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Bar chart using chart controls

The snippet shows how to use Microsoft Chart Controls (available in .NET 4.0 and for .NET 3.5) to draw a Bar chart. The sample shows population sizes in different continents.

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#r "System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.dll"
open System.Windows.Forms
open System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting

// A collection of tuples containing titles and values for the chart
let data = 
  [ "Africa", 1033043; "Asia", 4166741; "Europe", 732759; 
    "South America", 588649; "North America", 351659; "Oceania", 35838  ]

// Create a chart containing a default area and show it on a form
let chart = new Chart(Dock = DockStyle.Fill)
let form = new Form(Visible = true, Width = 700, Height = 500)
chart.ChartAreas.Add(new ChartArea("MainAre"))
form.Controls.Add(chart)

// Create series and add it to the chart
let series = new Series(ChartType = SeriesChartType.Bar)
chart.Series.Add(series)
// Specify data for the series using data-binding
series.Points.DataBindXY(data, "Item1", data, "Item2")

namespace System

namespace System.Windows

namespace System.Windows.Forms

namespace System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization

namespace System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting

val data : (string * int) list

Full name: Script.data

val chart : Chart

Full name: Script.chart

Multiple items
type Chart =
  inherit Control
  new : unit -> Chart
  member AlignDataPointsByAxisLabel : unit -> unit + 3 overloads
  member Annotations : AnnotationCollection
  member AntiAliasing : AntiAliasingStyles with get, set
  member ApplyPaletteColors : unit -> unit
  member BackColor : Color with get, set
  member BackGradientStyle : GradientStyle with get, set
  member BackHatchStyle : ChartHatchStyle with get, set
  member BackImage : string with get, set
  member BackImageAlignment : ChartImageAlignmentStyle with get, set
  ...

Full name: System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart

--------------------
Chart() : unit

field DockStyle.Fill = 5

val form : Form

Full name: Script.form

Multiple items
type Form =
  inherit ContainerControl
  new : unit -> Form
  member AcceptButton : IButtonControl with get, set
  member Activate : unit -> unit
  member ActiveMdiChild : Form
  member AddOwnedForm : ownedForm:Form -> unit
  member AllowTransparency : bool with get, set
  member AutoScale : bool with get, set
  member AutoScaleBaseSize : Size with get, set
  member AutoScroll : bool with get, set
  member AutoSize : bool with get, set
  ...
  nested type ControlCollection

Full name: System.Windows.Forms.Form

--------------------
Form() : unit

property Chart.ChartAreas: ChartAreaCollection

System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection.Add(item: ChartArea) : unit
ChartAreaCollection.Add(name: string) : ChartArea

Multiple items
type ChartArea =
  inherit ChartNamedElement
  new : unit -> ChartArea + 1 overload
  member AlignWithChartArea : string with get, set
  member AlignmentOrientation : AreaAlignmentOrientations with get, set
  member AlignmentStyle : AreaAlignmentStyles with get, set
  member Area3DStyle : ChartArea3DStyle with get, set
  member Axes : Axis[] with get, set
  member AxisX : Axis with get, set
  member AxisX2 : Axis with get, set
  member AxisY : Axis with get, set
  member AxisY2 : Axis with get, set
  ...

Full name: System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartArea

--------------------
ChartArea() : unit
ChartArea(name: string) : unit

property Control.Controls: Control.ControlCollection

Control.ControlCollection.Add(value: Control) : unit

val series : Series

Full name: Script.series

Multiple items
type Series =
  inherit DataPointCustomProperties
  new : unit -> Series + 2 overloads
  member AxisLabel : string with get, set
  member ChartArea : string with get, set
  member ChartType : SeriesChartType with get, set
  member ChartTypeName : string with get, set
  member EmptyPointStyle : DataPointCustomProperties with get, set
  member Enabled : bool with get, set
  member IsXValueIndexed : bool with get, set
  member Legend : string with get, set
  member MarkerStep : int with get, set
  ...

Full name: System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Series

--------------------
Series() : unit
Series(name: string) : unit
Series(name: string, yValues: int) : unit

field SeriesChartType.Bar = 7

property Chart.Series: SeriesCollection

System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection.Add(item: Series) : unit
SeriesCollection.Add(name: string) : Series

property Series.Points: DataPointCollection

DataPointCollection.DataBindXY(xValue: System.Collections.IEnumerable, [<System.ParamArray>] yValues: System.Collections.IEnumerable []) : unit
DataPointCollection.DataBindXY(xValue: System.Collections.IEnumerable, xField: string, yValue: System.Collections.IEnumerable, yFields: string) : unit

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Link:	http://fssnip.net/3b
Posted:	13 years ago
Author:	Tomas Petricek
Tags:	charting , chart controls