Chart (Chart Controls)

The Chart object contains the following major elements:

  • A collection of annotations. For more information, see Annotations.

  • A collection of chart areas. For more information, see Chart Areas.

  • A collection of legends. For more information, see Legends.

  • A collection of series. For more information, see Series.

  • A collection of titles. For more information, see Titles.

The Chart object also contains appearance properties and data source properties. Its data binding methods and the various events enable you at run time to bind to complex data sets, change chart appearances, and add interactivity to your chart.

Use the Chart.DataManipulator property to manipulate your data. For more information, see Data Binding and Manipulation.

Use the Chart.Serializer property to save chart data to a file or load it into the Chart control. For more information, see Chart Serialization.

In the Chart control for Windows Forms, use the Printing property to print the chart picture. See Chart Printing.

Right-to-Left Languages

Use the Chart.RightToLeft property to specify whether the Chart control draws its elements from right to left for right-to-left languages.

See Also

Reference

System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting
System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting

Concepts

Chart Appearances
Customization and Events
Interactivity