>We need a graphical tool capable to creating a graphic based on the regular components of data that would be required, save that as a GIF, so I can have the ASP.NET application to include that image in a page. Any recommendations on the standards in regards to this?
Check out Paint .NET (
http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html). It is free, powerful and written in .NET
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