title: Visual Studio 2013 and Chart Control for .net 3.5
body: <p>Good afternoon!</p>
  
  <p>So I have developed an application through Visual Studio 2013 using vb.net. It contains the default MS chart control and fills it with data from my database. My application runs beautifully on my Windows 7 .net 4.5 environment. No problems there.</p>
  
  <p>Now that it's time to publish, I remember that my app needs to run in .net 3.5 for Windows XP users. So, I converted the project to .net 3.5 framework. Apparently, my chart control only works for .net 4.0 and up, giving me all kinds of errors. So, I publish the app regardless of the errors with the wizard and run it on my Windows 7 PC. It works! Now, I try to run the application in my Windows XP virtual machine with .net 3.5. (I have installed the Microsoft .net 3.5 chart control to XP in hopes that it will end up working.)</p>
  
  <p>This is the error I'm getting when I run the application on my XP: "Cannot continue. The application is improperly formatted. Contact the application vendor for assistance."</p>
  
  <p>I'm still relatively new to publishing, so I'm not sure exactly what is wrong here. Is there a problem with the chart control, or is something wrong with the published files?</p>
  
  <p>I have considered converting the app to .net 4.0, but the users that need the app are still running in 3.5.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for the help!</p>