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The WinForms Chart control is a high-performance charting component that is easy to use and visually stunning. It includes 45 chart types, ranging from simple column charts to specialized financial charts. The charts are highly customizable and have a powerful data model to make data binding simple.
The Windows Forms Chart control has a powerful wizard that helps to design a chart visually.
Smart labels are just one of the built-in optimization techniques that ensure data point labels do not overlap when rendered next to data points.
Save time by persisting the appearance of a chart created at design time or runtime as a template. Apply the saved style to a new chart by loading the template.
Users can add an unlimited number of data points to a chart series. Chart is optimized to handle such large sets of data.
Users can add an unlimited number of data series to a chart. The control is optimized to handle such large sets of data.
Enable the built-in zooming and scrolling features of a chart to provide users with great chart flexibility. Users can simply click and drag any chart area to select and zoom. Once any part of the chart area is zoomed in, scroll bars will automatically appear to let the user view areas beyond the currently displayed chart area. A zoom-out button lets users revert back to the default mode.
WinForms Graph supports panning a chart when it is zoomed. You can navigate to parts of the chart outside of the viewing area by simply clicking and dragging.
Localize all the visible strings in a chart to any supported language.
Chart provides a very easy way to implement a custom data model by using a simple data model interface. Use this approach to encapsulate your data retrieval code within a scalable scope. Such custom data models perform better than manually populated chart series when dealing with large amounts of data. The following screenshots illustrate indexed and non-indexed model interfaces.
Chart makes it easy to bind data set instances containing data point values to a chart series. Simply use the built-in ChartDataBindModel class to set up this binding as follows.
The simplest and most straightforward approach is to populate a chart series with data points as shown.
Bind axis labels to pie, funnel, and pyramid charts. This feature displays data-bound labels in charts.
Bind to LINQ query results. Use LINQ to create varied, concise, and optimal views of your data. Bind to LINQ query results and view your data using many different chart types. Binding a LINQ query result to a chart and the resultant display are illustrated here.
The WinForms Graph control can be used with the Syncfusion Excel Library to import data from Excel documents into a chart. Simpler Excel data can, of course, be loaded using the Microsoft Jet OLEDB data provider.
The Windows Forms Chart control includes a comprehensive set of more than 45 chart types for all your business needs. Each one is highly and easily configurable with built-in support for creating stunning visual effects.
The Windows Forms Chart control supports 3D modes for all chart types except polar and radar charts. * The depth of the z-axis is customizable through the depth property. * The real mode option specifies if the chart is displayed in a 3D plane. * Users can also use the rotation or tilt properties to rotate the control programmatically.
Add alpha blending to a chart series to help interpret data that may be hidden behind a series. It can also give a new effect to 2D and 3D charts. Alpha blending is ideal for making one series visible through another, as in the accompanying figure.
Render a chart in different ways using the SmoothingMode property. The default option is anti-alias.
The Chart for Windows Forms contains 14 types of built-in skins that allow you to easily customize chart appearances. The skins property allows you to apply predefined skins to the control, giving you plenty of customization options.
Apply shadow effects to the chart area and chart series as illustrated.
Easily customize the layout and background of the Chart control.
The WinForms Chart supports 13 different built-in border styles. The interior style and the size of the chart border can also be customized.
Customize the font for all text rendered in a chart.
Render professional-looking charts with gradient colors in the chart interior and other chart areas.
Symbols can be associated with each chart series to highlight data points. You can also specify custom images instead of the built-in symbols.
The Chart control supports a clustered view in 3D mode. This effect shows z-axis data extended in the third dimension while clusters are displayed in the foreground.
The Chart comes with a set of color palettes that are automatically applied to a chart’s data points if no custom colors are specified for the series. These built-in palettes offer a rich set of colors to render professional-looking charts.
Define and add custom color palettes.
Render data points from right to left to adhere to certain local standards. All built-in strings can also be easily localized using localization binaries.
Improve the appearance of a chart series by customizing the border color, style, and width of the data points.
Spacing allows you to customize the space between series columns to give data more clarity. Increased spacing between columns will in turn reduce the width of a column. Support is also provided to control the spacing among series in 3D mode. Series spacing is set as a percentage value of the z-axis depth of a column.
Display multiple pie charts in one chart area for easier presentation and analysis of chart data.
