windowsforms-6691-controls-and-libraries-chart-control-examples-creating-charts-providing-data-how-to-bind-a-chart-to-an-mdb-database-runtime-sample.md
This example demonstrates how to bind a chart to an MDB database at runtime.
using DevExpress.Utils;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication5 {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
// Create an empty chart.
ChartControl chartControl1 = new ChartControl();
// Create a connection object.
OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection(
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\DevExpress Demos 14.2\\Components\\Data\\gsp.mdb");
// Create data objects.
OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM GSP", connection);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
adapter.Fill(ds);
// Bind the chart to data.
chartControl1.DataSource = ds;
chartControl1.DataAdapter = adapter;
// Specify data members to bind the chart's series template.
chartControl1.SeriesDataMember = "Table.Year";
chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.ArgumentDataMember = "Table.Region";
chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Table.GSP" });
// Specify the template's series view.
chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.View = new StackedBarSeriesView();
// Adjust the X-axis and series labels' appearance.
chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.LabelsVisibility = DefaultBoolean.False;
((StackedBarSeriesView)chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.View).AxisX.Label.Angle = 25;
((StackedBarSeriesView)chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.View).AxisX.Label.EnableAntialiasing = DefaultBoolean.True;
// Dock the chart into its parent, and add it to the current form.
chartControl1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
this.Controls.Add(chartControl1);
}
}
}
Imports DevExpress.Utils
Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Namespace WindowsFormsApplication5
Partial Public Class Form1
Inherits Form
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
' Create an empty chart.
Dim chartControl1 As New ChartControl()
' Create a connection object.
Dim connection As New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\Users\Public\Documents\DevExpress Demos 14.2\Components\Data\gsp.mdb")
' Create data objects.
Dim adapter As New OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM GSP", connection)
Dim ds As New DataSet()
adapter.Fill(ds)
' Bind the chart to data.
chartControl1.DataSource = ds
chartControl1.DataAdapter = adapter
' Specify data members to bind the chart's series template.
chartControl1.SeriesDataMember = "Table.Year"
chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.ArgumentDataMember = "Table.Region"
chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(New String() { "Table.GSP" })
' Specify the template's series view.
chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.View = New StackedBarSeriesView()
' Adjust the X-axis and series labels' appearance.
chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.LabelsVisibility = DefaultBoolean.False
CType(chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.View, StackedBarSeriesView).AxisX.Label.Angle = 25
CType(chartControl1.SeriesTemplate.View, StackedBarSeriesView).AxisX.Label.EnableAntialiasing = DefaultBoolean.True
' Dock the chart into its parent, and add it to the current form.
chartControl1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
Me.Controls.Add(chartControl1)
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace