As ChartDirector.Chart is merely used as a namespace, it is never needed to create any ChartDirector.Chart object. Just use Chart.{function_name} or Chart.{constant_name} to access the static functions and constants.
For example, to access the NoValue predefined constant, simply use Chart.NoValue.
Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| NoValue | A constant equals to 1.7E+308 to represent missing values in ChartDirector. |
| BottomLeft | A constant equals to 1 to represent the bottom left position. |
| BottomCenter | A constant equals to 2 to represent the bottom center position. |
| BottomRight | A constant equals to 3 to represent the bottom right position. |
| Left | A constant equals to 4 to represent the left position. |
| Center | A constant equals to 5 to represent the center position. |
| Right | A constant equals to 6 to represent the right position. |
| TopLeft | A constant equals to 7 to represent the top left position. |
| TopCenter | A constant equals to 8 to represent the top center position. |
| TopRight | A constant equals to 9 to represent the top right position. |
| Bottom | A constant equals to 2 to represent the bottom position. |
| Top | A constant equals to 8 to represent the top position. |
| TopLeft2 | A constant equals to 10 to represent the alternative exterior top left position. |
| TopRight2 | A constant equals to 11 to represent the alternative exterior top right position. |
| BottomLeft2 | A constant equals to 12 to represent the alternative exterior bottom left position. |
| BottomRight2 | A constant equals to 13 to represent the alternative exterior bottom right position. |
| Transparent | A constant equals to FF000000 (in hex) to represent the transparent color. |
| BackgroundColor | A constant equals to FFFF0000 (in hex) to represent the background color. |
| LineColor | A constant equals to FFFF0001 (in hex) to represent the default line color. |
| TextColor | A constant equals to FFFF0002 (in hex) to represent the default text color. |
| SameAsMainColor | A constant equals to FFFF0007 (in hex) to represent the current main color. |
| Palette | A constant equals to FFFF0000 (in hex) to represent the starting index of the color palette. |
| DataColor | A constant equals to FFFF0008 (in hex) to represent the starting index of automatic data color. |
| defaultPalette | A constant array of integers to represent the default palette. |
| whiteOnBlackPalette | A constant array of integers to represent the white on black palette. |
| transparentPalette | A constant array of integers to represent the semi-transparent palette. |
| NormalGlare | A constant equals to 3 to represent using normal glare strength in Chart.glassEffect shading style. |
| ReducedGlare | A constant equals to 2 to represent using reduced glare strength in Chart.glassEffect shading style. |
| NoGlare | A constant equals to 1 to represent disabling the glare in Chart.glassEffect shading style. |
| DashLine | A constant equals to 0505 (in hex) to represent a dash line pattern for use in dash colors. |
| DotLine | A constant equals to 0202 (in hex) to represent a dotted line pattern for use in dash colors. |
| DotDashLine | A constant equals to 05050205 (in hex) to represent a dot-dash line pattern for use in dash colors. |
| AltDashLine | A constant equals to 0A050505 (in hex) to represent a alternating long/short dash line pattern for use in dash colors. |
| goldGradient | A constant array of integers to represent a gradient that looks like a golden color. |
| silverGradient | A constant array of integers to represent a gradient that looks like a silver color. |
| redMetalGradient | A constant array of integers to represent a gradient that looks like a red metallic color. |
| blueMetalGradient | A constant array of integers to represent a gradient that looks like a blue metallic color. |
| greenMetalGradient | A constant array of integers to represent a gradient that looks like a green metallic color. |
| SquareShape | A constant equals to 1 to represent a square. |
| DiamondShape | A constant equals to 2 to represent a diamond shape. |
| TriangleShape | A constant equals to 3 to represent a triangle pointing upwards. |
| RightTriangleShape | A constant equals to 4 to represent a triangle pointing rightwards. |
| LeftTriangleShape | A constant equals to 5 to represent a triangle pointing leftwards. |
| InvertedTriangleShape | A constant equals to 6 to represent a triangle pointing downwards. |
| CircleShape | A constant equals to 7 to represent a circle. |
| GlassSphereShape | A constant equals to 15 to represent a glass sphere. |
| GlassSphere2Shape | A constant equals to 16 to represent a bright glass sphere. |
| SolidSphereShape | A constant equals to 17 to represent a solid sphere. |
| DefaultShading | A constant equals to 0 to represent default sector shading style. |
| FlatShading | A constant equals to 1 to represent flat sector shading style. |
| LocalGradientShading | A constant equals to 2 to represent local gradient sector shading style. |
| GlobalGradientShading | A constant equals to 3 to represent global gradient sector shading style. |
| ConcaveShading | A constant equals to 4 to represent concave sector shading style. |
| RoundedEdgeShading | A constant equals to 6 to represent rounded edge sector shading style. |
| RadialShading | A constant equals to 7 to represent radial sector shading style. |