The Chart control has an automatic range-scaling engine that computes the best possible range for a given set of values. * Automatic range calculations are also configurable. * Automatic ranges are also calculated for date values. The range intervals are calculated to be in increments of easily understandable date segments, such as weeks, months, or years.
The Chart control supports a combination of both stacking and side-by-side chart axes layouts when multiple axes are used. Multiple axes allow for greater control and flexibility when dealing with large amounts of data. The multiple axes layout feature is illustrated in the accompanying image.
You can customize the appearance of axis labels by specifying their size, color, and font.
Axis labels can also be rotated to any angle. This is convenient when axis labels are long enough to interfere with other labels. In fact, the Chart control is smart enough to automatically rotate axis labels to avoid overlap.
Customize the x-axis and y-axis line appearance to fit your needs. You can configure the style, width, and color of these lines.
Strip lines are bands that can be drawn horizontally or vertically in a chart’s background to highlight certain regions. They can also be repeated to mark weekends, for example.
Chart axes support major and minor tick marks. The appearance of a tick’s color, height, and width can be customized.
Customize the appearance of chart axis labels. You can include custom labels, which can be edited at runtime. Group chart axis labels as desired, and define the grouping label text, color, font, and other related information. Set individual label positions to be to the left or right of the axis, or to the top or bottom.
Specify a custom origin in a chart. The origin can be any specific value in the axis range, or it can also be a specific data point’s value.
Specify a custom range for the axes if the default calculated range is not good enough. You can specify the range as well as the intervals of an axis. The accompanying screenshot shows a custom x-axis range with a minimum value of 0, a maximum value of 6, and an interval of 1. The custom y-axis range has a minimum value of -100, a maximum value of 600, and an interval of 100.
A polar chart is a circular graph in which data is displayed in terms of values and angles. The Chart control lets you specify any custom range instead of the default 0–360 degree range values for the axes of a polar chart. You can set the range and intervals for an axis. The accompanying image illustrates a polar chart with a customized axis with a minimum value of 0, a maximum value of 12, and an interval of 1.
Display horizontal and vertical gridlines in the chart area to help clarify series values. Also customize gridline appearances, as shown in the accompanying figure. All dash styles (dash, dot, dash dot, dash dot dot, solid, custom) are available for gridlines. It is also possible to show and hide gridlines.
Reverse any chart axis range and plot data for such an axis in the opposite direction, as shown in the following screenshot.
The Chart control supports logarithmic axes. The data type of any series plotted on the chart can be set to logarithmic. Both axes of a chart can be customized to display logarithmic values. You can also specify custom logarithmic axis ranges. Logarithmic axes are usually used to show data with large ranges.
The WinForms Chart control supports the opposed position of chart axes. The axis of a chart can be positioned opposite to that of the default axis position. This is useful in creating RTL charts.
Scale breaks help in accommodating outlying data in a chart while also clearly displaying normal values. Scale breaks can be applied automatically or manually.
The WinForms Chart control supports multiple axes. You can add a secondary axis and position it next to or below the primary axis. Display ellipses at the end of a title when the title text exceeds the axes bounds. This feature can be implemented in both the primary and secondary axes.
Customize of solid circle lines in polar and radar charts. The Pens property of the primary x-axis and y-axis is used to set the style of the solid circles.
You can add tooltips to the chart axis labels.
Add multiple chart titles to a chart, each at their own custom position.
Align the title of a chart near, center, or far, relative to the side it is rendered on.
Position the chart title at any of the four sides of a chart.
The Chart control supports custom background images in a chart’s legend.
Customize the border styles of the legend.
Dock a chart legend anywhere within the chart area. The legend can also be aligned near, center, or far in the docked side. Set the chart legend to float so that the user can drag the legend around during runtime.
Align the item text in the chart legend near, center, or far within the item bounds.
Set the legend representation type.
Render legend text with a shadow effect.
A chart’s legend can have a custom title with a custom font style, size, and color.
The checkbox feature in the legend lets your users show or hide a series during runtime.
Display multiple chart legends with custom legend items that can be associated with any chart series.
Customize a chart title with custom fonts, colors, and sizes.
Automatically highlight chart data points on mouse-over. Customize the highlight color for such elements.
Host any Windows Forms control within the Chart control using the docking manager available for the chart. By using the docking manager, any Windows Forms control can be docked to any region inside the Chart control.
