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VB NET Pie Chart Segment Colours

Hi,

Is it possible to set the colour of each segment of a oie chart in VB NET using the Chart control?

For example I have a pie chart that counts the names in a table, I would like Ted to be red and Fred to be green etc...

I have found out how to do it by index number:
series1.Points(0).Color = Color.Blue

but need something like this
series1.Points("Fred").Color = Color.Green
series1.Points("Ted").Color = Color.Red

Thanks, Greg

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spen_lang

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Thanks for your reply. I have just managed to write some code that gives me the desired results.

The colour is returned within the dataset that is bound to the chart series. I have used...

series1.Points.DataBind(ds.Tables(0).Rows, "Name", "Value", "NameColour=NameColour")

Dim iRandom As New Random

For Each dp As DataPoint In series1.Points

	If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(dp("NameColour").ToString) Then
		dp.Color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml(dp("NameColour").ToString)
	Else
		dp.Color = Color.FromArgb(255, iRandom.Next(0, 255), iRandom.Next(0, 255), iRandom.Next(0, 255))
	End If

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Éric Moreau

I have provided a working solution using the details you have provided!

spen_lang

ASKER

Thank you

spen_lang

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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 500 points for Éric Moreau's comment #a40922810
Assisted answer: 0 points for spen_lang's comment #a40922832

for the following reason:

This is what I ended up using.