Export problem

[User (Legacy)]

Hello, Support

Is it possible to export a chart to some format and don't lose the

transparency? The single useful export format I found is Bitmap. But Bitmap

doesn't support transparency. May be it is possible to get from the ChartFX

chart some standard .NET class such as Image or Bitmap?

Thanks

[Software FX]

What transparency ? If you are talking about the transparency of the bars

and other objects in the chart, exporting to a bitmap will not loose these

visual attributes as the result of a semi-transparent color when combined

with others is just another color.

If you are talking about the chart itself being transparent so that the

chart image can be superimposed over another image after it is exported,

this is not supported.

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FP

Software FX, Inc.

[Software FX]

You may want to try the following ...

chart1.SmoothFlags = SmoothFlags.Border | SmoothFlags.Fill;

chart1.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(200,200,120);

chart1.InsideColor = chart1.BackColor;

MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();

chart1.Export(FileFormat.Bitmap,memStream);

memStream.Position = 0;

Bitmap bmp = (Bitmap) Bitmap.FromStream(memStream);

bmp.MakeTransparent(chart1.BackColor);

Note that you do not want the text to be smoothed because this will generate

"shades" in the text that will be a slightly darker color than the

background. You can comment the line that sets the InsideColor if you do not

want that area to be transparent. It is important that the color you pick

for the background is not used anywhere in the chart or you get transparency

somewhere else.

I tested this code assigning this bitmap to a picture box's image property.

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Regards,

JC

Software FX Support

"Konstantin Sokolovskiy" <sokol@inbox.ru> wrote in message

news:5p1bb950DHA.3512@WEBSERVER1...

> Hello, Support

>

> Is it possible to export a chart to some format and don't lose the

> transparency? The single useful export format I found is Bitmap. But

Bitmap

> doesn't support transparency. May be it is possible to get from the

ChartFX

> chart some standard .NET class such as Image or Bitmap?

>

> Thanks

>

>