Pie Chart render hangs when ShowSmartLables = true and all values in the series are 0

[Joshua]

I'm using v2015.1.331.40 and if the series I feed my pie chart has 0 for all values AND I have ShowSmartLables = true, then my code just hangs when it tries to render the chart. 

 

private static void ThisChartHangs()
        {
            Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadChartView chart = null;

            try
            {
                chart = new Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadChartView();
                chart.AreaType = Telerik.WinControls.UI.ChartAreaType.Pie;

                chart.Width = 360;
                chart.Height = 360;
                chart.ShowSmartLabels = true;

                var series = new Telerik.WinControls.UI.PieSeries();
                
                for (int x = 0; x < 8; x++)
                {
                    series.DataPoints.Add(new Telerik.Charting.PieDataPoint(0.0, "Type " + x.ToString()));
                }

                chart.Series.Add(series);

                using (var bmp = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(chart.ClientSize.Width, chart.ClientSize.Height))
                {
                    chart.DrawToBitmap(bmp, chart.Bounds);

                    using (var stream = new System.IO.FileStream(@"c:\temp\NeverRenders.png", System.IO.FileMode.Create, System.IO.FileAccess.Write))
                    {
                        bmp.Save(stream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                if (chart != null)
                {
                    foreach (var series in chart.Series)
                    {
                        series.DataPoints.Clear();
                    }

                    chart.Dispose();
                }
            }
        }

[Hristo]

Hello Joshua,

Thank you for writing.

Indeed this appears to be an issue within the rendering mechanism of RadChartView. I have logged it in our feedback portal. You can track its progress, subscribe for status changes and add your vote/comment to it on the following link - feedback item. I have also updated your Telerik points.

We are going to need additional time to completely investigate the issue and come up with a solution how such a scenario should be handled. For the time being you would need to set the ShowSmartLabels property to false if all of your data points have zero as value.

I hope this helps. Should you have further questions please do not hesitate to write back.

Regards,
Hristo Merdjanov
Telerik