I know that in many of the sample chart I see in the demos as well as the documentation the chart has a drop shadow and looks really nice, however even with follow a complete example in the documentation my charts look really flat and pretty ugly. Would someone please explain how to render a nice looking chart.
thanks
I am not sure what you mean by a dropshaw effect but here are some of the default things we do for 3D and 2D charts that you may not see if your are creating these charts through code.
2D:
There is an effects collection off the chart. We add a gradient effect to that collection once a chart is dragged on the form.
3D:
There is a chart.Transform3D.Light property that defaults to true. If this is set to false, you may see a less appealing chart.
If these did not address your issue, could be explain the look you are going for. A picture or a link to one of these good looking charts may suffice in explaining the look you are trying to achieve
I am refering to the graph at the bottom of this page
http://help.infragistics.com/Help/NetAdvantage/NET/2008.1/CLR2.0/html/Chart_Creating_a_Composite_Chart_in_Code_Part_1_of_2.html
That would be the gradient effect that I mentioned.
You can add the effect through the designer or add it through code in this manner:
UltraChart1.Effects.Add(new Infragistics.UltraChart.Resources.Appearance.GradientEffect());
You will also see that they are setting those same properties in the code for Step 6 on the Custom legend in the article you linked me.
I believe when you reply there is an options tab that lets you add an attachment. You can alternatively just paste the code you use to render your chart.
how can I send you an image of how my chart is rendering?
oh it might help for you to know that I am not using a control on a from the control is being created dynamically at run time and then being rendered to an HTMLWriter.
thanks that changed the look of the bars on the chart, but did not get me the shadow I see behind the graph. Is there a way to get that shadow?