Implement built-in context menus in the Chart control.
Using the mouse events fired by a chart, you can track the drag-and-drop of a chart point to a new location.
Position cursors at a specific data point in a series and point out the x- and y-values via a horizontal and vertical line passing through the data point and intersecting the x-axis and y-axis. Drag interactive cursor lines to position them at specific data points.
A built-in toolbar is available for the Chart control.
Display tooltips when hovering the mouse pointer over a chart area, data points, and other regions. Customization options are also available for tooltip text.
The Chart control also includes a “fancy tooltip” feature. This tooltip looks like a balloon and includes information regarding the series name and x- and y-points.
Use a trackball to view the closest data point to a mouse or touch contact point. A line with markers and tooltips will appear at the location of the data point. Information about the data point can be displayed using the trackball tooltip.
Use a crosshair to view the axis coordinates at the mouse location or touch contact point. Display information about the coordinate in a tooltip near the axis.
Highlight a specific series of the chart over which the mouse hovers. The series can also be highlighted by hovering the pointer over the legend of the series.
The Chart control provides APIs to export a chart as an image file with support for all popular image formats: .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .tiff, .wmf, .emf, .svg, and .eps.
Using Word Library, dynamically create a Word document that contains an image of the chart.
Add an image of a chart to a grid cell dynamically.
Using Syncfusion’s Excel Library, export chart data points to an Excel worksheet and create an Excel chart to render that data.
Using Syncfusion’s PDF Library, you can dynamically create a PDF document containing a snapshot of the chart.
Export and save a chart as a scalable vector graphics (SVG) file. SVG defines graphics in XML format, which is very useful in viewing a zoomed-in or zoomed-out chart without losing the quality due to the zoom level.
Print a chart in color, grayscale, or automatic mode.
Save the series and point properties into XML format and load them into a new Chart control.
Easily get started with the WinForms Chart using a few simple lines of C# code example as demonstrated below. Also explore our WinForms Chart Example that shows you how to render and configure the Charts in WinForms.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public class Model : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string xvalue;
private double yvalue;
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public string XValue
{
get { return xvalue; }
set
{
xvalue = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(XValue));
}
}
public double YValue
{
get { return yvalue; }
set
{
yvalue = value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(YValue));
}
}
public Model(string xValue, double yValue)
{
this.XValue = xValue;
this.YValue = yValue;
}
public Model()
{
}
private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyname)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyname));
}
}
public class ViewModel
{
public List<Model> Data { get; set; }
public ViewModel()
{
Data = new List<Model>()
{
new Model(){ XValue="A", YValue=12},
new Model(){ XValue="B", YValue=10},
new Model(){ XValue="C", YValue=8},
new Model(){ XValue="D", YValue=15},
new Model(){ XValue="E", YValue=11},
new Model(){ XValue="F", YValue=14},
new Model(){ XValue="G", YValue=9},
new Model(){ XValue="H", YValue=10},
new Model(){ XValue="I", YValue=13},
new Model(){ XValue="J", YValue=15},
new Model(){ XValue="K", YValue=10},
new Model(){ XValue="L", YValue=18},
};
}
}
}We do not sell the WinForms Chart control separately. It is only available for purchase as part of the Syncfusion WinForms suite, which contains over 100 WinForms controls, including Chart. A single developer license for the Syncfusion Essential Studio for WinForms suite costs $995.00 USD, including one year of support and updates. On top of this, we might be able to offer additional discounts based on currently active promotions. Please contact our sales team to see if you qualify for any additional discounts.
You can find our WinForms Chart demo on
GitHub location.
No, our 100+ WinForms controls, including Chart, are not sold individually, only as a single package. However, we have competitively priced the product so it only costs a little bit more than what some other vendors charge for their Chart alone. We have also found that, in our experience, our customers usually start off using one of our products and then expand to several products quickly, so we felt it was best to offer all 100+ WinForms controls for a flat fee of $995/developer. On top of this, we might be able to offer additional discounts based on currently active promotions. Please contact our sales team today to see if you qualify for any additional discounts.
No, this is a commercial product and requires a paid license. However, a free community license is also available for companies and individuals whose organizations have less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue and five or fewer developers.
A good place to start would be our comprehensive getting started documentation.
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