| RingShading | A constant equals to 8 to represent ring sector shading style. |
| SmoothShading | A constant equals to 0 to represent smooth surface shading style. |
| TriangularShading | A constant equals to 1 to represent triangular surface shading style. |
| RectangularShading | A constant equals to 2 to represent rectangular surface shading style. |
| TriangularFrame | A constant equals to 3 to represent triangular frame only surface shading style. |
| RectangularFrame | A constant equals to 4 to represent rectangular frame only surface shading style. |
| DiamondPointer | A constant equals to 0 to represent the diamond style meter pointer. |
| TriangularPointer | A constant equals to 1 to represent the triangular style meter pointer. |
| ArrowPointer | A constant equals to 2 to represent the arrow style meter pointer. |
| ArrowPointer2 | A constant equals to 3 to represent the alternative arrow style meter pointer. |
| LinePointer | A constant equals to 4 to represent the line style meter pointer. |
| PencilPointer | A constant equals to 5 to represent the pencil style meter pointer. |
| PNG | A constant equals to 0 to represent the PNG image format. |
| GIF | A constant equals to 1 to represent the GIF image format. |
| JPG | A constant equals to 2 to represent the JPG image format. |
| BMP | A constant equals to 4 to represent the BMP image format. |
| WMP | A constant equals to 3 to represent the WAP bitmap image format. |
| SVG | A constant equals to 5 to represent the SVG image format. |
| SVGZ | A constant equals to 5 to represent the compressed SVG image format. |
| NoAntiAlias | A constant equals to 0 to represent that text should be drawn without using anti-alias. |
| AntiAlias | A constant equals to 1 to represent that text should be drawn with classical anti-alias. |
| AutoAntiAlias | A constant equals to 2 to represent that text should be drawn with an automatically determined anti-alias method. |
| CompatAntiAlias | A constant equals to 6 to represent that text should be drawn with an automatically determined anti-alias method that behaves the same way as in ChartDirector 5.0.x or earlier versions. |
| TryPalette | A constant equals to 0 to represent that palette based image format should be used if the image contains 256 colors or less. |
| ForcePalette | A constant equals to 1 to represent that palette based image format should always be used (dither the image if necessary). |
| NoPalette | A constant equals to 2 to represent that true color image format should always be used. |
| Quantize | A constant equals to 0 to represent that the quantize dithering method should be used if dithering is required. |
| OrderedDither | A constant equals to 1 to represent that the ordered dithering method should be used if dithering is required. |
| ErrorDiffusion | A constant equals to 2 to represent that the error diffusion dithering method should be used if dithering is required. |
| SideLayout | A constant equals to 0 to represent the side label layout method for pie/donut charts. |
| CircleLayout | A constant equals to 1 to represent the circular label layout method for pie/donut charts. |
| Side | A constant equals to 3 to represent the "Side" data representation method for multiple data sets. |
| Stack | A constant equals to 1 to represent the "Stack" data representation method for multiple data sets. |
| Overlay | A constant equals to 0 to represent the "Overlay" data representation method for multiple data sets. |
| Percentage | A constant equals to 4 to represent the "Percentage" data representation method for multiple data sets. |
| MonotonicNone | A constant equals to 0 to represent that a spline curve is not constraint to flow in any direction. |
| MonotonicX | A constant equals to 1 to represent that a spline curve is constrained to not overshooting or undershooting in the x-axis direction. |
| MonotonicY | A constant equals to 2 to represent that a spline curve is constrained to not overshooting or undershooting in the y-axis direction. |
| MonotonicXY | A constant equals to 3 to represent that a spline curve is constrained to not overshooting or undershooting in both the x-axis direction and the y-axis direction. |
| MonotonicAuto | A constant equals to 3 to represent that the system will automatically determine whether to constrained a spline curve to not overshooting or undershooting in the x-axis direction and/or the y-axis direction. |
| LinearRegression | A constant equals to 1 to represent that linear regression be used to draw a trend line. |
| ConstrainedLinearRegression | A constant equals to 0 to represent that constrained linear regression be used to draw a trend line. |
| ExponentialRegression | A constant equals to -1 to represent that exponential regression be used to draw a trend line. |
| LogarithmicRegression | A constant equals to -2 to represent that logarithmic regression be used to draw a trend line. |
| LogTick | A constant equals to +1.6e308 to represent that the ticks in a log scale axis should be 1 - 2 - 5 - 10 style increments. |
| LinearTick | A constant equals to +1.5E+308 to represent that the ticks in a log scale axis should be 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 style increments. |
| TickInc | A constant equals to +1E+200 to represent the distance between major ticks. |
| MinorTickOnly | A constant equals to -1.7e308 to represent that the label position should contain a minor tick only. |
