Series Class

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Series is the base class of all series with one dimensional value arrays.

Object Model

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<ClassInterfaceAttribute(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)>
<TypeConverterAttribute(Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBaseConverter)>
<SerializableAttribute()>
Public MustInherit Class Series 
   Inherits SeriesBase

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Series

[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
[TypeConverter(Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBaseConverter)]
[Serializable()]
public abstract class Series : SeriesBase

Remarks

The Series class inherits all functionality of the SeriesBase class and adds support for the following features:

control over the appearance of the series
control over the series data labels
control over the series markers
control over the series interactivity
support for Values and Labels data series
control over the series interactivity
support for total, percent, cumulative and index format commands
control over the formatting of the total, percent, cumulative and index formatting commands
helper methods for feeding data to the data series

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase
      Xceed.Chart.Core.Series
         Xceed.Chart.Core.BarSeries
         Xceed.Chart.Core.FloatBarSeries
         Xceed.Chart.Core.PieSeries
         Xceed.Chart.Core.PolarSeries
         Xceed.Chart.Core.RadarSeries
         Xceed.Chart.Core.XYScatterSeries

Protected Fields

	Name	Description
	m_bValidCurDataPoint	This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	m_bValidNextDataPoint	This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	m_bValidPrevDataPoint	This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

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Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Appearance	Gives you access to the Appearance object
	CumulativeValueFormat	Gives you access to the ValueFormatting object controlling the formatting of the cumulative values.
	DataLabels	Gives you access to the DataLabels object controlling the appearance of the data point labels.
	EmptyDataPointsAppearance	Gives you access to an instance of the EmptyDataPointsAppearance class controlling the appearance of the empty data points displayed by the series (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)
	IndexValueFormatting	Gives you access to the ValueFormatting object controlling the formatting of the index data labels.
	InflateMargins	Inflates the margins of the series to fit the chart area. (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)
	Interactivity	Gives you access to the SeriesInteractivity object controlling the interactivity features of the data points.
	Labels	Gives you access to the labels data series.
	Legend	Gives you access to an instance of the SeriesLegend class controlling the representation of the series in the legend. (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)
	Markers	Gives you access to the Markers object controlling the appearance of the data point markers.
	Name	The name of the series. (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)
	PercentValueFormatting	Gives you access to the ValueFormatting object controlling the formatting of the percent values.
	Shadow	Gives access to the Shadow object controlling the shadow of the series. Shadows are visible when the scene is rendered with GDI+. (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)
	TotalValueFormatting	Gives you access to the ValueFormatting object controlling the formatting of the total formatting command.
	Values	Gives you access to the Values data series.
	Visible	Controls the visibility of the series. (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)

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Public Methods

	Name	Description
	Add	Overloaded. Adds a new value in the Values series.
	Clone	Creates an identical copy of this series object (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)
	DisplayOnAxis	Overloaded. Instructs the chart whether to scale the series on one of the standard chart axes. (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)
	GetDataSeries	Overridden. Virtual method returning a collection of the data series that the series uses.
	GetUserControl	Creates a user control which can be used for the visual editing of the series (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)
	IsDisplayedOnAxis	Overloaded. Queries whether the series is scaled on the specified standard axis. (Inherited from Xceed.Chart.Core.SeriesBase)

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Protected Methods

	Name	Description
	MustRenderDataPoint2D	This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
	MustRenderSegment2D	This member is reserved for internal use and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

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Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Series Members
Xceed.Chart.Core Namespace

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