Charting for WinForms Programmer's Guide
General Information
The
MindFusion.Charting
component
Redistribution is royalty free
Assembly is strong-named
Is digitally signed
Can be purchased with source code
Is written in C#
Dashboard
Arrange plots and gauges in a dashboard
Dynamic layout system
Show multiple axes on each side of a plot
Text and image components
Each component can be placed inside border
Show multiple legends
Line/Area charts
No limits for the count of graphics per chart
Straight lines or curves
Separate as well stacked graphics
Step charts
Scatter graphics with shapes at data points
Multiple axes
Associate data series with axis
Bar charts
Drawing of bar series in rows or columns
Stacked bars
Groups and clusters of bars
Candlestick charts
Bar width relative to available space
Labels inside and/or at the top of bars
3D bar charts
Five different axes labels types
Multiple axes
Pie charts
Doughnut charts
Several options for count and position of detached slices
Customizable start angle
Different label types
Labels inside and outside pie segments
Adjustment of position of labels inside pies
Radar charts
Polar charts
Spider web background
Three combinable appearance styles
Pie-radar charts
Custom labels inside and outside the chart
Labels at chart segments
Pens for all inner and outer axes
Brushes for chart segments
Custom-set background sections and brushes for them
Customizable position of the inner axis
Other chart types
Candlestick charts
Bubble charts
Scatter charts
Gauge types
Oval gauges
Horizontal and vertical linear gauges
Legend
Adjustable position and alignment
Possibility to set the legend width
Customizable background
Custom-set font and brush for the labels
Grid
Several different grid types
Customizable grid width
Custom-set pens at grid lines/stripes
Custom-set pens/brushes for grid lines/stripes
Grid labels with pointers at chart axes
Programming
Numerous methods and properties for customizing the chart's appearance
Strong design-time support to facilitate appearance customization
Tested programming examples with all properties and methods
User interaction
Pan and zoom
Rotate pie and radar charts
Hit testing
Move the legend
Output
Export bitmap images
Print and print preview
Export PDF files
Export SVG drawings
Appearance
Customize all pens and brushes
Support for themes and a theme editor tool
3D charts
Horizontal and vertical charts
Customizable fonts
Possibility to set the chart's position in bigger graphics
Chart data
Set with numerical data arrays or through database
Bind to XML documents
Feed data to charts by implementing Series interface instead of copying values
Custom annotations
DateTime values supported through DateTimeSeries class
Chart axes
Several different types of labels
Specify minimum and maximum axis values or auto scale
Custom text
Several rows/columns of labels for multi-graphics charts
Division markers
Several positions and orientations of axis labels
Explanation labels
Customize colors of all axis elements
