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AmCharts are very customizable and flexible Adobe Flash charts. However generating data and modifying settings on the fly requires a substantial amount of data transformations and XML generation. This is where "ASP.NET Controls for amCharts" step in. This set of ASP.NET controls allows .NET developers to work with amCharts as they would normally do with any native data-bound ASP.NET controls.

"ASP.NET Controls for amCharts" is a set of data-bound .NET controls for generating the code required to display amCharts in your ASP.NET 2.x (or higher) web sites.

Core features of "ASP.NET Controls for amCharts"

- design-time support for creation and customization of amCharts in Visual Studio 2005 or newer;
- databinding to any .NET compatible data source or data source controls;
- support for inline or external data generation and settings;
- supports all settings available in amCharts

ASP.NET Controls for amCharts are distributed under the same scheme as amCharts Bundle: free with link back to amcharts.com or commercial license without the link.

Find out more about ASP.NET Controls for amCharts here.

Download ASP.NET Controls for amCharts from amCharts download page.

ASP.NET Controls for amCharts 1.0 Release Candidate has been released. Main changes in this release are:

1. Type of the value fields for all the charts has been changed from decimal to object allowing for flexible use with various datasource (casting is performed at a later stage).

2. From now on controls can be used in conjunction with ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel.

We will now concentrate on polishing documentation and other cosmetic changes and fixing newly reported issues (if any) for the final release.

Keep in mind that the discounted price for the controls is only valid until the final version is released.

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A new version of ASP.NET Controls for amCharts has been released. This version adds support for Scatter (XY) & Bubble Charts and includes several updates and bugfixes.

Here’s a list of chagnes:

- added support for scatter/bubble charts
- BUGFIX: font sizes were not properly converted to pixels from FontUnit and having no effect on the output
- BUGFIX: ColumnChart, LineChart: plot area margins weren’t working (were rendered in the wrong place in xml)
- BUGFIX: default decimal separator is "," not "."
- BUGFIX: LineChart: URL data field wasn’t properly rendered to XML

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