C#•3y ago

❔ Why "Chart" is not available ?

Hi, as you can see on my screens, the "Chart" are not available, i can't drag them directly on my Form, but i can add a Chart manually, why ?

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:40 PM

Is your application running?

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:40 PM

yes

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:41 PM

but it's not very practical because i want to place 4 of them in precise places, i was wondering if it was possible to drag them instead like other elements

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:42 PM

You possibly can't add them to a form while your application is running?

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:43 PM

ahhh is my application running while i try to drag them ? no xd sorry i didn't understand it that way

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:44 PM

Application running == F5 debugging

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:44 PM

so no it's not running

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:44 PM

i can drag other elements like label, button or anything but not this

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:45 PM

If you add a new blank form then can you drag it on?

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:45 PM

I wonder if chart needs a container of some sort?

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:45 PM

no i still can't

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:46 PM

like a panel ?

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:47 PM

What version of .net are you using?

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:47 PM

.NET 6.0

WWarren like a panel ?

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:49 PM

Something like that possibly, but I doubt that is the problem

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:49 PM

yeah i tried but it changed nothing

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:49 PM

Are you certain this is winforms tool and not webforms tool?

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:50 PM

You seem like you can't add anything

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:50 PM

Everything looks disabled in the image

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:50 PM

it's because i selected "show everything" it shows even what i can't drag but i can drag things

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:50 PM

i selected this for the project

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:51 PM

look the rest is fine

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:55 PM

switching to my PC; I'll try locally

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:56 PM

okay thanks

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 1:58 PM

hmmm I don't have chart at all, is that from a separate control suite?

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:58 PM

yeah i added System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 1:59 PM

in NuGet packages

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:00 PM

hmmm still no chart

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:01 PM

maybe rebuild the project ?

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:03 PM

nothing, it's also a bit concerning that you have two chart controls

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:03 PM

i agree, i don't really know why either and i don't really understand why it is so difficult just to make a chart honestly :x

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:04 PM

i tried LiveChart too but it didn't work at all, at least with that i can have something so i think i'll keep going on with it

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:05 PM

I'm finding some ugliness that hints that this isn't available in .net/core but only framework

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:06 PM

maybe, but this is the only way i found after hours of research honestly

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:07 PM

thought it'd be less difficult to make a chart

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:08 PM

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:08 PM

but this is .net framework

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:09 PM

i have this with some tests

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:09 PM

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:09 PM

honestly the result doesn't seem bad, but i was just wondering if they were a better way

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:10 PM

I can't answer that

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:10 PM

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:10 PM

I haven't used data viz in winforms ever

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:11 PM

Have you made a chart with an other way ?

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:12 PM

usually web

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:12 PM

ah okay

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:12 PM

wpf

WarrenOP•5/26/23, 2:13 PM

Thanks for you help, i think i'll keep going on like that even if it's not that practical for the moment it'll do the job

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:15 PM

Practicality always wins

Mayor McCheese•5/26/23, 2:17 PM

There may be some "free" control suites out there too