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Since March 2006, we've published quite a few helpful articles in our monthly Technical Newsletter. All of these articles are archived here on the Support Site for your reading pleasure.

• Editor's Note
• Articles
• Add-ons
• Featured Sample
• Featured Property
• Add-ons
• General Tips
• Chart Tips
• Gauge Tips
• Map Tips
• Calendar Tips
• Diagram Tips
• Chart Q&A
• Gauge Q&A
• Map Q&A
• Calendar Q&A
• Diagram Q&A

The articles below are listed in alphabetical order. Please let us know if you find anything that needs fixing (broken links, samples that don't work anymore, etc.)!

Editor's Note

• Articles!
• Beta Season
• The busy season
• Changes
• Convention Season
• Custom Chart Types
• December
• End of Summer
• Fall means support!
• Gauge v2.0 In Beta
• Getting Outside
• Happy Hallowe'en
• Happy Holidays!
• Happy New Year!
• How to do more with Dundas Software Products
• Late Edition
• Monsoon Season?
• New Releases!
• New Year, New Challenges
• Poll Result (Speaking your language)
• Poll Results (Preferred Platform)
• Preferred Platform
• Product Updates
• Re-designed Support Site
• Redesign
• Save time developing applications for Reporting Services.
• SD Times 100
• Silverlight, SharePoint, Dashboarding!
• Snow
• So busy!
• So very busy!
• Speaking your language
• Spring
• Spring?
• Spring Cleaning
• Spring Refresh
• Summer Slowdown
• Summertime
• Support Forum
• Trade Show Season
• Welcome to 2008

