PRB: Axis Text on MSChart Control Appears Illegible

ID: Q176633

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The text on the axes of a 3D chart on an MS Chart control becomes almost illegible even if a True Type font is used with the text.

RESOLUTION

Experiment with different font sizes and styles to get the best resolution for rotated text. Generally, the axis text is more legible with larger fonts.

STATUS

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

To reproduce the problem, you need to reference the MS Chart control in your project.

Start a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.

Add the MS Chart control to your project. The default chart is a 2D bar chart.

Change the chartType property of the MS Chart to any 3D chart. Note that the axis text is illegible.

The Microsoft Chart control is based on First Impressions by Visual Components. You can obtain a trial or full version of First Impressions at the following web site:

http://www.visualcomp.com/products/fi.htm

First Impressions is manufactured by Visual Components, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: z-axis y-axis x-axis z axis y axis x axis graph
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Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb