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copied!<p>I am just getting back into MSChart, so I'll share my findings in hopes that it helps you (<em>and you will check my answer as the correct answer</em>)</p> <p>I am using LINQPad (http://www.linqpad.net/) to learn MSChart. It is the fastest tool to write C# and render images. I was using Visual Studio, but it takes too much time to build the solution so I can see the results of my changes. I am 'hacking' at MSChart, so I needed faster responses.</p> <p>I was following the tutorial at <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd489237.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd489237.aspx</a> to create my LINQPad C# program.</p> <p>I hope this helps. You could just take my <code>createChart</code> function and drop it in your WinForms project. Take a look at the <code>drawIt</code> method, that is what brings together the stream into an actual graphic.</p> <p>FYI, I am using <code>SysDraw</code> = <code>System.Drawing</code></p> <pre><code>SysDraw.Color blueStart = SysDraw.Color.FromArgb(124,195,215); SysDraw.Color blueEnd = SysDraw.Color.FromArgb(74,166,192); SysDraw.Color grayStart = SysDraw.Color.FromArgb(153,153,153); SysDraw.Color grayEnd = SysDraw.Color.FromArgb(208,210,211); SysDraw.Color orangeStart = SysDraw.Color.FromArgb(252,165,107); SysDraw.Color orangeEnd = SysDraw.Color.FromArgb(255,104,4); void Main() { //chart1 is from Microsoft's sample site // other charts are using http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd489237.aspx Chart chart1 = createChart1(); Chart chart2= createChart2(42, "Chart 2"); Chart chart3 = createChart2(99, "Chart 3"); Chart chart4 = createChart2(11, "Chart 4"); drawIt(chart2, chart2.Name); drawIt(chart3, chart3.Name); drawIt(chart4, chart4.Name); drawIt(chart1, chart1.Name); } private void drawIt(Chart drawChart, string name) { System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream(); drawChart.SaveImage(ms,SysDraw.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png); SysDraw.Bitmap outImage = new SysDraw.Bitmap(ms); outImage.Dump(name); } private void drawIt(string imageFilePath) { System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream(); SysDraw.Bitmap outImage = new SysDraw.Bitmap(imageFilePath); outImage.Dump(imageFilePath); } private Chart createChart2(double dataPointYvalue, string chartName) { string chartAreaName ="Area 1"; // Chart // -------------------------------- Chart results = new Chart(); results.Name = chartName; results.BorderSkin.SkinStyle = BorderSkinStyle.Emboss; results.BorderSkin.SkinStyle = BorderSkinStyle.None; SysDraw.Size size1 = new SysDraw.Size(480,30); results.Size = size1; // ChartAreas collection // -------------------------------- ChartArea area1 =new ChartArea(chartAreaName); area1.Area3DStyle.Enable3D=false; //area1.Area3DStyle.Enable3D=true; area1.Area3DStyle.WallWidth=10; //area1.Area3DStyle.Inclination=10; //area1.Area3DStyle.Perspective = 10; area1.Area3DStyle.Rotation=1; //area1.BorderDashStyle = ChartDashStyle.DashDot; area1.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.TopBottom; area1.BackColor = grayStart; area1.BackSecondaryColor = grayEnd; // Axes under Area collection Axis axisX = new Axis(); axisX.LabelStyle.Interval = 1; axisX.Title ="x axis"; axisX.IsMarginVisible=false; axisX.Enabled = AxisEnabled.False; Axis axisY = new Axis(); axisY.Title = "y axis"; axisY.IsMarginVisible=true; axisY.Enabled = AxisEnabled.False; area1.AxisX = axisX; area1.AxisY = axisY; results.ChartAreas.Add(area1); // Series Collection Editor // -------------------------------- Series series1 = new Series("Series 1"); series1.ChartArea = chartAreaName; series1.ChartType = SeriesChartType.Bar; series1.CustomProperties="DrawingStyle=Cylinder"; series1.Name = "BarChart"; series1.