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Chart DrawToBitmap Not Working
Hi there,
I am trying to generate some charts and render them to an image. If I put an chart on the form, populate it with data and then call Chart.DrawToBitmap it works fine. However, if I create the Chart as an object in my code then it just renders an empty image.
The above code just renders a blank image.
But as I said, if I drag a Chart object from the toolbox and put it on the form and populate the series, it renders to an image just fine.
There must be something that I'm neglecting to do.
Please help
I am trying to generate some charts and render them to an image. If I put an chart on the form, populate it with data and then call Chart.DrawToBitmap it works fine. However, if I create the Chart as an object in my code then it just renders an empty image.
Dim Chart1 As New System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart
With Chart1
.Legends.Clear()
.Width = 100
.Height = 100
Dim ChartSeries As New System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Series
With ChartSeries
.Name = "TestSeries"
.ChartType = DataVisualization.Charting.SeriesChartType.Line
' Add sample data
For i As Integer = 1 To 10
.Points.AddXY(i, i * 2)
Next
End With ' ChartSeries
' Add the series to the Chart
.Series.Clear()
.Series.Add(ChartSeries)
End With ' Chart1
Dim img As New Bitmap(100, 100)
Chart1.DrawToBitmap(bmp, New Rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100))
bmp.Save("C:\Test.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg)
The above code just renders a blank image.
But as I said, if I drag a Chart object from the toolbox and put it on the form and populate the series, it renders to an image just fine.
There must be something that I'm neglecting to do.
Please help
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I figured that there was something that was happening when it rendered to the form but I couldn't find any examples anywhere!
Thanks again! :)