Fill bar chart with diagonal stripes (or other patterns

[Matthew Hile]

I am trying to fill a bar graph with stripes so that it looks like the attached image. Is there a way to do this? How about other patterns?

Thanks, 

Matthew

[Chavdar]

Hello,

You can specify different fill styles for the chart series through the [series].Appearance.FillStyle property. The FillStyle.FillType property determines the exact fill type which in your case will be FillType.Hatch. Through the FillStyle.FillSettings.HatchStyle you can additionally determine the exact hatch style.

Hope this helps.

All the best,
Chavdar
the Telerik team

[Matthew Hile]

I created the report through the wizard. My understanding from a previous issue (http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/reporting/telerik-reporting/changing-x-axis-item-labels.aspx) was that I could not alter it programatically. "When the chart is bound to a datasource declaratively, you cannot affect the series in any way, because they are generated at run time."

Is that the case for this fill pattern as well?

Thanks, 

Matthew

[Chavdar]

Hello,

When the series are entirely created from the data then you do not have control over the visual appearance of the series. The only way to change their appearance is by selecting a different SeriesPalette. However, if you know the exact number of series, you can define them at design time and bind them to the data via the DataYColumn, DataXColumn, etc. properties. In this case you can define whatever series appearance you would like.

All the best,
Chavdar
the Telerik team