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.TopBottom; series1.Color=blueStart; series1.BackSecondaryColor = blueEnd; // series1.BorderDashStyle= ChartDashStyle.DashDotDot; // series1.BorderColor = SysDraw.Color.Red; //series1.Points.AddY(42); DataPoint dp = new DataPoint(); dp.Name="MyPoint"; dp.YValues= new double[]{dataPointYvalue}; series1.Points.Add(dp); results.Series.Add(series1); // Legend // -------------------------------- // Legend legend = new Legend("Chart 2 Legend"); // legend.DockedToChartArea = "Chart 2 Area 1"; // legend.Docking = Docking.Right; // legend.IsDockedInsideChartArea = true; // results.Legends.Add(legend); // series1.Legend = "Chart 2 Legend"; //You can assign each series to a different legend. // Title // -------------------------------- Title title = new Title(string.Format("Your whatever is {0}",dp.YValues[0])); title.Docking = Docking.Right; title.TextOrientation = TextOrientation.Horizontal; //title.DockedToChartArea = chartAreaName; //results.Titles.Add(title); // Annotations // -------------------------------- ArrowAnnotation arrowAnnt = new ArrowAnnotation(); arrowAnnt.AnchorDataPoint=dp; arrowAnnt.Height=-5; arrowAnnt.Width=0; arrowAnnt.AnchorOffsetY=-2.5; arrowAnnt.SmartLabelStyle.IsOverlappedHidden = false; TextAnnotation textAnnt = new TextAnnotation(); textAnnt.AnchorDataPoint = dp; textAnnt.AnchorOffsetX = -10; textAnnt.ForeColor=SysDraw.Color.White; textAnnt.Text = dp.YValues[0].ToString(); //results.Annotations.Add(arrowAnnt); results.Annotations.Add(textAnnt); return results; } private Chart createChart1() { Title title1 = new Title(); ChartArea chartArea1 = new ChartArea(); Legend legend1 = new Legend(); Series series1 = new Series(); DataPoint dataPoint1 = new DataPoint(0, 6); DataPoint dataPoint2 = new DataPoint(0, 9); DataPoint dataPoint3 = new DataPoint(0, 5); DataPoint dataPoint4 = new DataPoint(0, 7.5); DataPoint dataPoint5 = new DataPoint(0, 5.6999998092651367); DataPoint dataPoint6 = new DataPoint(0, 7); DataPoint dataPoint7 = new DataPoint(0, 8.5); Series series2 = new Series(); DataPoint dataPoint8 = new DataPoint(0, 6); DataPoint dataPoint9 = new DataPoint(0, 9); DataPoint dataPoint10 = new DataPoint(0, 2); DataPoint dataPoint11 = new DataPoint(0, 7); DataPoint dataPoint12 = new DataPoint(0, 3); DataPoint dataPoint13 = new DataPoint(0, 5); DataPoint dataPoint14 = new DataPoint(0, 8); Series series3 = new Series(); DataPoint dataPoint15 = new DataPoint(0, 4); DataPoint dataPoint16 = new DataPoint(0, 2); DataPoint dataPoint17 = new DataPoint(0, 1); DataPoint dataPoint18 = new DataPoint(0, 3); DataPoint dataPoint19 = new DataPoint(0, 2); DataPoint dataPoint20 = new DataPoint(0, 3); DataPoint dataPoint21 = new DataPoint(0, 5); Chart results = new Chart(); //((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(results)).BeginInit(); // // resulting chart // results.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.WhiteSmoke; results.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.TopBottom; results.BackSecondaryColor = System.Drawing.Color.White; results.BorderlineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(26)))), ((int)(((byte)(59)))), ((int)(((byte)(105))))); results.BorderlineDashStyle = ChartDashStyle.Solid; results.BorderlineWidth = 2; results.BorderSkin.SkinStyle = BorderSkinStyle.Emboss; chartArea1.Area3DStyle.Enable3D = true; chartArea1.Area3DStyle.Inclination = 15; chartArea1.Area3DStyle.IsClustered = false; chartArea1.Area3DStyle.IsRightAngleAxes = false; chartArea1.Area3DStyle.PointGapDepth = 0; chartArea1.Area3DStyle.Rotation = 10; chartArea1.Area3DStyle.WallWidth = 0; chartArea1.AxisX.LabelStyle.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Trebuchet MS", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold); chartArea1.AxisX.LineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64))))); chartArea1.AxisX.MajorGrid.LineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64))))); chartArea1.AxisY.LabelStyle.