I’ve been trying to transition from the charts available for winform apps to the xamCharts in WPF and few questions came up.
What is the difference between the xamChart and xamDataChart controls?
I can’t find the xamChart within the 12.1 list of WPF controls or any literature. Are the xamCharts old and no longer in use?
Is it possible to create 3D charts with the WPF xamDataCharts?
Why is the xamPieChart a separate control and not part of the xamDataChart?
Thanks.
Fabian Zandomeni
Thanks Elena, I read the blogs you suggested and got all the answers.
Fabian.
Hello,
Our XamDataChart is targeted toward applications that need to show live data, multiple series, or large amounts of data points. It offers powerful ways to interact with data, such as zooming, trendlines and chart synchronization. This control is cross platform high-performance chart for both WPF and Silverlight. The XamChart is a more basic version of the chart for simpler scenarios. Also as you noticed we no longer included our XamChart control in our documentation because it is in process of retiring, so we can recommend you use our new high-performance XamDataChart control. Furthermore you can have a look at the following blog which discuss the retiring of XamChart control and the reasons for it:
http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/jason_beres/archive/2011/11/10/important-product-changes-and-control-retirements-in-2011-2.aspx
http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/kiril_matev/archive/2011/11/10/upgrading-your-charting-experience-using-xamdatachart.aspx
Regarding your last question, our XamDataChart can display multiple types of series just by binding the series for some of the axes that you have defined. Based on this, the chart types which do not require an axis, such as a pie, and funnel are implemented by separate controls - XamPieChart, XamFunnelChart.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions on this matter.