ChartControl.CustomPaint Event

Occurs after all the chart’s visual elements have been drawn.

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraCharts.v25.2.UI.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Charts

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public event CustomPaintEventHandler CustomPaint

Public Event CustomPaint As CustomPaintEventHandler

Event Data

The CustomPaint event's data class is CustomPaintEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Bounds	Gets the bounds of a custom graphic object.
DXGraphics
Graphics	Gets the custom graphic object.

Remarks

Use the CustomPaint event to draw custom graphics over your chart.

Cast the Event Args object to the DXCustomPaintEventArgs class and use its DXCustomPaintEventArgs.Cache property to draw custom content in the control surface correctly in DirectX mode. Note that this property also allows you to draw custom content in GDI+ mode.

For example, the XYDiagram2D.DiagramToPoint and RadarDiagram.DiagramToPoint methods allow you to draw custom content tied to existing chart elements (series, series points and so on) when you utilize them in the event handler.

Important

Changes made by the event handler do not affect 3D charts.

Examples

How to: Show a Custom Image on a Chart

This example demonstrates how to use the DXCustomPaintEventArgs class to display a custom image over the chart.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public partial class MainForm : XtraForm {
    static readonly Image logo = new Bitmap("../../Images/DXLogo.png");

    public MainForm() {
        InitializeComponent();

        chartControl.CustomPaint += this.OnChartCustomPaint;
    }

    private void OnChartCustomPaint(object sender, CustomPaintEventArgs e) {
        if (!(e is DXCustomPaintEventArgs dxArgs)) return;
        dxArgs.Cache.DrawImage(logo, new Point(10, 10));
    }
}

Public Class Form1
    Private Shared ReadOnly logo As Image = New Bitmap("../../Images/DXLogo.png")

    Protected Overrides Sub OnLoad(e As EventArgs)
        MyBase.OnLoad(e)

        AddHandler ChartControl.CustomPaint, AddressOf OnChartCustomPaint
    End Sub

    Sub OnChartCustomPaint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomPaintEventArgs)
        Dim dxArgs = TryCast(e, DXCustomPaintEventArgs)
        If (dxArgs Is Nothing) Then Return
        dxArgs.Cache.DrawImage(logo, New Point(10, 10))
    End Sub
End Class

How to: Draw a Line Between Two Chart Points

TThe following example shows how to draw a line between the first and last series points. You can use the same approach to draw other shapes on the chart surface.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;

namespace CustomPaintSample {
    public partial class Form1 : DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {

            Series series = new Series("Series", ViewType.Point);
            series.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints();
            series.ArgumentDataMember = "Date";
            series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value");
            chartControl1.Series.Add(series);

            PointSeriesView view = (PointSeriesView)series.View;
            view.PointMarkerOptions.Size = 20;

            XYDiagram diagram = chartControl1.Diagram as XYDiagram;
            diagram.AxisX.Label.TextPattern = "{A:MMM, d (HH:mm)}";
            diagram.AxisX.DateTimeScaleOptions.MeasureUnit = DateTimeMeasureUnit.Hour;
            diagram.AxisX.DateTimeScaleOptions.GridSpacing = 9;
            diagram.AxisX.WholeRange.SideMarginsValue = 0.5;
            diagram.AxisY.WholeRange.AlwaysShowZeroLevel = false;

            chartControl1.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;

            chartControl1.CustomPaint += Chart_CustomPaint;
            chartControl1.BoundDataChanged += ChartControl1_BoundDataChanged;
        }

        SeriesPoint startSeriesPoint, endSeriesPoint;

        // Obtain coordinates of points used as start and end line points.
        private void ChartControl1_BoundDataChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {

            XYDiagram diagram = (XYDiagram)chartControl1.Diagram;
            startSeriesPoint = chartControl1.Series[0].Points[0];
            endSeriesPoint = chartControl1.Series[0].Points.Last() as SeriesPoint;

        }
        // Draw a line.
        private void Chart_CustomPaint(object sender, CustomPaintEventArgs e) {
            Point startPoint, endPoint;
            XYDiagram diagram = (XYDiagram)chartControl1.Diagram;

            DateTime arg1 = startSeriesPoint.DateTimeArgument;
            double val1 = startSeriesPoint.Values[0];
            startPoint = diagram.DiagramToPoint(arg1, val1).Point;

            DateTime arg2 = endSeriesPoint.DateTimeArgument;
            double val2 = endSeriesPoint.Values[0];
            endPoint = diagram.DiagramToPoint(arg2, val2).Point;

            DXCustomPaintEventArgs args = (DXCustomPaintEventArgs)e;
            if (startPoint != null && endPoint != null) {
                args.Cache.DrawLine(startPoint, endPoint, Color.Red, 3);
            }

