how can i make a chart (jpg) in batch without excel

hi,

i'm having the following problem:

i have a VB6 program that makes an HTML document which contains a chart. The chart is made by making an excel document and chart. This excel document is then exported to a html document. This works fine but the program has to function on a server which doesn't have excel. Also this program is supposed to run in batch (no visualisation in VB6, no forms).

Does anyone has any idea how to solve this problem?

If i can make a chart in jpg format based on data that is stored in a db, i can put that in a html template.

tnx