[Solved] Styling the chart control (Pie)

[Shaun]

I've done a considerable amount of research, but I just can't seem to figure out how to modify the look of the Chart control - specifically with PieSeriesDefinition.

Currently, my pie chart looks like the pie chart on this page: 
http://www.telerik.com/help/silverlight/radchart-features-chart-types-2d-charts.html

I would like to remove the 'bevel' effect and make it look more like this:

http://demos.telerik.com/silverlight/#Chart/Gallery/Pie

My current guess is that I can do that with a theme.   Is there a relatively straightforward to way to do it without adding a theme?  I believe this link is supposed to help me:

http://www.telerik.com/help/silverlight/radchart-styling-and-appearance-styling-chart-series.html

However, setting PieSeriesDefinition.ItemStyle to a style targetting "Shape":

<telerik:PieSeriesDefinition.ItemStyle>
    <Style TargetType="Shape">
        <Setter Property="Fill" Value="Orange" />
    </Style>
</telerik:PieSeriesDefinition.ItemStyle>

Results in a runtime error:

System.CrossAppDomainMarshaledException was unhandled
Message: System.NotImplementedException: The method or operation is not implemented.

[Sia]

Hello Shaun,

You can use the exposed "MaskVisibility" property of the pie series definition. Setting it to collapsed will hide the masks over the pie series.

<telerik:SeriesMapping.SeriesDefinition>
    <telerik:PieSeriesDefinition MaskVisibility="Collapsed" />
</telerik:SeriesMapping.SeriesDefinition>

Please try it and let us know how it works on your end.

All the best,
Sia
the Telerik team