How to plot data in a chart?

I'm trying to plot data from a table in
a ChartControl object. The table consists
of two columns, one contains a numeric
value and the other contains a date value.
I'd like to plot the numeric value on the
Y axis and the dates along the X axis.
I've got the same data displayed in a grid
format, and that's all fine.
This seems like a simple enough thing to
do, but I haven't found a basic page of
documentation to guide me in the right
direction. How do I do this?

Use Reshape array to turn your 2-D array into a 1-D array. You will need to wire in a constant of 40 since you will have 40 elements in your new array. Convert the 1-D array to a cluster with Array to Cluster. Right click on that function and set the size of the array to 40. Wire that cluster to the waveform chart. Now each of your 40 values you get after the double For Loops will run will append their new data to the 40 lines on your waveform chart.
Message Edited by Ravens Fan on 12-18-2009 11:30 PM
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