Articles

• 100% X Stacked Column chart
• 2007 - Dundas Year in Review
• Activity Legend
• Accessing Report Parameters in the Code Editor
• Adding an HTTP Handler to Gauge
• Adding Data Points to a Chart (Beginners)
• Adding Data Points to a Chart 2, Iterators (Beginners)
• Adding Data Points to a Chart 3, Data Binding (Beginners)
• Adding "Jump To" actions using the Code Editor
• Advanced Charting in SharePoint
• Advanced Data Binding in Dundas Chart for Reporting Services
• Beta/Gamma Functions Demonstration
• Can I rotate the scale while keeping the pointer stationary?
• Can I show the Dundas Silverlight Chart on SharePoint?
• Common problems with Dundas SharePoint web part installation
• Configuring Dundas HTTP handlers for IIS 7 and up
• Configuring the Silverlight HTTP Handler in IIS 7
• Converting Dundas Reporting Services 2005 Custom Report Items to Reporting Services 2008
• Creating a Gantt Chart With Data From an Excel Worksheet
• Creating a Trend Line
• Creating an interactive financial chart
• Creating Custom Chart Types with Dundas Chart 6.2
• Custom Chart Type: Column Plus
• Custom Chart Type: Heatmap
• Custom Chart Type: Waterfall
• Custom Drawing in Dundas Map
• Data Binding a Pie Chart to an SQL Data Source
• Difference Line Graph
• Displaying an ASP.NET Chart in SQL Reporting Services
• Displaying Empty Reports in the Dundas OLAP Client
• Displaying multiple currency symbols
• Do Dundas SharePoint controls have external configuration files and what do they control?
• Drilling Down in SharePoint
• Dundas Chart Builder
• Dundas Chart Builder download
• Dundas Documentation Roadmap
• Dundas Map and the ASP.NET Update Panel
• Dundas Resources
• Dundas Trace and Console
• Easy Steps 1 - Using the Choice Filter in Dundas Chart for SharePoint
• Easy Steps 2 - Using Query String (URL) Filter
• Easy Steps 3 - Using a Text Filter
• Easy Steps 4 - Adding an Annotation Programatically
• Easy Steps 5 - Adding an annotation with the Designer and Code Editor
• Easy Steps 6 - Grouping data by axis label
• Easy Steps 7 - Using Chart Callback events
• Easy Steps 8 - Using Gauge Callback events
• Easy Steps 9 - Using the Current User Filter
• Excel Export
• Exceptions in Sample Code
• Extended Spline Chart
• Factor Axis Labels
• "File Error: Data may have been lost" when opening an Excel file created from Reporting Services
• Financial and Statistical Formulas in Chart
• Fixing errors when compiling with the SharePoint code editor
• Fixing problems updating existing projects to newer versions of Dundas Chart
• Formatting Values in OLAP Services
• Gantt Chart with Progress using SharePoint List
• Gauge Auto Color
• Gauge Pins
• Gauge Templates
• Getting the Latest Versions
• Global Network Demo Source Code
• Grouping Values Together
• Hiding the Web Part Toolbar
• How can I add a glowing outline around a data point?
• How can I display data based on user input in Dundas Chart for ASP.NET?
• How can I display formatted values in the OLAP Chart's labels?
• How can I dynamically resize my Chart, Gauge or Map control so it fits inside the browser window?
• How can I add a custom tick mark to my Chart's axis?
• How can I group the data in my chart?
• How can I group the data in my chart? (SharePoint)
• How can I implement drill-down with Dundas Map for ASP.NET?
• How can I use an installed Add-on with Reporting Services?
• How can I use the HistogramHelper with SharePoint?
• How do I apply transparency to my chart?
• How do I create a chart from pivoted data?
• How do I filter data with spaces or special characters in SharePoint?
• How do I save a Silverlight generated chart image on the server?
• How do I show a “No Data” message in the middle of the chart area if there are no data points?
• How do I use a custom chart type in Reporting Services?
• How to Help Support Help You
• How to persist map data to a template
• Introduction to Dundas SharePoint web part data sources
• I've installed Map for SQL Server Reporting Services. Now what?
• I want to use Dundas Chart in my WPF application, what should I do?
• Manually Modifying Configuration Files for Dundas Reporting Services
• Market Watch Demo Source Code
• More common problems with Dundas SharePoint web part installation
• OLAP Drill-through
• OLAP Pie Chart Paging (Add-On)
• Performance and Optimization in Dundas Map
• Pharmaceutical dashboard demo
• Pivot Stage
• Platform Poll Results - January 2008
• Platform Poll Results - May 2008
• Power Point Chart
• Printing Charts - Using the DPI setting
• Registering the HTTP Handler Manually
• Six Sigma for Reporting Services
• Support for Visual Studio Express Editions
• Testing Visible Map Symbols
• Using a Negative Logarithmic Scale
• Using Custom Chart Types
• Using Dundas Chart in a web service
• Using Dundas Chart with a Web Garden or Server Farm
• Using Dundas OLAP controls with SQL Server Analysis Services 2008
• Using Parameters in the Data Connection Wizard
• What can cause an ASP.NET map to show corrupted images?
• What can I do to help resolve my SQL Server Reporting Services issue?
• What do I need to know about Dundas's products and my web site's security?
• What version of the Dundas controls for Reporting Services does this add-on require?
• What version of the Dundas controls for SharePoint does this add-on require?
• Why I am getting the error “unterminated string constant” when opening the dimension dialog in the OLAP client?
• World War II Timeline demo

Add-ons

Additional add-ons can be found at the Dundas Product Add-ons page.

• About Add-ons
• Adding Mouse-Tracking Markers and Cross-Hairs
• Add-ons go "Pro"
• AJAX Based Series Selection (Add-On)
• AxisAligner for Chart
• Clone a Chart Series
• Dragging an Image Marker Over a Series
• Drill-down with Dundas Chart for Reporting Services
• Dundas Chart for .NET Digital Filter Add-on
• Dundas Chart for .NET Six Sigma Add-on
• Dundas Chart for .NET Spike Removal Add-on
• Dundas Chart for .NET: PDF Export Add-On
• Excel Data Export (Add-On)
• Extended Spline Chart Functionality (Add-on)
• Highlighting Map Shapes with AJAX
• Horizontal Error Bars (Add-on)
• Net Present Value (NPV)
• OLAP Pie Chart Paging (Add-On)
• Selection Zooming in Dundas Map (Add-On)
• Series Aligner (Add-On)
• Series Dimmer
• Step Column Chart Add-On
• Swapping an Image for a Flash Chart
• Variable Width Column Chart (Add-On)

