Importing FSharp.Charting in .fs file fails

Question

1. Create a new FSharp Console project via VS2015
2. Add FSharp.Data and FSharp.Charting nuget package.
3. In Program.fs import both the packages

open FSharp.Charting open Fsharp.Data

After the import I am able to use functions provided in FSharp.Data package but not in FSharp.Charting.

NOTE: In case of script (.fsx) file, which created in the same project, I am able to use both after adding their reference.

I just wanted to to know if there are any steps i am missing for adding any reference in a .fs file. If yes then why does it work with respect to FSharp.Data package.

Answer 1

I think if you search SO you'll find a few examples of displaying charts with FSharp.Charting. It's not exactly clear what sort of error are you getting. Assuming you are on Windows this should work:

open FSharp.Charting
open System

[<STAThread>]
[<EntryPoint>]
let main argv = 
    Chart.Line [ for x in 0 .. 10 -> x, x*x ] |> Chart.Show
    printfn "%A" argv
    0 // return an integer exit code

You will need to add references to System.Windows.Forms, System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization and System.Drawing.