Display Value + Label for Bar Chart?

[fahd.malik]

Is there an option in ChartFX for Bar Charts to show both the label and value on each bar? I know values can be shown for each bar by using

Chart2.PointLabels =

true

 But, for instance, there are two bars (total sales, revenue) I want the two bars to display their corresponding label (total sales, revenue) as well as their value (900, 400).

 

 

[Frank]

You can use PointLabels.Format to change the content of the Point Labels. For example to show the series text plust the value set:

chart1.AllSeries.PointLabels.Format =

"%s %v";

[fahd.malik]

Thanks.

I actually had to do Chart2.PointLabelMask = "%s %v" to make it work.

One more thing, when the labels are long they tend to overlap each other, hence making it hard to read the contents of the labels, is there a way to avoid that?

[Frank]

Yes. The code I gave you is for Chart FX for VS 2005 (7.0) and so is this forum. Your code if for Chart FX 6.x.

As for the legends overlapping, there is no way to avoid that automatically, you can change the orientation and alignment to minimize the possibility of overlapping. We included the feature of label re-arrangement in Chart FX 7.0