Featured Sample

• Adding Gauges to the Gauge Container
• Airline Efficiency
• Analog Clock
• Anti Aliasing
• Appearance of Gauges
• Appearance of Legends
• Appearance of Pointers
• Car Dashboard
• Car Sales
• Choosing a Map Projection
• Color Swatch Appearance
• Column Range LED
• Creating a Chart Dynamically
• Cross-Table Data Binding
• Data Binding a Table
• Data Binding X and Y Values
• Data Binding Y Values
• Data Source Binding
• Decibel Meter
• Deflection Gauge
• Digital Meter
• Digital Voltmeter
• Distance Scale Appearance
• Dundas Calendar Samples
• Dundas Chart Samples Environment
• Dundas Gauge Samples Environment
• Dundas Map Samples Environment
• Extended Data Binding
• Financial Markers
• Gauge Container Images
• Gauge Container with Labels
• Kagi Chart Type
• Loading and Saving Maps
• Location and Size
• Map Frame
• Moving Averages
• Multiple Y Values
• Navigation Panel Appearance
• Parallels and Meridians
• Point and Figure Chart Type
• Populating the Chart with Data
• Positioning Gauges in the Container
• Price Indicators
• Printing and Previewing
• Printing Settings
• Product Sales
• Range Indicators
• Regions of France
• Renko Chart Type
• Route Tracing
• RPM Gauge
• South East Asia
• Stock and Candlestick Chart Types
• Stopwatch
• Subway Routes
• Technical Price Indicators
• Templates
• Thermometer
• Three Line Break Chart Type
• Time Series and Forecasting
• Time Zones
• Viewport Appearance
• Volume Indicators
• Weather Gauge
• Zip Codes
• Zoom Panel Appearance
• Z Order of Gauge Elements

Featured Property

• AccessKey (Chart)
• AccessKey (Gauge)
• AccessKey (Map)
• AccessKey revisited (Map)
• AJAXZoomEnabled (Chart)
• AlignOrientation (Chart)
• AlignType (Chart)
• AlignWithChartArea (Chart)
• AnimationDuration (Chart)
• AnimationFramesPerSecond (Chart)
• AnimationStartTime (Chart)
• AnimationTheme (Chart)
• AntiAliasing (Gauge)
• AntiAliasing (Map)
• AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory (Gauge)
• AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory (Map)
• Area3DStyle (Chart)
• Attributes (Gauge)
• Attributes (Map)
• AutoSizeFrameTitleFont (Calendar)
• AutoLayout (Gauge)
• BackColor (Gauge)
• BackColor (Map)
• BorderColor (Gauge)
• BorderStyle (Gauge)
• BorderWidth (Gauge)
• BubbleMaxSize (Chart)
• BubbleMinSize (Chart)
• BubbleScaleMax (Chart)
• BubbleScaleMin (Chart)
• CalculatedValues (Gauge)
• Callback (Map)
• ChartArea (Chart)
• ChartType (Chart)
• ControlPersistence (Map)
• DampeningEnabled (Gauge)
• DampeningSweepTime (Gauge)
• GlassEffect (Gauge)
• Groups (Map)
• Href (Gauge)
• Href (Map)
• ImageResolution (Chart)
• ImageUrl (Gauge)
• Keywords (Chart)
• MapAreaType (Gauge)
• NamedImages (Map)
• Parameters (Gauge)
• Projection (Map)
• RefreshRate (Gauge)
• RoundAxisValues (Chart)
• ShapeData (Map)
• ShowInColorSwatch (Map)
• SmartLabels (Chart)
• SoftShadows (Chart)
• ToolTip (Gauge)
• ValueSource (Gauge)
• Viewport (Map)