| MicroTickOnly | A constant equals to -1.6e308 to represent that the label position should contain a micro tick only. |
| PixelScale | A constant equals to 0 to represent that the size is measured in pixels. |
| XAxisScale | A constant equals to 1 to represent that the size is measured using the x-axis scale. |
| YAxisScale | A constant equals to 2 to represent that the size is measured using y-axis scale. |
| AngularAxisScale | A constant equals to 1 to represent that the size is measured using the angular-axis scale. |
| RadialAxisScale | A constant equals to 2 to represent that the size is measured using the radial-axis scale. |
| EndPoints | A constant equals to 3 to represent that the vector lengths and directions are measured by specifying the end points. |
| DataBound | A constant equals to -1.7E-100 to represent that the interpolated z values should not exceed the minimum or maximum values of the original data. |
| XAxisAtOrigin | A constant equals to 1 to represent that the x-axis should intersect with the zero point of the y-axis if it exists on the chart. |
| YAxisAtOrigin | A constant equals to 2 to represent that the y-axis should intersect with the zero point of the x-axis if it exists on the chart. |
| XYAxisAtOrigin | A constant equals to 3 to represent that the x-axis and y-axis should intersect at the origin if it exists on the chart. |
| XAxisSymmetric | A constant equals to 1 to represent that the x-axis should be symmetrical about the origin. |
| XAxisSymmetricIfNeeded | A constant equals to 2 to represent that the x-axis should be symmetrical about the origin if the data contain both positive and negative values. |
| YAxisSymmetric | A constant equals to 4 to represent that the y-axis should be symmetrical about the origin. |
| YAxisSymmetricIfNeeded | A constant equals to 8 to represent that the y-axis should be symmetrical about the origin if the data contain both positive and negative values. |
| XYAxisSymmetric | A constant equals to 16 to represent that the the x-axis and y-axis should be symmetrical about the origin. |
| XYAxisSymmetricIfNeeded | A constant equals to 32 to represent that the x-axis and y-axis should be symmetrical about the origin if the data contain both positive and negative values. |
| NormalLegend | A constant equals to 0 to represent that the legend keys order should follow the creation order of the data sets. |
| ReverseLegend | A constant equals to 1 to represent that the legend keys order is the reverse of the creation order of the data sets. |
| NoLegend | A constant equals to 2 to represent that no legend keys should be added to the legend box. |
| AutoGrid | A constant equals to -2 to represent that the number of columns in the legend box with grid layout is automatically determine. |
| ChartBackZ | A constant equals to 100 (in hex) to represent the z-order of the back surface of the chart. |
| ChartFrontZ | A constant equals to ffff (in hex) to represent the z-order of the front surface of the chart. |
| PlotAreaZ | A constant equals to 1000 (in hex) to represent the z-order of the plot area back surface of the chart. |
| GridLinesZ | A constant equals to 2000 (in hex) to represent the z-order of the grid lines of the chart. |
| TouchBar | A constant equals to -1.7e-100 to represent that the bars in a bar layer should touch each others with no gap in between. |
| HLOCDefault | A constant equals to 0 to represent that the HLOC symbols should be drawn using the same color. |
| HLOCOpenClose | A constant equals to 1 to represent that the HLOC symbols should be drawn using two alternative colors based on whether the closing price is higher than the opening price. |
| HLOCUpDown | A constant equals to 2 to represent that the HLOC symbols should be drawn using two alternative colors based on whether the closing price is higher than the previous closing price. |
| AggregateSum | A constant equals to 0 to represent using the sum as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregateAvg | A constant equals to 1 to represent using the average as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregateStdDev | A constant equals to 2 to represent using the standard deviation as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregateMin | A constant equals to 3 to represent using the minimum value as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregateMed | A constant equals to 4 to represent using the median value as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregateMax | A constant equals to 5 to represent using the maximum value as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregatePercentile | A constant equals to 6 to represent using the percentile value as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregateFirst | A constant equals to 7 to represent using the first value as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregateLast | A constant equals to 8 to represent using the last value as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| AggregateCount | A constant equals to 9 to represent using the item count as the aggregated value in ArrayMath.aggregate. |
| BoxFilter | A constant equals to 0 to represent a Box graphical re-sampling filter. |
| LinearFilter | A constant equals to 1 to represent a Linear graphical re-sampling filter. |
| QuadraticFilter | A constant equals to 2 to represent a Quadratic graphical re-sampling filter. |
