How to: Bind a Chart to an XML Data Source

• Oct 02, 2023
• 2 minutes to read

This tutorial demonstrates how a chart can be bound to an XML data source. In this example, we’ll bind a chart to the Departments.xml file, shipped with the XtraCharts suite and located in the directory, where you installed DevExpress demos.

To bind a chart to an XML data source, do the following.

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio, and create a new Windows Forms Application , or open an existing one.
2. Add a chart to the form.
3. Add Bar series to the chart.
4. Handle the Form1_Load event using the following code.

The result is shown in the following image.