When comparing DrawingView vs ZedGraph, the Slant community recommends ZedGraph for most people. In the question“What are the best free controls for .NET?” ZedGraph is ranked 6th while DrawingView is ranked 22nd. The most important reason people chose ZedGraph is:
With a plethora of tutorials, samples, and source code available, ZedGraph makes it an easy control to jump in and use. There are descriptions and examples of editing all aspects of the graphs as well as telling you in-depth what each component does.
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Pros
Pro Simple
Simple to implement in a .NET application, no dependencies on 3rd-party libraries or NuGet.
Pro Great resources
With a plethora of tutorials, samples, and source code available, ZedGraph makes it an easy control to jump in and use. There are descriptions and examples of editing all aspects of the graphs as well as telling you in-depth what each component does.
Pro Scalability
ZedGraph comes with all option defaults in place so a user can create their graph with as much or as little detail and customization required. Also, with the multiple different types of graphs and charts able to be made, this is a control that could be used in many projects.
Pro Free to use
Cons
Con No drawing tools
No drawing with pen or other drawing tools, the example is drawn using code.
Con No .NET Core version
Con Difficult to get support
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