| BSplineFilter | A constant equals to 3 to represent a B-spline graphical re-sampling filter. |
| HermiteFilter | A constant equals to 4 to represent a Hermite graphical re-sampling filter. |
| CatromFilter | A constant equals to 5 to represent a Catrom graphical re-sampling filter. |
| MitchellFilter | A constant equals to 6 to represent a Mitchell graphical re-sampling filter. |
| SincFilter | A constant equals to 7 to represent a Sinc graphical re-sampling filter. |
| LanczosFilter | A constant equals to 8 to represent a Lanczos graphical re-sampling filter. |
| GaussianFilter | A constant equals to 9 to represent a Gaussian graphical re-sampling filter. |
| HanningFilter | A constant equals to 10 to represent a Hanning graphical re-sampling filter. |
| HammingFilter | A constant equals to 11 to represent a Hamming graphical re-sampling filter. |
| BlackmanFilter | A constant equals to 12 to represent a Blackman graphical re-sampling filter. |
| BesselFilter | A constant equals to 13 to represent a Bessel graphical re-sampling filter. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ClearTypeColor | Gets a value to represent that standard ClearType technology be used for font rendering. |
| ClearTypeMono | Gets a value to represent that hardware independent ClearType technology be used for font rendering. |
| setLicenseCode | Sets the license code into ChartDirector. |
| getVersion | Gets ChartDirector version information. |
| getBootLog | A diagnostic function to obtain the ChartDirector boot log. |
| testFont | A diagnostic function to perform a font loading test. |
| chartTime | Obtain the second elapsed since 01-01-0001 00:00:00 to the given time, which is the date/time format used by ChartDirector. |
| chartTime2 | Converts a UNIX time (seconds elapsed since 01-01-1970 00:00:00 GMT) to the date/time format used by ChartDirector. |
| getChartYMD | Gets the year, month and day represented by a ChartDirector date/time. |
| getChartWeekDay | Gets the weekday represented by a ChartDirector date/time. |
| CTime | Converts a .NET DateTime to ChartDirector's date/time format. |
| CTime2 | Converts an array of .NET DateTime objects to ChartDirector's date/time format. |
| NTime | Converts a date/time in ChartDirector's date/time format to a .NET DateTime object. |
| NTime2 | Converts an array of dates/times in ChartDirector's date/time format to .NET DateTime objects. |
| goldColor | Creates a golden color, most commonly used as a background color. |
| silverColor | Creates a silver color, most commonly used as a background color. |
| metalColor | Creates a color by modulates the brightness of another color to create metallic shiny effects. |
| brushedGoldColor | Creates a brushed golden color, most commonly used as a background color. |
| brushedSilverColor | Creates a brushed silver color, most commonly used as a background color. |
| brushedMetalColor | Creates a color by modulates the brightness of another color to create brushed metallic shiny effects. |
| CColor | Converts a .NET System.Drawing.Color object to a ChartDirector color. |
| CColor2 | Converts an array of .NET System.Drawing.Color objects to an array of ChartDirector colors. |
| NColor | Converts a ChartDirector color to a .NET System.Drawing.Color object. |
| NColor2 | Converts an array of ChartDirector colors to an array of .NET System.Drawing.Color objects. |
| glassEffect | A complex shading effect that emulates tinted glass or semi-transparent plastic material. |
| softLighting | A special shading effect that looks like gradient coloring. |
| barLighting | A special shading effect for rectangular and polygonal bars on a BarLayer. It shades all surfaces of a 2D or 3D bar with gradient colors. |
| cylinderEffect | A special shading effect that emulates the lighting of a cylinder surface. |
| phongLighting | Sets the parameters for the phong lighting effect. |
| PolygonShape | Gets the shape id that represents a polygon. |
| Polygon2Shape | Gets the shape id that represents a polygon in an alternative orientation. |
| StarShape | Gets the shape id that represents a star shape. |
| CrossShape | Gets the shape id that represents a '+' shape. |
| Cross2Shape | Gets the shape id that represents a 'X' shape. |
| PolynomialRegression | Sets the degree of the polynomial regression to be used in a trend layer. |
| StartOfHourFilter | Creates a data filter that matches date/times that represent the start of a new hour in a date/time series. |
| StartOfDayFilter | Creates a data filter that matches date/times that represent the start of a new day in a date/time series. |
| StartOfWeekFilter | Creates a data filter that matches date/times that represent the start of a new week in a date/time series. |
| StartOfMonthFilter | Creates a data filter that matches date/times that represent the start of a new month in a date/time series. |
| StartOfYearFilter | Creates a data filter that matches date/times that represent the start of a new year in a date/time series. |
| RegularSpacingFilter | Creates a data filter that matches 1 out of every N elements. |
| AllPassFilter | Creates a data filter that matches every element. |
| NonePassFilter | Creates a data filter that matches no element. |
| SelectItemFilter | Creates a data filter that matches the specified item. |
| bSearch | Uses binary search to search for a value in an array. |
| arraySlice | Creates a new array with the elements copied from a part of a given array. |