General Tips

• Article and Tip Ideas
• Article and Tip Ideas (June 2007)
• Cache your Binary Stream
• Client Side Functionality Available for Reporting Services Products
• Deploying ASP.NET applications
• Developing is easier with 5 different ways to data-bind
• Did you know that your Chart or Gauge can be made into a template?
• Dundas Calendar for Reporting Services v1.5 Released
• Dundas Calendar for Reporting Services Released!
• Dundas Chart for .NET - OLAP Services v5.5 Now in Beta!
• Dundas Chart for Reporting Services v2.0 Released
• Dundas Components and Daylight Savings Time Changes
• Dundas Consulting
• Dundas Controls in Reporting Services 2000
• Dundas Gauge for .NET v2.0 Now In Beta
• Dundas Map for .NET Released
• Dundas Map for .NET in Beta
• Dundas Map for Reporting Services Released
• Dundas Products Work With Visual Studio 2005 SP1
• Dundas Products and Compact (Mobile) .NET framework
• Dundas Resources
• Dundas for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
• Dynamic Assembly Loading using Reflection (December 2006)
• Dynamic Assembly Loading using Reflection (May 2007)
• Free performance gain on the x64 platform
• Full Dashboards with source code available
• How To Determine What Version of Dundas Software's Product You Are Using
• How to add Dundas controls to Data Dynamics ActiveReports for .NET
• How to remove activation for ActiveX and Flash objects in Internet Explorer
• How to use Dundas controls in a report using only RDL file code
• Join the Dundas Chart for SharePoint Beta
• No Help Viewer Installed
• Online Documentation
• Our products work with Ajax!
• Trade Shows (April 2007)
• Trade Shows (May 2007)
• Transparency
• Use Dundas Software's AJAX Library to Update Non-Dundas Control
• Where do I go for help?

Chart Tips

• AJAX Drill Down with Preview
• Ajax Features in ASP.NET (VisualStudio 2005)
• Add a Logo to Your Chart as a Semitransparent Watermark
• Avoiding Overlapping labels in Pie or Doughnut Charts
• Basics of Chart for OLAP Services
• Beginner's Articles Updated
• Chart 6.0 beta
• Chart Tooltips
• Chart for SharePoint
• Create a Grouped Pie Chart in Dundas Chart for Reporting Services
• CSS and Dundas Chart for ASP.NET
• Displaying a Percentage
• Drill Down functionality
• Drill-Through Using Grid
• Download Dundas Chart Builder
• Dundas Chart v5.5.1.1711 Released
• Dundas Chart for .NET - OLAP Services v5.5 Now Available!
• Equilibrium Points
• Extract your data from Dundas Chart for .NET - OLAP Services
• Getting Chart Coordinates in a Click Event
• Grid Lines on Multiple Chart Areas
• Hiding a Pie Chart's Slice Line
• How to Create a Grouped Pie Chart
• How to Dynamically Change Chart's Culture Settings at Run-Time
• How to connect to your OLAP data source
• How to use Dundas Chart for ASP.NET in IIS6 Isolation Mode
• How to use Dundas OLAP Components on the DotNetNuke framework
• How to use Interval, Maximum and Minimum Properties of Axis Labels
• Image Animation Demo
• Interactive Ajax Features
• Let SmartLabels technology clarify your Chart
• Making Chart Display All Labels On The X Axis
• Making the most out of Chart with Chart Areas
• Managing MDX queries with Dundas OLAP controls
• Need more than one Chart in a Chart Picture? That's why Chart Areas exist
• New Formula Available: MACD-H
• Reporting Services Dashboard
• Scale Breaks
• Scatter Plot Quadrant
• Serializing a Chart as a template
• Sorting Data in Dundas Chart
• Store your reports in a SQL database
• Use Your Database For More Than X and Y Values
• Using MouseMove, MouseOver and MouseOut with Chart
• Version 1.5 of Dundas Chart for Reporting Services Available
• Version 5.5.1.1707 of Chart has been released.

