A multi-chart is a container to contain multiple charts. You can use a multi- chart to combine multiple BaseChart objects (or its subclass such as PieChart, XYChart, PolarChart, AngularMeter or LinearMeter) into one image.
| Method | Inherited | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MultiChart | (Self) | Creates a new MultiChart object. |
| addChart | (Self) | Adds a BaseChart object (or its subclass such as PieChart, XYChart, PolarChart, AngularMeter or LinearMeter) into the multi-chart. |
| getChart | (Self) | Gets the specified chart in the MultiChart. |
| getChartCount | (Self) | Gets the number of charts in the MultiChart. |
| setMainChart | (Self) | Sets the chart that provides the plot area for plot area features. |
| setSize | BaseChart | Sets the size of the chart, exclusive of the drop shadow (if any). |
| getWidth | BaseChart | Gets the width of the chart. |
| getHeight | BaseChart | Gets the height of the chart. |
| getAbsOffsetX | BaseChart | Gets the x offset of the chart relative to the outermost MultiChart container. |
| getAbsOffsetY | BaseChart | Gets the y offset of the chart relative to the outermost MultiChart container. |
| setBackground | BaseChart | Sets the background color, border color and 3D border effect of the chart. |
| setRoundedFrame | BaseChart | Sets the border style of the chart to rounded corners. |
| setThickFrame | BaseChart | Sets a thick frame around the chart. |
| setDropShadow | BaseChart | Adds a drop shadow to the chart. |
| setBorder | BaseChart | Sets the border color of the chart. |
| setWallpaper | BaseChart | Uses the image from the specified file or resource as the wallpaper to fill the background of the chart. |
| setBgImage | BaseChart | Uses the image from the specified file or resource as the background image of the chart. |
| setSearchPath | BaseChart | Sets the search path for loading image files. |
| setResource | BaseChart | Assigns a resource ID to a memory block to allow it to be referenced using a resource path. |
| setResource2 | BaseChart | Assigns a resource ID to a DrawArea object to allow it to be referenced using a resource path. |
| setTransparentColor | BaseChart | Specifies a certain color to mean transparent when creating a raster image output. |
| setAntiAlias | BaseChart | Controls whether anti-alias is used when drawing lines, shapes and text. |
| addTitle | BaseChart | Adds a title at the top center of the chart. |
| addTitle2 | BaseChart | Adds a title to the chart. |
| addLegend | BaseChart | Adds a legend box to the chart. |
| addLegend2 | BaseChart | Adds a legend box to the chart with grid layout. |
| getLegend | BaseChart | Gets the LegendBox object representing the legend box in the chart. |
| layoutLegend | BaseChart | Lays out and gets the LegendBox object representing the legend box in the chart. |
| getDrawArea | BaseChart | Retrieves the internal DrawArea object that is used to draw the chart. |
| addText | BaseChart | Adds a text box to the chart. |
| addTable | BaseChart | Adds a CDML table to the chart. |
| addLine | BaseChart | Adds a line to the chart. |
| addExtraField | BaseChart | Adds an array of text to be used as an extra field in various places. |
| addExtraField2 | BaseChart | Adds an array of numbers/dates to be used as an extra field in various places. |
| setColor | BaseChart | Change the color at the specified position in the palette. |
| setColors | BaseChart | Change the colors in the palette. |
| setColors2 | BaseChart | Change the colors in the palette, starting from the specified position in the palette. |
| getColor | BaseChart | Gets the color at the specified position of the palette. |
| adjustBrightness | BaseChart | Creates a color that is a darkened or brightened version of the given color. |
| halfColor | BaseChart | Creates a color that is half the intensity of the given color. |
| dashLineColor | BaseChart | Creates a dash line color. |
| patternColor | BaseChart | Creates a pattern color using an array of colors as the bitmap pattern. |
| patternColor2 | BaseChart | Creates a pattern color by using the image from the specified file or resource as the pattern. |
| linearGradientColor | BaseChart | Creates a two-point linear gradient color. |
| linearGradientColor2 | BaseChart | Creates a multi-point linear gradient color. |
| radialGradientColor | BaseChart | Creates a two-point radial gradient color. |
| radialGradientColor2 | BaseChart | Creates a multi-point radial gradient color. |
| gradientColor | BaseChart | Creates a two-point linear gradient color. |
| gradientColor2 | BaseChart | Creates a multi-point linear gradient color. |
| setDefaultFonts | BaseChart | Sets the defaults for normal, bold, italic and bold-italic fonts. |
| setFontTable | BaseChart | Sets an entry in the font table to the specified font name. |
| formatValue | BaseChart | Formats a number/date using the ChartDirector formatting syntax as is in Parameter Substitution and Formatting. |
| setNumberFormat | BaseChart | Sets the characters used for thousand separator, decimal point, and negative sign. |
| setMonthNames | BaseChart | Sets the names of the months for date/time formatting purposes. |
| setWeekDayNames | BaseChart | Sets the names of the week days for date/time formatting purposes. |
| setAMPM | BaseChart | Sets the names to be used to denote morning and afternoon. |
| layout | BaseChart | Perform auto-scaling of the axes (if any) and compute the positions of the various objects in the chart. |
| makeImage | BaseChart | Generates the chart as a System.Drawing.Image object. |
| makeWebImage | BaseChart | Generates the chart as a WebImage object. |
| enableVectorOutput | BaseChart | This method is deprecated. It has no effect and may be removed in future versions of ChartDirector. |
| setOutputOptions | BaseChart | Sets output format options for the next chart output. |
| makeChart | BaseChart | Generates the chart image and save it into a file. |
| makeChart2 | BaseChart | Generates the chart as an image in memory. |
| makeChart3 | BaseChart | Generates the chart in internal format and return a DrawArea object to allow adding custom drawings on top of the chart. |
| makeSession | BaseChart | Generates the chart as an image, saves it to a session variable and returns query parameters for loading the image. |
| makeTmpFile | BaseChart | Generates the chart as an image and save it to a temporary file, and automatically remove old files. |
| initDynamicLayer | BaseChart | Initializes a dynamic layer for drawing text and shapes. |
| removeDynamicLayer | BaseChart | Removes the dynamic layer if any. |
| getHTMLImageMap | BaseChart | Generates an HTML image map to define hot spots and tooltips for the chart. |
| getJsChartModel | BaseChart | Gets the Javascript Chart Model for passing to WebChartViewer.ChartModel or RazorChartViewer.ChartModel for the purpose of supporting track cursors in a web application. |
| getChartMetrics | BaseChart | Gets the chart metrics for passing to WebChartViewer.ChartMetrics or RazorChartViewer.ChartMetrics to support viewports for web applications. |