Keeping Chart format

[Joe Banko]

I have a chart which plots quite a few data point, as high as 300 on 3 series which comes from an array. I have the EXACT look that I want and populate it with;

                radChart1.DataSource = Glb.dataArray;

                radChart1.DataBind();

This works fine except all the formatting I setup is gone. I now have 900 labels which I had turned off. The line color changes to a look which doesn't match the rest of the window. Is there a way to just change the data without the rest of the chart getting changed to formatting which I don't want?

Thanks,

Joe B

[Joe Banko]

I have gotten a little farther I think. My chart has three series defined, roll, pitch, theta. No data points, just the series name. I retrieve my data and put it in an array, aArray. I point to the the chart series with;

                ChartSeries roll = radChart1.Series.GetByName("roll");

                ChartSeries pitch = radChart1.Series.GetByName("pitch");

                ChartSeries theta = radChart1.Series.GetByName("theta");

And then populate each of the series with:

                for (int x = 0; x < Glb.Units + 1; x++)

                {

                    ax = Math.Abs(Glb.aArray[x, 0]);

                    ay = Math.Abs(Glb.aArray[x, 1]);

                    az = Math.Abs(Glb.aArray[x, 2]);

                    roll.AddItem(ax);

                    pitch.AddItem(ay);

                    theta.AddItem(az);

                    

                }

When I look at the chart I see the data IN each of the chart series items. But I still get the annoying "No data in series or empty data series" HOW can this be?????

Joe B

[Ves]

Hi Joe,

Let me start with your initial question. When databinding RadChart clears its existing series and creates its own ChartSeries for each numeric property/field in the underlying datasource. This might lead to the loss of styles you have observed. Still, RadChart allows you do define your ChartSeries before databinding -- set the ChartSeries.DataYColumn property -- this way RadChart will not clear the ChartSeries, but it will use them, so you will keep the appearance settings you have already configured.

As for the no data message -- this seems strange to me, as your code clearly shows that items are added to the series unless Gib.Units return -1, so that the code in the loop is not executed. Please, give the above suggestion a try and let me know if it helps.

Kind regards,
Ves
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[Brad]

I'm not really clear on what you mean. Could you give me a simple example of setting the DataYColumn?

Thanks,

Joe B

[Ves]

Hi Joe,

Please, find attached a small example.

Best regards,
Ves
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