User (Legacy) Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 I have a simple pie chart docked to fill a winform and would like to display the legend box. However, I've noticed that the legend box isn't rescaled together with the pie chart - when the winform is made smaller, the legend stays full-size and if the form is made too small the chart isn't visible and the legend is clipped. Is this the expected behavior? If so, is it possible to relocate or separate the chart from the legend, so I can show just the legend below the chart? Thanks for any ideas! Bar *** code *** Chart myChart = new SoftwareFX.ChartFX.Lite.Chart(); myChart.DataType[0] = DataType.Label; myChart.DataType[1] = DataType.Value; myChart.DataType[2] = DataType.NotUsed; myChart.Gallery = Gallery.Pie; myChart.Chart3D = true; myChart.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(500,500); myChart.DataSource = GenerateDataTable(); myChart.LegendBox = true; *** code *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 If the legend is AutoSize (default). It is as small as it can be from the beginning, so reducing the chart will cause no change in the size of the legend box. The legend box size is always the MINIMUM possible. If you are setting the size of the legend box through code, then it will be fixed to whatever you se it. If I'm misunderstanding your question, please post a screenshot of "the problem". -- FP Software FX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Attached is a screenshot. Since the data is generated at runtime, sometimes the number of data items is larger than I would normally put in a pie chart (this example has around 40). Still, I can't have the labels crowding out the graph! Also, this post was _supposed_ to be sent to the .lite list. Could it be that the light version doesn't allow legend box resizing by code? Thanks! SoftwareFX Support wrote: > If the legend is AutoSize (default). It is as small as it can be from the > beginning, so reducing the chart will cause no change in the size of the > legend box. The legend box size is always the MINIMUM possible. > > If you are setting the size of the legend box through code, then it will be > fixed to whatever you se it. > > If I'm misunderstanding your question, please post a screenshot of "the > problem". > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Attached is a screenshot. Since the data is generated at runtime, sometimes the number of data items is larger than I would normally put in a pie chart (this example has around 40). Still, I can't have the labels crowding out the graph! Also, this post was _supposed_ to be sent to the .lite list. Could it be that the light version doesn't allow legend box resizing by code? Thanks! SoftwareFX Support wrote: > If the legend is AutoSize (default). It is as small as it can be from the > beginning, so reducing the chart will cause no change in the size of the > legend box. The legend box size is always the MINIMUM possible. > > If you are setting the size of the legend box through code, then it will be > fixed to whatever you se it. > > If I'm misunderstanding your question, please post a screenshot of "the > problem". > chart.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Software FX Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 You have so many labels that the is no way to reduce the legend box. As I said before the legend box will display as small as possible but it will always display all of its contents. In this case the legend box IS displaying as small as possible the thing is that minimum size imposed by your data is big. How did you expect the legend to do ? display less labels ? which ? -- FP Software FX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User (Legacy) Posted March 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I realize that there are a lot of labels! As I said earlier, the data is generated at runtime, and in rare cases there will be a lot of them. I was hoping to control the scale of the labels, or find a way that the the entire chart, pie and labels together, is scaled to the same proportions. Given that the labels aren't scaled at all, I have devised a workaround (but am still looking for a better solution). Taking into account the height and width of the form or the printer settings, I've determined how to obtain a decent proportion between pie chart and labels based on how many labels exist by regulating the size of the chart in code. Then I convert the chart into an image, and finally scale the image back to the dimensions I need. It roundabout, but it's the only way I found to manage the occasional situation where there are a lot of labels. SoftwareFX Support wrote: > You have so many labels that the is no way to reduce the legend box. > > As I said before the legend box will display as small as possible but it > will always display all of its contents. > > In this case the legend box IS displaying as small as possible the thing is > that minimum size imposed by your data is big. > > How did you expect the legend to do ? display less labels ? which ? > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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