Gauge Tips

• Adding Data to Dundas Gauge for Reporting Services
• Advanced Real-Time Streaming Gauge Samples
• Binding Gauge to an SQL Database
• Cache your Binary Stream
• Calculated Values: How to use a pointer to indicate Maximum, Minimum, Average or Rate of Change
• Clone a Gauge within Gauge Container
• Dundas Gauge for .NET v2.0.2.201 Released
• Dundas Gauge for Reporting Services launched!
• Dynamic Range with Ajax
• Get More Out Of Your Gauge With Custom Code
• Handling Mouse Wheel Events
• How to view 10 hours of data in 10 seconds
• Moving a Custom Label With The Pointer
• Performance and Optimization
• Radar Gauge
• Real-time streaming in ASP.NET
• Save an Image Directly Into the HTTP Response
• Save your Gauge as an Image
• Saving a Gauge's State to your Session
• Serialize Only the Properties You Need
• SharePoint Bundle
• SharePoint Gauge beta now in progress
• State Indicators can be images
• Streaming Real-Time Data From a Database
• Tooltips in Reporting Services
• Use Dampening to Make Your Data Look Better
• Use Dundas Gauge to Create a Bullet Graph

Map Tips

• Adding Symbols From a Database in Dundas Map for Reporting Services
• Clickable Symbols
• Displaying Dundas Chart as Symbols On Your Map
• Displaying Dundas Chart as Symbols On Your Map (December 2007)
• ESRI Shapefiles (.shp)
• Finding Map Elements
• How to Create a Shape or Path
• How to Plot Street Addresses, Zip Codes or City Names on your Map
• How to Reduce Map Storage Space Through Simplification
• Improve Your Map With Client Side Functionality
• Modifying multiple shapes or elements at design-time
• Modify or Delete Multiple Items in a Collection at Once
• New Dundas Map Build Includes 2 New Features
• Save Your Map as an Image File
• Scrollwheel Zooming in Dundas Map for ASP.NET
• Speed up Your Maps
• Understanding Data Binding in Dundas Map
• Use Interactive Panning to Enhance the User Experience
• Use Interactive Panning to Enhance the User Experience (October 2007)
• Using Dundas Map in a Report with RDL Code
• Using a Shape Rule with Specific Shapes
• Where to Find Map (Shape) Files

Calendar Tips

• If you're having trouble running Calendar on a 64-bit server…

Diagram Tips

Before Diagram was spun out into a Corgent product, several Tip articles were published here.

• ".diagram", ".library" and ".libexport": Making sense of diagram file extensions
• Broadcasted Events (Spreading an event)
• Connective Lines: What's the difference?
• Generate the Organizational Chart without the library in ASP.NET
• Grouping vs. Combining Elements

