Chart tool is greyed out in Visual Studio

Question

I'm trying to add a chart to my Visual Studio form but the button is greyed out. I'm using .NET Framework 3.5 and C#. Following instructions online I've downloaded and installed the dll files from this link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14422 I also added them as references and added the following line at the top of my form file:

using System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting;

but the button is still greyed out.

What have I missed?

Are you following [this MSDN link](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd489237.aspx) correctly? — Anirudh Ramanathan, Oct 17 '12 at 08:37
I'm pretty sure I did... Just download and run right? Then add references? — user1744675, Oct 17 '12 at 09:03
I've got exactly the same thing. I had to click "Show All Control" in the toolbox and it shows a chart control but it is greyed out. — noelicus, Mar 18 '13 at 08:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 27 '13 at 12:21

To make the chart control available, you need:

To be using .Net framework 4.0 or higher, OR for .Net framework 3.5 install this: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14422
On the toolbox context menu -> Choose Items... have the Chart control selected. (Sort by name in the Choose Toolbox Items dialog and scroll to Chart. There are two: one for Windows forms, one for Web forms. You need only select what's relevant.)

The chart control appears in the "Data" section of the Toolbox.

You do NOT need to any any "using" clause to the form source file, or any reference in the project references. (The reference is added automatically for you when you add the control.)

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

0

I too had this issue and could not resolve it for hours.

As posted here: Visual Studio 2010 toolbox controls disabled or inactive

In order to solve it for me I just right-clicked one of the items in the toolbox, and chose "Reset Toolbox"

This resets the entire toolbox, so as mentioned in the answer above, all custom tools are lost and need to be re-imported.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

Community

1
1

answered Mar 18 '13 at 15:27

Erasmuz

1

This answer may be for MSVS 2010 as it did not work for me in MSVS 2008 but didn't hurt anything either. – crokusek Nov 08 '13 at 03:33

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 14 '17 at 11:17

Had the same problem.

What I did was to make sure that I was using the same Framework with the chart framework version.

During project creation, by default using .net 3.5. But since the chart is written for Framework 4.0, it will not work with 3.5.

You need to change the solution or project Framework to 4.0 or above by doing this:

On the menu bar of Visual Studio, click <your project name>/Properties.
Change target framework to 4.0 or above.
Save the properties setting.
Rebuild your solution.

After this, you may use that chart component.

Chart tool is greyed out in Visual Studio

3 Answers3

Linked

Related