        }
        public class DataPoint {
            public DateTime Date { get; set; }
            public double Value { get; set; }
            public DataPoint(DateTime date, double value) {
                this.Date = date;
                this.Value = value;
            }
            public static List<DataPoint> GetDataPoints() {
                List<DataPoint> data = new List<DataPoint> {
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 0, 0, 0), 56.1226),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 3, 0, 0), 50.18432),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 6, 0, 0), 51.51443),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 9, 0, 0), 60.2624),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 12, 0, 0), 64.04412),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 15, 0, 0), 66.56123),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 18, 0, 0), 65.48127),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 21, 0, 0), 60.4412),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 0, 0, 0), 57.2341),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 3, 0, 0), 52.3469),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 6, 0, 0), 51.82341),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 9, 0, 0), 61.532),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 12, 0, 0), 63.8641),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 15, 0, 0), 65.12374),
                new DataPoint(new DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 18, 0, 0), 65.6321)};
                return data;
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Drawing

Namespace CustomPaintSample
    Public Partial Class Form1
        Inherits DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub
        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

            Dim series As Series = New Series("Series", ViewType.Point)
            series.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints()
            series.ArgumentDataMember = "Date"
            series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange("Value")
            chartControl1.Series.Add(series)

            Dim view As PointSeriesView = CType(series.View, PointSeriesView)
            view.PointMarkerOptions.Size = 20

            Dim diagram As XYDiagram = TryCast(chartControl1.Diagram, XYDiagram)
            diagram.AxisX.Label.TextPattern = "{A:MMM, d (HH:mm)}"
            diagram.AxisX.DateTimeScaleOptions.MeasureUnit = DateTimeMeasureUnit.Hour
            diagram.AxisX.DateTimeScaleOptions.GridSpacing = 9
            diagram.AxisX.WholeRange.SideMarginsValue = 0.5
            diagram.AxisY.WholeRange.AlwaysShowZeroLevel = False

            chartControl1.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.[False]

            chartControl1.CustomPaint += AddressOf Chart_CustomPaint
            chartControl1.BoundDataChanged += AddressOf ChartControl1_BoundDataChanged
        End Sub

        Private startSeriesPoint, endSeriesPoint As SeriesPoint

        ' Obtain coordinates of points used as start and end line points.
        Private Sub ChartControl1_BoundDataChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

            Dim diagram As XYDiagram = CType(chartControl1.Diagram, XYDiagram)
            startSeriesPoint = chartControl1.Series(0).Points(0)
            endSeriesPoint = TryCast(chartControl1.Series(0).Points.Last(), SeriesPoint)

        End Sub
        ' Draw a line.
        Private Sub Chart_CustomPaint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomPaintEventArgs)
            Dim startPoint, endPoint As Point
            Dim diagram As XYDiagram = CType(chartControl1.Diagram, XYDiagram)

            Dim arg1 As Date = startSeriesPoint.DateTimeArgument
            Dim val1 As Double = startSeriesPoint.Values(0)
            startPoint = diagram.DiagramToPoint(arg1, val1).Point

            Dim arg2 As Date = endSeriesPoint.DateTimeArgument
            Dim val2 As Double = endSeriesPoint.Values(0)
            endPoint = diagram.DiagramToPoint(arg2, val2).Point

            Dim args As DXCustomPaintEventArgs = CType(e, DXCustomPaintEventArgs)
            If startPoint IsNot Nothing AndAlso endPoint IsNot Nothing Then
                args.Cache.DrawLine(startPoint, endPoint, Color.Red, 3)
            End If

        End Sub
        Public Class DataPoint
            Public Property [Date] As Date
            Public Property Value As Double
            Public Sub New(ByVal [date] As Date, ByVal value As Double)
                Me.Date = [date]
                Me.Value = value
            End Sub
            Public Shared Function GetDataPoints() As List(Of DataPoint)
                Dim data As List(Of DataPoint) = New List(Of DataPoint) From {
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 0, 0, 0), 56.1226),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 3, 0, 0), 50.18432),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 6, 0, 0), 51.51443),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 9, 0, 0), 60.2624),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 12, 0, 0), 64.04412),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 15, 0, 0), 66.56123),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 18, 0, 0), 65.48127),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 1, 21, 0, 0), 60.4412),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 0, 0, 0), 57.2341),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 3, 0, 0), 52.3469),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 6, 0, 0), 51.82341),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 9, 0, 0), 61.532),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 12, 0, 0), 63.8641),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 15, 0, 0), 65.12374),
                New DataPoint(New DateTime(2022, 6, 2, 18, 0, 0), 65.6321)
                }
                Return data
            End Function
        End Class
    End Class
End Namespace