Assign colors to the slices of the pie chart

[Sampada]

Hi,

I am creating pie chart dynamically.
I wanted to assign colors to the slices of the pie chart. 
I have reviewed the http://www.telerik.com/help/silverlight/radchartview-populating-with-data-binding-the-color-of-series-items.html
link.

<Style x:Key="PieSliceStyle" TargetType="Path">
    <Setter Property="Fill" Value="{Binding DataItem.Brush}" />
</Style

<telerik:RadPieChart x:Name="chart">
    <telerik:PieSeries DefaultSliceStyle="{StaticResource PieSliceStyle}" 
                        ValueBinding="Value"
                        ItemsSource="{Binding}"/>
</telerik:RadPieChart>

 But I am not able to figure it out how to write this via code for dynamically created pie chart.

Could you please provide the demo project for this.

Thanks 
Sampada

[Evgenia]

Hi Sampada,

 I'm unsure why the approach used in the topic is not suitable for your scenario. Could you send more information on what are details around your requirement and more specially the dynamically created pie chart.

Regards,
Evgenia
Telerik

[Sampada]

Here is my code where I am creating the chart dynamically.
How can I assign color to the pie chart slice.

//Class file
 public class Progress
    {
        private int value;
        private string progress;

        public Progress()
        {
        }

        public int Value
        {
            get
            {
                return value;
            }
            set
            {
                this.value = value;
            }
        }

        public string ProgressStatus
        {
            get
            {
                return progress;
            }
            set
            {
                progress = value;
            }
        }


    }

//Code to generate Pie chart dynamically

 RadChart chart = new RadChart();
            List<Progress> b = new List<Progress>();
            b = e.Result.ToList();
            chart.DefaultView.ChartArea.AxisX.Title ="";
            chart.DefaultView.ChartArea.EnableAnimations = false;
            chart.DefaultView.ChartTitle.Content = "Test";
            chart.DefaultView.ChartTitle.FontFamily = new System.Windows.Media.FontFamily("Calibri");
            chart.DefaultView.ChartTitle.FontWeight = System.Windows.FontWeights.Bold;
            chart.DefaultView.ChartTitle.FontSize = 15;
            //Style sPie = new Style();
            //Setter s=new Setter();
            //s.Property = System.Windows.Setter.Equals;
            //sPie.Setters.Add(s);
            chart.DefaultView.ChartArea.NoDataString = "No data to display...";
            SeriesMapping seriesMapping = new SeriesMapping();

            seriesMapping.SeriesDefinition = new PieSeriesDefinition();
            seriesMapping.SeriesDefinition.InteractivitySettings.HoverScope = InteractivityScope.Item;
            seriesMapping.SeriesDefinition.InteractivitySettings.SelectionMode = ChartSelectionMode.Single;
            seriesMapping.SeriesDefinition.ShowItemLabels = true;
           // chart.ItemDataBound += new EventHandler<ChartItemDataBoundEventArgs>(chart_ItemDataBound);
            seriesMapping.SeriesDefinition.ItemToolTipFormat = "#VAL{#0}%";
            seriesMapping.SeriesDefinition.ItemLabelFormat = "#VAL{#0}%";

            seriesMapping.SeriesDefinition.ShowItemToolTips = true;

            chart.DefaultView.ChartArea.LabelFormatBehavior = LabelFormatBehavior.None;
            ItemMapping itemMapping = new ItemMapping();
            itemMapping.DataPointMember = DataPointMember.YValue;

            itemMapping.FieldName = "Value";
            //   seriesMapping.LegendLabel = strTitle;


            seriesMapping.ItemMappings.Add(itemMapping);
            itemMapping = new ItemMapping();
            chart.DefaultView.ChartLegend.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
            itemMapping.DataPointMember = DataPointMember.LegendLabel;
            itemMapping.FieldName = "ProgressStatus";
            seriesMapping.ItemMappings.Add(itemMapping);
            chart.SeriesMappings.Add(seriesMapping);
            chart.DefaultView.ChartArea.AxisX.LabelRotationAngle = -20;
            chart.ItemsSource = b;
            RadSplitContainer rsc = new RadSplitContainer();
            RadPaneGroup rpg = new RadPaneGroup();

            RadPane p=new RadPane();
            p.Content=chart;
            rpg.Items.Add(p);
            rsc.Items.Add(rpg);
            Docking.Items.Add(rsc);

[Evgenia]

Hello,

 Thanks for the code attached.
There are several ways you can achieve your requirement.
1. Use the MVVM design pattern and create a property of type Brush which will serve as slice color per each DataItem. You may find detailed description on this in our documentation as well as sample code. Please mind that we are using CustomItemStyleDelegate in order to change the background of each bar from the chart. The same is applicable for Pie series with some specifics that you may find here.

2. Another way to assign custom colors to pie slices is to use PaletteBrushes collection of RadChart. This help topic contains more information and samples on how to use this chart feature.

Regards,
Evgenia
Telerik

[ESTHER]

how to change pie chart slice color.

[Martin Ivanov]

Hello Esther,

You can use the PieSeries' DefaultSliceStyle, SliceStyles and SliceStyleSelector properties. Check the Customizing PieChart Series help article.

Regards,
Martin Ivanov
Progress Telerik