Documentation for WPF Teechart

Anil Kumar · Post by **Anil Kumar** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:22 am

Hi,
I have Evaluation version of TeeChart for .NET v3. I found sample for WPF Teechart in it. But Couldn't find any documentation or help file for WPF Teechart. Can you please tell me where I can find the same?

Regards,
Priya

Narcís · Post by **Narcís** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:20 am

Hi Priya,

There's no specific documentation nor help files efor TeeChart.WPF.dll. Generic TeeChart douments and examples apply. You'll find them at TeeChart's program group.

If there's anything specific you can't find don't hesitate to let us know.

Anil Kumar · Post by **Anil Kumar** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:59 am

I want to find out whether Teechart for WPF support below 2 features
1) Multiple charts stacked on top of each other with tied scrolling. E.g. A price chart displayed over a volume chart.

2) Interactive cursors - position the cursors at a specific data point in a series and hint you on it's X and Y values via a horizontal and vertical line passing through the data point and intersecting the X and Y axis.

Regards,
Priya

Narcís · Post by **Narcís** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:40 am

Hi Priya,

Yes, those features are the same for WinForms and WPF applications.

1) Multiple charts stacked on top of each other with tied scrolling. E.g. A price chart displayed over a volume chart.

You can achieve that using custom axes as shown in the following examples at the features demo, available at TeeChart¡s program group:

All Features\Welcome !\Axes\Scrolling multiple axes
All Features\Welcome !\Axes\Permanent custom axes
All Features\Welcome !\Axes\Opaque zones

You'll also find more info about axis settings at Tutorial 4 - Axis Control. Tutorials can be found at TeeChart's program group.

2) Interactive cursors - position the cursors at a specific data point in a series and hint you on it's X and Y values via a horizontal and vertical line passing through the data point and intersecting the X and Y axis.

Yes, you can do that as shown in the examples at All Features\Welcome !\Tools\Cursor in the features demo.

Hope this helps!

Anil Kumar · Post by **Anil Kumar** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:33 pm

Thanks, Narcís.
I have few more questions.
1) Teechart for WPF does not have "StepLine" chart type. Is there any plan to have "StepLine" in next releases?
If not, Is there any way to create custom series?

2) Is there any plan to release Teechart chart control for SilverLight ?

Regards,
Priya

Narcís · Post by **Narcís** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:41 pm

Hi Priya,

1) Teechart for WPF does not have "StepLine" chart type. Is there any plan to have "StepLine" in next releases?
If not, Is there any way to create custom series?

"StepLine" is not a series style it just consist of basic Line series with Stairs property set to true:

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			Steema.TeeChart.Styles.Line line1 = new Steema.TeeChart.Styles.Line(tChart1.Chart);

			line1.Stairs = true;
			line1.FillSampleValues();

So the same can be done with WPF applications.

2) Is there any plan to release Teechart chart control for SilverLight ?

Yes, a SilverLight control will be included with next TeeChart for .NET major release due out by the end of this quarter.

Anil Kumar · Post by **Anil Kumar** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:40 am

Thanks, Narcís.
1) Does Teechart Silverlight Chart control has same features as Teeechart WPF ?
2) Are the APIs for Silverlight and WPF Teechart same? I meant, do they have common codebase?

Regards,
Priya

Narcís · Post by **Narcís** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:09 am

Hi Priya,

1) Does Teechart Silverlight Chart control has same features as Teeechart WPF ?

Yes, they have same feature set.

2) Are the APIs for Silverlight and WPF Teechart same? I meant, do they have common codebase?

Yes.

Anil Kumar · Post by **Anil Kumar** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:40 pm

Thanks Again, Narcís

I have one more question.
1) Can we bind WPF Chart to List or Collection ?
I tried to do same, but it doesn't work.

Since Silverlight does not have ADO.net, We have planned to use ObservableCollection<T> class, which will be binded to both Silverlight and WPF controls like Grid or Chart.
ObservableCollection is used so that control can recognise the data changes.

How did you planned to do binding for Silverlight Chart ?

Thanks,
Priya

Narcís · Post by **Narcís** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:26 am

Hi Priya,

The Series.DataSource property will have to be modified to work with .NET 3.0. I'll add your request to the wish-list to be considered for inclusion in next releases.

Anil Kumar · Post by **Anil Kumar** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:35 am

Thanks, Narcís.
What will be the Silverlight Chart Datasource ?

Regards,
Priya

Narcís · Post by **Narcís** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:41 am

Hi Priya,

We are not sure about that yet, some more investigation is still necessary. However, it's likely there will be support for ObservableCollection.

Narcís · Post by **Narcís** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:43 am

Hello,

For completeness, the discussion continued here:

http://www.teechart.net/support/viewtop ... 7863#37863

And requested feature has been already implemented. This thread contains an example.