ASP.NET Stackedbar Column Markers
I'm trying to add markers to my glass bar graph programmatically and they don't seem to show up. Actually, I need to show the average marker for the datatop, but right now, I can't even show a simple marker on the chart.
What am I doing wrong?
code:
Sizing chart as new chart chart.ID = DtDistinct.Rows (I) ("CourseSisID")
Dim chartareas As New ChartArea
chart.ChartAreas.Add(chartareas)
chart.Series.Clear()
chart.DataBindCrossTable(DtRecords.DefaultView, "Outcomescore", "ShortName", "RecordsPerGroup", "")
chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.Interval = 1
chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.Enabled = AxisEnabled.False
chart.Palette = ChartColorPalette.None
chart.PaletteCustomColors = New Color() {ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#DF5B59"), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#E0D773 "), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#8AAC53"), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#6A843F")}
chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisX.MajorGrid.Enabled = False
chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.MajorGrid.Enabled = False
For Each cs As Series In chart.Series
cs.ChartType = SeriesChartType.StackedBar
cs.Points().FindMaxByValue.MarkerColor = Color.AliceBlue
cs.Points().FindMaxByValue.MarkerSize = 13
cs.Points().FindMaxByValue.MarkerStyle = MarkerStyle.Diamond
Next
pnlcharts.Controls.Add(chart)
Here is an image of what I am trying to do. I know the above code won't give me the image below, but I was trying to find a workaround with the above code before I realized that markers cannot be displayed on histograms.
I would like to see a bar in a bar chart. The striped line should appear at the calculated average number of points.
Thus, another way I could do is to use annotations as markers are not supported by plots on the stack. I wrote the following code to add an annotation line, but I still don't need the output, which I only need because I don't know how to do it for each Y value in the chart.
Here is my code:
Sizing chart as new chart chart.ID = DtDistinct.Rows (I) ("CourseSisID")
Dim chartareas As new ChartArea chart.ChartAreas.Add (chartareas)
chart.DataBindCrossTable (DtRecords.DefaultView, "OutcomeScore", "ShortName", "RecordsPerGroup", "Label = RecordsPerGroup")
chart.Palette = ChartColorPalette.None
chart.PaletteCustomColors = New Color() {ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#DF5B59"), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#E0D773 "), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#8AAC53"), ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#6A843F")}
chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisX.MajorGrid.Enabled = False
chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisY.MajorGrid.Enabled = False
Dim charttitle As New Title
charttitle.Text = DtDistinct.Rows(I)("CourseSisID")
chart.Titles.Add(charttitle)
For Each cs As Series In chart.Series
cs.ChartType = SeriesChartType.StackedBar
Next
Dim ann1 As New VerticalLineAnnotation()
ann1.AxisX = chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisX
ann1.AxisY = chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisY
ann1.IsSizeAlwaysRelative = False
ann1.X = chart.DataManipulator.Statistics.Mean(chart.Series(0).Name)
ann1.IsInfinitive = True
ann1.ClipToChartArea = chart.ChartAreas(0).Name
ann1.LineColor = Color.Coral
ann1.LineWidth = 3
ann1.AnchorX = 1
ann1.AnchorY = 5
chart.Annotations.Add(ann1)
ann1.LineDashStyle = ChartDashStyle.Dash
pnlcharts.Controls.Add(chart)
This is what I get with the above code:
Here's what I need: Note that the band line has a different meaning for each bar.
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Dim annotation2 As New LineAnnotation()
annotation2.IsSizeAlwaysRelative = False
annotation2.AxisX = chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisX
annotation2.AxisY = chart.ChartAreas(0).AxisY
annotation2.Height = 1
annotation2.Width = 0
annotation2.LineWidth = 1.5
annotation2.StartCap = LineAnchorCapStyle.None
annotation2.EndCap = LineAnchorCapStyle.None
annotation2.AnchorX = AvgVar
annotation2.ToolTip = "Average=" & AvgVar
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Case 1
annotation2.AnchorY = 4.5
Case 2
annotation2.AnchorY = 3.5
Case 3
annotation2.AnchorY = 2.5
Case 4
annotation2.AnchorY = 1.5
Case 5
annotation2.AnchorY = 0.5
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' <- your point
annotation2.LineColor = Color.Gray
annotation2.LineDashStyle = ChartDashStyle.Dash
' <- your color
chart.Annotations.Add(annotation2)
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