Chart Skin
RadChart has been deprecated since Q3 2014 and is no longer recommended for use, as it does not support modern browsers. We strongly recommend using RadHtmlChart, Telerik's modern client-side charting component. To transition from RadChart to RadHtmlChart, refer to the following migration articles:
Explore the RadHtmlChart documentation and online demos to determine how it fits your development needs.
The skins in RadChart are a set of predefined appearance properties. You can use the embedded skins by setting the RadChart. Skin property to a name of a skin. You can also set the property to Custom and use your own appearance settings.
Since Q1 2013 three new skins have been added for RadChart(BlackMetroTouch, Glow and Silk).
Saving own skins
You can either start from existing skin and modify its properties or start from scratch. We recommend the first approach as easier to use.
Once you have set up your skin you can save it in a ChartSkin object using the CreateFromChart method. Then you can save this object to an XML file (which will be your skin).
When you want to reuse the skin, you need to create an instance of ChartSkin object, specifying the XML file as a source. Then you can apply the skin to the chart using the ApplyTo method.
//Save the XML Skin file...
ChartSkin myCustomSkin = new ChartSkin();
myCustomSkin.CreateFromChart(RadChart1.Chart, "CustomSkin");
//Restore the XML Skin file...
ChartSkin myCustomSkin1 = new ChartSkin(xmlSource);
myCustomSkin1.ApplyTo(RadChart1.Chart);