Pie Chart Legend won't show correctly

[Edmund Jung]

Hello,

I have a pie chart (1 series) that won't show the legend correctly.  This was working fine before I installed the ASP.NET AJAX RadControls.

DataSource is bound to a recordset that comes back in two rows like this:
Status        Number
------        ---------
Complete        1234
Incomplete        345

The pie chart itself is fine, but the legend just shows "Number".  I've tried adding legends manually, but it won't correspond to the Series Item.  I've tried the LegendDisplayMode="ItemLabels" & the IntelligentLabelsEnabled=true & false.

Please help.  Thank you.

Here's the markup.

<telerik:RadChart ID="chartStatus" runat="server" DefaultType="Pie" Skin="Web20" Height="250px" Width="640px">

<PlotArea>

<XAxis>

<Appearance Color="149, 184, 206" MajorTick-Color="149, 184, 206">

<MajorGridLines Color="209, 221, 238" Width="0" />

</Appearance>

</XAxis>

<YAxis>

<Appearance Color="149, 184, 206" MajorTick-Color="149, 184, 206" MinorTick-Color="149, 184, 206">

<MajorGridLines Color="209, 221, 238" />

<MinorGridLines Color="209, 221, 238" />

</Appearance>

</YAxis>

<Appearance>

<FillStyle FillType="Solid" MainColor="249, 250, 251">

</FillStyle>

<Border Color="149, 184, 206" />

</Appearance>

</PlotArea>

<Appearance>

<Border Color="103, 136, 190" />

</Appearance>

<ChartTitle>

<Appearance>

<FillStyle MainColor="">

</FillStyle>

</Appearance>

<TextBlock>

<Appearance TextProperties-Color="0, 0, 79">

</Appearance>

</TextBlock>

</ChartTitle>

<Legend>

<Appearance Dimensions-Margins="17.6%, 3%, 1px, 1px" Dimensions-Paddings="2px, 8px, 6px, 3px"

Position-AlignedPosition="TopRight">

<Border Color="165, 190, 223" />

</Appearance>

</Legend>

<Series>

<telerik:ChartSeries Name="SurveyCount" Type="Pie">

<Appearance LegendDisplayMode="ItemLabels">

<FillStyle FillType="ComplexGradient">

<FillSettings>

<ComplexGradient>

<telerik:GradientElement Color="213, 247, 255" />

<telerik:GradientElement Color="193, 239, 252" Position="0.5" />

<telerik:GradientElement Color="157, 217, 238" Position="1" />

</ComplexGradient>

</FillSettings>

</FillStyle>

<TextAppearance TextProperties-Color="103, 136, 190">

</TextAppearance>

</Appearance>

</telerik:ChartSeries>

</Series>

</telerik:RadChart>

[Ves]

Hello Edmund,

Indeed, setting LegendDisplayMode might not help in this case. Here is the catch: when DataYColumn property is set the chart will use the existing series. However, when it is not set RadChart will clear the existing series and it will create a new one. That new series will not have LegendDisplayMode set. You can do either of the following:

• Set DataYColumn of the series to "Number"
• Retrieve the series after RadChart has been databound (this can be in DataBound event handler) and set LegendDisplayMode to ItemLabels

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Ves
the Telerik team

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[Edmund Jung]

Thank you.  Since you answered my question in a support ticket, I thought I'd point everyone where you pointed me.  The sample worked great.

http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/thread/b311D-bgattd.aspx#633150