Chart Q&A

• All of my Charts that use interactivity are displayed with a blue border around them.
• Can I use one data reader object to create more than one series?
• Can I use one data reader object to create more than one series? (November 2007)
• Do AJAX-based interactive Chart features require complicated JavaScript?
• Do Dundas Controls for Reporting Services require a Microsoft SQL 2005 database?
• Do I need to have Reporting Services and SQL 2005 on the machine I'm using for development?
• Do I need to have Reporting Services and SQL 2005 on the machine I'm using for development?
• Dundas Chart for ASP.NET is giving a security error when I try to bind to my SQL database in run-time. In design-time, it works fine. What's wrong?
• Dundas Chart is not drawing anything when my line chart only has a single data point.
• How can a Dundas Chart for ASP.NET write images outside of the root folder?
• How can I add more color to my chart?
• How can I change the color of a Series to a color not in a palette?
• How can I change the output DPI of my Dundas Chart for Reporting Services?
• How can I combine Chart keywords with Reporting Services expressions?
• How can I force the Chart to change labels when zooming into different date subintervals, such as years, months, or weeks?
• How can I handle errors detected by OLAP manager?
• How can I pass multi-value parameters to another report with the jump to report feature?
• How can I render Dundas Chart for ASP.NET in a Web Handler?
• How can I restrict access to certain data in OLAP Services?
• How can I save the OLAP chart to an Excel file?
• How can I serialize a Chart as an XML file?
• How can I set HTML attributes of Dundas Chart for ASP.NET?
• How can I specify the z-order of the series in the chart?
• How can I ungroup series in a stacked column?
• How do I deploy Dundas Chart for Reporting Services to SQL Server?
• How do I keep Internet Explorer 6 from hanging when using interactive Chart features in SharePoint?
• How do I set tooltips for data-points, series or other items within Chart for Reporting Services?
• I am trying to use the Series' Data Visualizer, but it is not showing up or throwing an error. How can I fix this?
• I bought a retail copy of Dundas Chart for ASP.NET and replaced my evaluation copy, but the watermark is still appearing. How do I fix this?
• I get an error in Reporting Services about a textbox with the same name. How can I solve this issue?
• I have MSDN and/or Visual Studio 2005 documentation present, but when I install the Chart, I get an error that says "The installer has determined that no Microsoft Help Viewer is present. The documentation will not be installed."
• I have installed Dundas Chart for ASP.NET Professional Edition. Can I use Chart's AJAX based functionality?
• I have the Microsoft Visual Studio 2002/03 installation of Dundas Chart for ASP.NET. How can I use AJAX with the Chart?
• I'm having problems using Dundas Chart for Reporting Services on a 64-bit machine after the install.
• I'm using a Stacked Bar chart and need to show the sum of the point labels on top of every bar. Is it possible to do this?
• Is it possible to create a custom background gradient in a Windows Forms chart?
• Is there a way to force the X Axis to be a fixed pixel width?
• Is there a way to generate a Chart on the fly without creating the object on the HTML side?
• My ASP.NET application includes a chart that is bound to data stored in SQL Server database. At design time I can view the data and it is in expected format, but when I execute my application the chart appears empty.
• My ASP.NET control does not work properly with Chart version 5.5 with AJAX and I am receiving a System.NullReferenceException.
• My Chart is in a sub report and is appearing as an image not found placeholder, 'X', or not at all. Everything else on the page is rendering fine. What's wrong?
• What are Chart's system requirements?
• What is the best format to render a vector image with Dundas Chart for ASP.NET?
• What trust level is required for Dundas Chart for ASP.NET?
• What version of Chart am I using?
• When I set Visibility.Hidden to true, I get an exception. What's wrong and how can I fix it?
• When using AdomdNetDataProvider in Visual Studio 2002 or 2003 I am receiving an error. What is the cause of this?
• Where can I find the online help for Chart in SharePoint?
• Which browsers are supported by Dundas Chart for ASP.NET?
• Why can't I use OLE DB or ODBC drivers on my 64-bit machine?
• Why does Chart always appear above all other elements on my page when rendered as Flash?
• Why does Dundas Chart for Reporting Services show US local settings at run time and ignore my data's local format?
• Why does my Page_Load Event get called more than once when I am using Dundas Chart for ASP.NET?
• Why does my pie chart legend show incorrect labels?
• Why do I get a GDI+ error when trying to save a PNG image into the Response?
• Why do I get an error saying, "Axis object - Auto interval error due to invalid point values or minimum/maximum."?
• Why do I receive errors when my charts are created dynamically at run-time?
• Why do I receive the error "Unable to add selected web part(s)" when I try to use the Dundas Chart Web Part?
• Why is my data mixed up when using strings for X-values?
• Why is my chart fixed on the page?
• Why is my line chart criss-crossing back and forth?

