professional-quality charting library for c++

Question

Hi,

I'm writing an application in c++/MFC and there's a need to create good-quality charts (bar charts, line graphs, maybe even some custom graphics...). As an additional feature, I need to be able to export my graphs in MS Office Graph/Drawing binary file format (so that people can see them in Excel, bitmaps and metafiles just don't cut it anymore). Any suggestions come to mind?

Thank you much! -PVM

Answer 1

I have never done any charting with MFC but some quick googling found some ideas. If you're looking for free you're pretty limited. I don't think I've seen any charting platform for any language available for free. That being said....

http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS348US369&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=MFC+charts#sclient=psy&hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS348US369&q=MFC%20charing%20software&aq=f&aqi=g4g-o1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=6052204b889acdd8

Use MFC itself

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/178783

Answer 2

GigaSoft ProEssentials is a good, professional-looking tool, with an easy Visual-Studio interface.

Some screenshots are here.