PercentValueFormatting Property

Gives you access to the ValueFormatting object controlling the formatting of the percent values.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<DescriptionAttribute("Controls the percent value format")>

<CategoryAttribute("Formatting")>

Public Property PercentValueFormatting As ValueFormatting

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Series

Dim value As ValueFormatting

 

instance.PercentValueFormatting = value

 

value = instance.PercentValueFormatting

[Description("Controls the percent value format")]

[Category("Formatting")]

public ValueFormatting PercentValueFormatting {get; set;}

Remarks

The percent value formatting command is represented in the formatting strings as <percent>. It represents the percentage of the current data point value to the total value.

Example

The following code displays the pie data labels in the following format: (percent) of (total).

pie.DataLabels.Format = "&lt;percent&gt; of &lt;total&gt;"

' format the percent command as percent and the total with 3 decimal places

pie.PercentValueFormat.Format = ValueFormat.Percentage

pie.TotalValueFormat.Format = ValueFormat.Custom

pie.TotalValueFormat.CustomFormat = "0.000"

pie.DataLabels.Format = "&lt;percent&gt; of &lt;total&gt;";

// format the percent command as percent and the total with 3 decimal places

pie.PercentValueFormat.Format = ValueFormat.Percentage;

pie.TotalValueFormat.Format = ValueFormat.Custom;

pie.TotalValueFormat.CustomFormat = "0.000";

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 Class
Series Members
ValueFormatting Class