Gauge Q&A

• Can Dundas Gauge be used in MFC applications?
• Can Dundas Gauge for ASP.NET support the 508 accessibility standards?
• Can Dundas Gauge provide information on the gauge element clicked on by the user?
• Can I change a realtime gauge's refresh interval at runtime in ASP.NET?
• Can I take advantage of Ajax to make my Gauge more interactive?
• Does Gauge include a "traffic light" mode?
• How can I add Dundas Gauge for Reporting Services to the Visual Studio toolbox?
• How can I easily data-bind to a dataset or other source of data?
• How can I manage the temporary images created on the web server by Dundas Gauge?
• How can I paint Dundas Gauge onto a device context?
• How can I serialize a Gauge as an XML file?
• I am trying to use the Dundas Gauge (for VS2005 .NET) as a web part in SharePoint 2007. Is it possible?
• I am trying to implement the RealTime gauge functionality in my ASP.NET application, but it does not work. I have done everything required, but the Gauge is not updating.
• I am using Dundas Gauge for ASP.NET (VS2005) with calculated values and real-time streaming. The first time the application is run, everything works as expected. However, when run again after having closed the browser, the calculated values are always zero.
• I am using Dundas Gauge with a Numeric Indicator. I don't have any data, but the Numeric Indicator always seem to have a default value. How can I change it?
• I have a Dundas Gauge rendered as a SmartClient control. When I scroll, the image seems to freeze or not show up at all. Why is this?
• I specified a URL for the "Jump to URL" feature, but when the report is running, clicking on the element does nothing. Why is this?
• I'm having troubles using Dundas Gauge for Reporting Services on a 64-bit machine directly after the install. How can I remedy this?
• I'm using Internet Explorer 7 and the Sample Framework for Dundas Gauge and/or Online Documentation is very slow. What's wrong?
• I'm using high anti-aliasing yet my font does not look very smooth. Is there another way to get smooth text?
• Is it possible to display a text message in the numeric display Gauge type?
• Is it possible to have the pointer move from minimum to maximum in a delayed motion rather than instantly?
• My Gauge is heavy on memory and processor utilization. What is happening?
• What are Calculated Values?
• What are Gauge's system requirements?
• What is the best real-time streaming method to use: Flash, image, or SmartClient?
• What version of Gauge am I using?
• Where is the StateIndicators.rdl file in Gauge for Reporting Services?
• Why are temporary images created in my root directory by Dundas Gauge for ASP.NET?
• Why are temporary images created in my root directory by Dundas Gauge for ASP.NET? (December 2007)
• Why can't I use OLE DB or ODBC drivers on my 64-bit machine?
• Why does Gauge always appear above all other elements on my Page when rendered as Flash?
• Why does the "Jump to URL" feature not work in Reporting Services?

Map Q&A

• Can we use the data from Dundas Map in our applications and ship it to our clients?
• How can I bind two separate data tables to a single map control?
• How can I format the text added to the legend in Map?
• How can I hide parts of Map's control panel?
• How can I improve the performance of Dundas Map?
• How can I link data to a map by zip code?
• How can I plot an address, postal code, city name, etc.?
• How can I serialize a Map as an XML file?
• How do I center/zoom on a clicked shape in a Map?
• How do I center/zoom on the clicked shape on the Map?
• How do I change how my map content is positioned in the map image?
• How do I show only some elements in the legend or color swatch panel?
• How do I show only some elements in the legend or color swatch panel?
• How do I use geographical coordinates in Dundas Map?
• How do I use paths, symbols or groups with my data instead of shapes in Reporting Services?
• What does the ProjectionCenter property do?
• I'm having problems using Dundas Map for Reporting Services on a 64-bit machine after the install.
• I'm using Internet Explorer 7; the Sample Framework for Dundas Gauge and/or the Online Documentation is very slow. What's wrong?
• I've subscribed to the technical newsletter, why don't I get it?
• What are Map's system requirements?
• What version of Map am I using?
• Why are the samples and online documentation so slow in Internet Explorer 7?
• Why aren't my data fields being displayed or added in Dundas Map for Reporting Services?
• Why can I still pan and zoom using the keyboard and mouse after disabling panning and the zoom panel?
• Why do I get GDI+ error when trying to save a PNG image into the Response?

Calendar Q&A

• How can I localize Dundas Reporting Services items?

Diagram Q&A

Before Diagram was spun out into a Corgent product, several Q&A articles were published here.

• How can I color the area between elements inside of a group?
• How can I convert an element to a Shape element?
• How can I establish a connection between elements programmatically?
• I have created a web application with Dundas Diagram for ASP.NET, but when I run it I get an "UnauthorizedAccessException" with the following error message: "Access to the path "{application specific path}" is denied". What should I do?
• Is it possible to bind Diagram to a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet?
• Is it possible to center a group of elements on a page?
• What advantage does Diagram's new home give me?
• What techniques should I use to ensure that the file-size of a diagram created in Diagram Editor is as small as possible?