74. Chart in VS C++

Chart is useful for displaying data.

The following procedure generates a series of random data and display in Chart as a Series.

Attachment 1: Executable file: chart01exe (Run in Windows after renaming it as chart01.exe))

Attachment 2: The whole VSC++ program (in VS2010)

Attachments 3/4: Another subtle versions: Chart02exe, Chart03exe

private: System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e)

{ int Y1[10], Y2[10];

int X[10];

int i;

String ^ name1 = "Selection"; // String in VSC++

chart1->Series->Clear();

chart1->Series->Add(name1);

// String ^ name2 = "Bubble"; // if another series is required

// chart1->Series->Add(name2);

for (i=0; i<10; i++)

{ Y1[i] = rand() & 1000;

X[i] = i+1;

chart1->Series[name1]->Points->AddXY(X[i], Y1[i]);

// Y2[i] = rand();

// chart1->Series[name2]->Points->AddXY(X[i], Y2[i]);

}

}

// Other possible settings==>

// chart1->Series[name1]->ChartType = System::Windows::Forms::DataVisualization::Charting::SeriesChartType::Spline;

// chart1->Series[name1]->BorderDashStyle = System::Windows::Forms::DataVisualization::Charting::SeriesBorderDashStyle::Dash;

// chart1->Series["Series1"]->Color = System::Drawing::Color::FromArgb(211, 36, 0);

// chart1->Series[name2]->ChartType = chart1->Series[name1]->ChartType;

More ChartType: