windowsforms-114061-controls-and-libraries-chart-control-examples-creating-charts-providing-data-how-to-colorize-charts-using-the-key-color-colorizer.md
To configure and use the Key-Color colorizer, follow the steps below.
Create a KeyColorColorizer object and assign it to the SeriesViewBase.Colorizer property.
Populate the KeyColorColorizer.Keys collection.
Specify the ChartPaletteColorizerBase.Palette property if you want to use a non-default palette to colorize your data.
In addition, it’s possible to specify the KeyColorColorizer.KeyProvider property to change the way you used to provide keys based on the color data source member.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
namespace KeyColorColorizerExample {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
const string filepath = "..//..//Data//GDP.xml";
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
#region #BarSeries
// Create and customize a bar series.
Series barSeries = new Series() {
DataSource = LoadData(filepath),
ArgumentDataMember = "Country",
ColorDataMember = "Region",
View = new SideBySideBarSeriesView()
};
barSeries.View.Colorizer = CreateColorizer();
barSeries.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Product" });
#endregion #BarSeries
// Add the series to the ChartControl's Series collection.
chartControl1.Series.Add(barSeries);
// Show a title for the values axis.
((XYDiagram)chartControl1.Diagram).AxisY.Title.Text = "GDP per capita, $";
((XYDiagram)chartControl1.Diagram).AxisY.Title.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
}
#region #KeyColorColorier
// Creates the Key-Color colorizer for the bar chart.
ChartColorizerBase CreateColorizer() {
KeyColorColorizer colorizer = new KeyColorColorizer() {
PaletteName = "Apex"
};
colorizer.Keys.Add("Africa");
colorizer.Keys.Add("America");
colorizer.Keys.Add("Asia");
colorizer.Keys.Add("Australia");
colorizer.Keys.Add("Europe");
return colorizer;
}
#endregion #KeyColorColorier
#region #DataLoad
class HpiPoint {
public string Country { get; set; }
public double Product { get; set; }
public string Region { get; set; }
}
// Loads data from an XML data source.
static List<HpiPoint> LoadData(string filepath) {
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(filepath);
List<HpiPoint> points = new List<HpiPoint>();
foreach (XElement element in doc.Element("G20HPIs").Elements("CountryStatistics")) {
points.Add(new HpiPoint() {
Country = element.Element("Country").Value,
Product = Convert.ToDouble(element.Element("Product").Value),
Region = element.Element("Region").Value
});
}
return points;
}
#endregion #DataLoad
}
}
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Xml.Linq
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
Namespace KeyColorColorizerExample
Partial Public Class Form1
Inherits Form
Private Const filepath As String = "..//..//Data//GDP.xml"
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
' #Region "#BarSeries"
' Create and customize a bar series.
Dim barSeries As New Series() With {
.DataSource = LoadData(filepath),
.ArgumentDataMember = "Country",
.ColorDataMember = "Region",
.View = New SideBySideBarSeriesView()
}
barSeries.View.Colorizer = CreateColorizer()
barSeries.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(New String() { "Product" })
' #End Region ' #BarSeries
' Add the series to the ChartControl's Series collection.
chartControl1.Series.Add(barSeries)
' Show a title for the values axis.
CType(chartControl1.Diagram, XYDiagram).AxisY.Title.Text = "GDP per capita, $"
CType(chartControl1.Diagram, XYDiagram).AxisY.Title.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
End Sub
#Region "#KeyColorColorier"
' Creates the Key-Color colorizer for the bar chart.
Private Function CreateColorizer() As ChartColorizerBase
Dim colorizer As New KeyColorColorizer() With {.PaletteName = "Apex"}
colorizer.Keys.Add("Africa")
colorizer.Keys.Add("America")
colorizer.Keys.Add("Asia")
colorizer.Keys.Add("Australia")
colorizer.Keys.Add("Europe")
Return colorizer
End Function
#End Region ' #KeyColorColorier
#Region "#DataLoad"
Private Class HpiPoint
Public Property Country() As String
Public Property Product() As Double
Public Property Region() As String
End Class
' Loads data from an XML data source.
Private Shared Function LoadData(ByVal filepath As String) As List(Of HpiPoint)
Dim doc As XDocument = XDocument.Load(filepath)
Dim points As New List(Of HpiPoint)()
For Each element As XElement In doc.Element("G20HPIs").Elements("CountryStatistics")
points.Add(New HpiPoint() With {
.Country = element.Element("Country").Value,
.Product = Convert.ToDouble(element.Element("Product").Value),
.Region = element.Element("Region").Value
})
Next element
Return points
End Function
#End Region ' #DataLoad
End Class
End Namespace