I am looking for recommendations on both the EASIEST and the most POWERFUL way to create chart / graph output from VFP. Right now I don't care about the web. I need to display color 3D bar charts on the screen and print them.

You may want to download the white papaer and code samples from the conference session I gave called "Creating Graphs in VFP" from the tools and utilities page of my web site. It may help you make a decision.