private void CustomizeChart(LightningChart chart)
{
chart.ChartBackground.Color = System.Windows.Media.Color.FromArgb(255, 30, 30, 30);
chart.ChartBackground.GradientFill = GradientFill.Solid;
chart.ViewXY.GraphBackground.Color = Color.FromArgb(255, 20, 20, 20);
chart.ViewXY.GraphBackground.GradientFill = GradientFill.Solid;
chart.Title.Color = Color.FromArgb(255, 249, 202, 3);
chart.Title.Highlight = Highlight.None;
foreach (var yAxis in chart.ViewXY.YAxes)
{
yAxis.Title.Color = Color.FromArgb(255, 249, 202, 3);
yAxis.Title.Highlight = Highlight.None;
yAxis.MajorGrid.Color = Color.FromArgb(35, 255, 255, 255);
yAxis.MajorGrid.Pattern = LinePattern.Solid;
yAxis.MinorDivTickStyle.Visible = false;
}
foreach (var xAxis in chart.ViewXY.XAxes)
{
xAxis.Title.Color = Color.FromArgb(255, 249, 202, 3);
xAxis.Title.Highlight = Highlight.None;
xAxis.MajorGrid.Color = Color.FromArgb(35, 255, 255, 255);
xAxis.MajorGrid.Pattern = LinePattern.Solid;
xAxis.MinorDivTickStyle.Visible = false;
xAxis.ValueType = AxisValueType.Number;
}
}
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
// 1. Create chart.
var chart = new LightningChart();
// Disable rendering before updating chart properties to improve performance
// and to prevent unnecessary chart redrawing while changing multiple properties.
chart.BeginUpdate();
// 2. Set chart control into the parent container.
chart.Parent = this; // Set form as parent.
chart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; // Maximize to parent client area.
// 3. Generate data for series.
var rand = new Random();
int pointCounter = 70;
var data = new SeriesPoint[pointCounter];
for (int i = 0; i < pointCounter; i++)
{
data[i].X = (double)i;
data[i].Y = rand.Next(0, 100);
}
// 4. Define variables for X- and Y-axis.
var axisX = chart.ViewXY.XAxes[0];
var axisY = chart.ViewXY.YAxes[0];
// 5. Create a new PointLineSeries.
var series = new PointLineSeries(chart.ViewXY, axisX, axisY);
series.LineStyle.Color = Color.Orange;
// 6. Set data-points into series.
series.Points = data;
// 7. Add series to chart.
chart.ViewXY.PointLineSeries.Add(series);
// 8. Auto-scale X- and Y-axes.
chart.ViewXY.ZoomToFit();
#region Hidden polishing
CustomizeChart(chart);
#endregion
// Call EndUpdate to enable rendering again.
chart.EndUpdate();
}
