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Posted: **Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:27 pm**

Hi,

In our application, when TChart comes up, we don't have any series in it.
But bottom axis and left axis are shown with some axis range (max & min).
The requirment is to show the values visible on the bottom axis in date/time format without any series in the chart.

How do I achieve it, right now I have written the following code:

DateTime x= DateTime.Now;
DateTime y = x.AddYears(50);
tChart1.Axes.Bottom.Minimum = x.ToOADate();
tChart1.Axes.Bottom.Maximum = y.ToOADate();
tChart1.Axes.Bottom.Title.Text = "DATE";
tChart1.Axes.Bottom.Labels.DateTimeFormat = "M/d/yyyy";

Thanks,
Lakshmi

Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:16 am**

Hi Lakshmi,

To achieve that you'd better populate the series so that axes are automatically drawn and then make the series transparent:

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		private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			line1.FillSampleValues();
			line1.XValues.DateTime=true;
			line1.Transparency=100;
			line1.LinePen.Visible=false;
		}

Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:37 am**

Hi Narcis,

Is their any other way out to achieve the same without having any series, may be by some custom drawing of labels or something?

-Lakshmi

Posted: **Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:12 pm**

Hi Lakshmi,

Yes, you can draw custom labels as you can see at "All Features\Welcome !\Axes\Labels\Custom labels" example at TeeChart's features demo which you can find at TeeChart's program group.

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