Assign different color for each bar (Telerik Reporting Chart Q2 2011))

[Fadhli]

Hi.. I'm using Telerik Reporting Q2 2011.

I have a problem with my Telerik reporting bar chart.  Everything works perfectly , however i need my chart to have different color for each bar.
I've set my chart LegendDisplayMode to itemLabels, make sure my series pallete is not set and write these codes

public WebCategoryBarChart()
      {
           //
           // Required for telerik Reporting designer support
           //
           InitializeComponent();

           this.chart1.Series[0].Appearance.LegendDisplayMode = ChartSeriesLegendDisplayMode.ItemLabels;

           Color[] barColors = new Color[8]{
               Color.Purple,
               Color.SteelBlue,
               Color.Aqua,
               Color.Yellow,
               Color.Navy,
               Color.Green,
               Color.Blue,
               Color.Red
           };
           int i = 0;
           foreach (ChartSeriesItem item in chart1.Series[0].Items)
           {
               item.Appearance.FillStyle.MainColor = barColors[i++];
           }


           //
           // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
           //
       }

But still the default color of the bars is still there..

How should i go about this..?

[Elian]

Hi Fadhli,

The code is correct, but would only work if the chart is not declaratively databound i.e. you create the chart series and items programmatically. If the chart is databound, you can use custom palettes for this purpose - in the chart properties you can find a property called CustomPalettes - there you can define your own palettes with the desired colors. Afterwards in chart's property SeriesPalette you can specify the palette you have created and the chart will use it when assigning colors to the bars.

All the best,
Elian
the Telerik team