out the only export method I could find(using EditCopy) doesn't seem to work in .NET 2.0. Does anyone know of any alternatives or perhaps a different way to export an MSChart?

Thanks in advance.

-Steve

[SteveHasel]

Well, I found a couple solutions in case someone else comes across this thread. They're not the best, but they're free, which is mainly what I was looking for.

First is Crystal Reports that comes with Visual Studio 2005. It's not an elegant solution and you don't have a lot of options you can customize, but it does get the job done.

The other is Reporting Services which is also included in Visual Studio 2005. It has quite a bit more customization to it, but the file sizes are rather large. I exported a report to PDF with two graphs that took up less than a page and the file size was around 11.5 MB.

Anyway, I hope this helps someone else.