Manual: ADSS Charts for .NET

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This is brief manual for ADSSCharts Component.

Chart Data:

Property	Type	Description
NumberOfChannels	int	Defines Number of Channels to be displayed. Depends on length of Values array, can't be greater than length of Values array.
Values	int[]	Defines an array that contains data to create chart.
GroupSize	int	Number of Values in one group. Default is 1 - not groupped data.

Chart Captions:

Property	Type	Description
CaptionsAlignment	StringAlignment	Defines alignment of Captions and Values. Standard System.Text.StringAlignment enumeration. Values: {Near,Center,Far}.
ChannelCaptions	string[]	Defines an array that contains captions for channels. Optional. Ignored if empty or length less than length of Values.
ShowCaptions	bool	If true displays captions of channels from ChannelCaptions.
DisplayCaptionsType	DisplayCaptions	Enum. Values: { Inside=1 , Outside=2 , NoCaptions=4 } Inside - Displays captions inside chart element. Outside - Displays captions outside chart element. Note: you must have proper TopMargin and LeftMargin to display captions. NoCaptions - Don't display captions and Values.
ShowValues	bool	If true displays values of channels in selected units.
ValuesUnits	string	String that appends to value of Channel. For example: 100%, 1000 visitors. '%' and 'visitors' are ValuesUnits.

Chart Fill:

Property	Type	Description
Colors	Color[]	Array of colors. Used only if Fill set to ColorsArray or ColorsArrayGradient.Used in loop if count of colors less than number of channels displayed.
Fill	ChartFill	Enum. Use to select fill type for Chart. Possible Values: { Solid , Gradient , DifferentColors, DifferentGradients , ColorsArray, ColorsArrayGradient }. Solid. All channels are filled with MainColor. Gradient.All channels are filled with linear gradient between MainColor and SecondaryColor value. DifferentColors.Even channels are filled with MainColor and odd - with SecondaryColor. DifferentGradients.Same as above, but with gradient fill. ColorsArray.Array Colors used to fill channels with color. Solid fill. Colors are looped. ColorsArrayGradient.Array Colors used to fill channels with color. Gradient fill between Color and SecondaryColor. Colors are looped.
FillGradientDirection	GradientDirection	Enum. Defines Direction for Gradient. Possible values is Parallel , Perpendicular
MainColor	Color	Color that used in case of Solid color chart. Also used for Gradient Fill.
SecondaryColor	Color	Used in all Gradient fill types as second color for gradient. Used if Fill: Gradient DifferentColors DifferentGradients ColorsArrayGradient

Property	Type	Description
LeftMargin	int	Left Margin in Pixels. Use it if You want to display Captions outside of Chart elements.
TopMargin	int	Top Margin in Pixels. Use it if You want to display Captions outside of Chart elements.
Outline	bool	If true outlines chart elements with ForeColor.
Spacing	ChartSpace	Enum.Use this property to change size of chart elements. Possible values is { NoSpace , Small , Medium, Large }
Type	ChartType	Enum.Use this property to change TYPE of chart. Possible values is { PieChart , VerticalChart , HorizontalChart }
Outline	bool	If true outlines chart elements with ForeColor.

Property	Type	Description
DropsShadow	bool	If true every Chart element drops shadow.
ShadowColor	Color	Use to set Shadow color.
ShadowDistance	int	Distance in pixels, to drop shadow.
ShadowOpacity	int	Opacity value (0-100). 0 is transparent.

Property	Type	Description
Font	Font	Use to set up font for displaying of captions and values.
BackColor	Color	Use to set Background color.
ForeColor	Color	Use to set Foreground color. Used for Outline and Text output.
Background	Image	Use to set up background image for chart.

Save To File Method.

Parameter	Type	Description
fileName	string	File name to save to.
imageFormat	System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat	Standard enumeration for saving graphical files.
width	int	Output image width.
height	int	Output image height.

Run-time Code Samples:

   public void SetData()
        {
            adssCharts1.NumberOfChannels = 10;
            for ( int i =0; i< adssCharts1.NumberOfChannels; i++)
            {
                adssCharts1.Values[i] = i*10+10;
            }
        }
        

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