Microsoft Chart Disappearing (not rendering)?

Sometimes my charts would show, sometimes they wouldn't. Sometimes when I refresh my page the chart disappears! I found if I set the ImageStorageMode of the chart to "UseImageLocation" it started working consistently.

<asp:Chart ID="chStats" runat="server" Palette="None" Height="500px" 
    Width="500px" ImageStorageMode="UseImageLocation" >

If you use this option, you have to make sure you define a location (that has write access) in your web.config.

<appSettings>
    <add key="ChartImageHandler" value="storage=file;timeout=20;dir=C:\TempCharts;" />
</appSettings>

More Info: MSDN: Chart.ImageStorageMode Property

Chart Control - Showing all X Axis Lines (Vertical Lines)

By default when you plot more than 9 DataPoints on a chart of certain types (such as Line, Spline, etc.) the X axis will drop its labels and the X Axis Lines will disappear with them. Let's take a look:
Chart with 9 DataPoints:

Chart with 10 DataPoints:

How do I show all the X Axis labels?

You want to set the Interval property to "1".
Here is the HTML:

   1:  <asp:Chart ID="chtExample" runat="server" Height="390px" Width="470px">

   2:      <Series>

   3:          <asp:Series ChartType="Line" Name="Series1" XValueType="Date" Color="DarkBlue" BorderWidth="3">

   4:              <Points>

   5:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="1" AxisLabel="7/31/2010" />

   6:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="4" AxisLabel="8/7/2010" />

   7:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="3" AxisLabel="8/14/2010" />

   8:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="4" AxisLabel="8/21/2010" />

   9:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="2" AxisLabel="8/28/2010" />

  10:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="10" AxisLabel="9/4/2010" />

  11:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="11" AxisLabel="9/11/2010" />

  12:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="10" AxisLabel="9/18/2010" />

  13:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="12" AxisLabel="9/25/2010" />

  14:                  <asp:DataPoint YValues="13" AxisLabel="10/2/2010" />

  15:              </Points>

  16:          </asp:Series>

  17:      </Series>

  18:      <ChartAreas>

  19:          <asp:ChartArea Name="ChartArea1">

  20:              <AxisX Interval="1">

  21:              </AxisX>

  22:          </asp:ChartArea>

  23:      </ChartAreas>

  24:  </asp:Chart>

Line 20 is where you will see the Interval property being set. With that set your chart will now show all labels on the X Axis:

This took me a while to find. Hope it helps you out!
More Info: MSDN: Axis.Interval Property