How can a block diagram be dynamically generated in ASP.NET?

Based on the data, I need to dynamically generate a graphic in my ASP开发者_StackOverflow.NET page. What is the best way to do this. Is this easier to implement in Silverlight.

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You can use any graphics library, including the classes in the System.Drawing namespace.

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no, SL in not absolutely needed, you can draw it line by line using GDI+ (Managed GDI APIs) on the server side from C#.

SL could help a bit but it really depends if you want then to bind your application to a plugin. I would not, just to be cross platform (including mobile devices)...

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1. You can create the image on the server side and returns via httpHandler
2. TO draw on the client side using javascript you can find a special librarise like this
3. You can use Silverlight or Flash
4. I'm not sure but probably it can be done via CSS3

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I would seriously recommend using http://raphaeljs.com/

You could create server side code to do it using system.drawing, but Raphael can do it all in the browser, saving you a round trip.