Autosizing bar chart

[Angel Hawks]

I have a very long list of XAxis items dynamically added to the chart at run time.  I am unable to find the correct setting to allow the chart to vertically resize to fit them all.  Please help.
private void UpdateChrtZipCodes(DataSet ds)

 

{

    chrtZipCode.Legend.Visible =

false;

 

     chrtZipCode.PlotArea.XAxis.Clear();

     

EmptySeriesMessage message = chrtZipCode.PlotArea.EmptySeriesMessage;

 

     message.TextBlock.Text =

"No Data Available.";

 

 

 

//if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count > 20)

 

 

// chrtZipCode.Height = (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count * 20);  tried this and it made it too long

    

chrtZipCode.AutoLayout = true;

 

    chrtZipCode.PlotArea.XAxis.AutoScale =

false;

 

 

 

 

 

foreach (DataRow dbRow in ds.Tables[0].Rows)

{

    chrtZipCode.PlotArea.XAxis.AddItem(

new ChartAxisItem(dbRow["ZipCode"].ToString()));

 

 

 }

chrtZipCode.PlotArea.XAxis.LayoutMode =

ChartAxisLayoutMode.Between;

 

 

 

// Gets the one and the only series in the chart.

 

 

 

ChartSeries s0 = chrtZipCode.Series.GetSeries(0);

 

 

 

// If it doesn't exist - create and set it.

 

 

 

if (s0 == null)

 

 

 {

    s0 = chrtZipCode.CreateSeries(

string.Empty, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, ChartSeriesType.Bar);

 

 

}

s0.Type =

ChartSeriesType.Bar;

 

 

 s0.Appearance.ShowLabels =

true;

 

 

 s0.DefaultLabelValue =

"#Y";

 

 

 s0.DataYColumn =

"TheCount";

 

 

 s0.Appearance.LabelAppearance.FillStyle.MainColor =

Color.White;

 

 

 s0.Appearance.LabelAppearance.Border.Color =

Color.Black;

 

 

 s0.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Color =

Color.Black;

 

 

 

// Clear series items.

 

s0.Clear();

 

 

// Set new items for the series.

 

foreach (DataRow dbRow in ds.Tables[0].Rows)

 

 

 {

     

ChartSeriesItem seriesItem = new ChartSeriesItem();

 

     seriesItem.YValue =

Convert.ToDouble(dbRow["TheCount"]);

 

     seriesItem.Appearance.Border.Color =

Color.Black;

 

     s0.Items.Add(seriesItem);

 

}

 

}

 

 

[Ves]

Hi Angel,

Indeed, RadChart will not support auto-sizing. The automatic layout calculation is focused on arranging the chart elements within given bounds, but not on changing the chart size -- this would lead to changing the entire page layout. If you need dynamic chart sizing -- you can set the PlotArea Margins with values in pixels (not percents). Then you can define the approximate space for a single item and multiply it by the number of items. Finally, add the plot area margins (Top and Bottom) and you will get the desired height (for a horizontal bar chart):

ChartHeight = TopMargin + BottomMargin + NumberOfItems * ItemSpace

Best regards,
Ves
the Telerik team

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