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Trebuchet MS", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold); chartArea1.AxisY.LineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64))))); chartArea1.AxisY.MajorGrid.LineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64))))); chartArea1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.WhiteSmoke; chartArea1.BackSecondaryColor = System.Drawing.Color.White; chartArea1.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64))))); chartArea1.Name = "Default"; chartArea1.ShadowColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent; results.ChartAreas.Add(chartArea1); results.Cursor = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.Hand; legend1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent; legend1.Enabled = false; legend1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Trebuchet MS", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold); legend1.IsTextAutoFit = false; legend1.Name = "Default"; results.Legends.Add(legend1); results.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 53); results.Name = "chart1"; series1.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(180)))), ((int)(((byte)(26)))), ((int)(((byte)(59)))), ((int)(((byte)(105))))); series1.ChartArea = "Default"; series1.Color = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(220)))), ((int)(((byte)(65)))), ((int)(((byte)(140)))), ((int)(((byte)(240))))); series1.Legend = "Default"; series1.Name = "Default"; series1.Points.Add(dataPoint1); // series1.Points.Add(dataPoint2); // series1.Points.Add(dataPoint3); // series1.Points.Add(dataPoint4); // series1.Points.Add(dataPoint5); // series1.Points.Add(dataPoint6); // series1.Points.Add(dataPoint7); // series2.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(180)))), ((int)(((byte)(26)))), ((int)(((byte)(59)))), ((int)(((byte)(105))))); // series2.ChartArea = "Default"; // series2.Color = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(220)))), ((int)(((byte)(252)))), ((int)(((byte)(180)))), ((int)(((byte)(65))))); // series2.Legend = "Default"; // series2.Name = "Series2"; // series2.Points.Add(dataPoint8); // series2.Points.Add(dataPoint9); // series2.Points.Add(dataPoint10); // series2.Points.Add(dataPoint11); // series2.Points.Add(dataPoint12); // series2.Points.Add(dataPoint13); // series2.Points.Add(dataPoint14); // series3.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(180)))), ((int)(((byte)(26)))), ((int)(((byte)(59)))), ((int)(((byte)(105))))); // series3.ChartArea = "Default"; // series3.Color = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(220)))), ((int)(((byte)(224)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(10))))); // series3.Legend = "Default"; // series3.Name = "Series3"; // series3.Points.Add(dataPoint15); // series3.Points.Add(dataPoint16); // series3.Points.Add(dataPoint17); // series3.Points.Add(dataPoint18); // series3.Points.Add(dataPoint19); // series3.Points.Add(dataPoint20); // series3.Points.Add(dataPoint21); results.Series.Add(series1); // results.Series.Add(series2); // results.Series.Add(series3); results.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(412, 296); results.TabIndex = 1; title1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Trebuchet MS", 14.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold); title1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(26)))), ((int)(((byte)(59)))), ((int)(((byte)(105))))); title1.Name = "Title1"; title1.ShadowColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(32)))), ((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(0))))); title1.ShadowOffset = 3; title1.Text = "3D Cylinder"; results.Titles.Add(title1); SysDraw.Size mySize = new SysDraw.Size(480, 170); results.Size = mySize; return results; } </code></pre>

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