Styling the asp.net charting controls

Question

Using the ASP.Net Chart Controls, which are a subset of the Dundas Chart Controls,

How can I make charts that look like this:

Instead of this:

EDIT: I've made some progress, since asking this question. The styling elements that improve the default graph in both Dundas and MSChart are:

• Round Corners on the chart container
• Background colours and gradients on chart container
• Transparency on column colours
• Alignment of columns in the x axis (bizarely, MSChart defaults to z axis alignment)
• Area 3D wall width

Solution 1

I know it's a bit late, but I was playing with the chart for a project I'm working on.

Color="#960080ff"

The first set of two digits in the color are for the alpha channel. I've got it set for 96 which is semi transparent.

enjoy

Solution 2

Try setting the Area3DStyle.Enable3D property to true.

More info about the 3D style can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd489232%28VS.100%29.aspx