I am using Nevron Charting Control ver.11.1.17.12 in application. I am facing problem in drawing the chart correct with the DateTimeScaleConfigurator. Here are following problem:
- Series Bar overlapping each other if series count increases.
- Series getting out of the Axis lines.
- X Axis Scale automatically add previous year
Decemberand next yearJanin the scale which cause the chart to have blank area in case of Surface Chart.
//code snippet to draw Bar Chart Series
NBarSeries bar = new NBarSeries();
bar.UniqueId = new Guid(outputVariable.UniqueId);
bar.Name = outputVariable.LegendText;
chart.Series.Add(bar);
bar.HasBottomEdge = false;
bar.MultiBarMode = chart.Series.Count == 1 ? MultiBarMode.Series : MultiBarMode.Clustered;
// bar.InflateMargins = true;
bar.UseZValues = false;
indexOfSeries = chart.Series.IndexOf(bar);
ConfigureChartSeries(bar, indexOfSeries, outputVariable);
SetSeriesAxisInformation(bar, outputVariable.Unit);
bar.UseXValues = true;
foreach (DataRow row in seriesDataTable.Rows)
{
bar.XValues.Add(Convert.ToDateTime(row["TimeStamp"]).ToOADate());
}
code snippet to Add Surface Chart Series
chart.Enable3D = true;
chart.BoundsMode = BoundsMode.Stretch;
(chart as NCartesianChart).Fit3DAxisContent = true;
chart.Projection.SetPredefinedProjection(PredefinedProjection.OrthogonalTop);
chart.LightModel.EnableLighting = false;
chart.Wall(ChartWallType.Back).Visible = false;
chart.Wall(ChartWallType.Left).Visible = false;
chart.Wall(ChartWallType.Floor).Visible = false;
// setup Y axis
chart.Axis(StandardAxis.PrimaryY).Visible = false;
// setup Z axis
NAxis axisZ = chart.Axis(StandardAxis.Depth);
axisZ.Anchor = new NDockAxisAnchor(AxisDockZone.TopLeft);
NLinearScaleConfigurator scaleZ = new NLinearScaleConfigurator();
scaleZ.InnerMajorTickStyle.Visible = false;
scaleZ.MajorGridStyle.ShowAtWalls = new ChartWallType[0];
scaleZ.RoundToTickMin = false;
scaleZ.RoundToTickMax = false;
axisZ.ScaleConfigurator = scaleZ;
axisZ.Visible = true;
// add a surface series
NGridSurfaceSeries surface = new NGridSurfaceSeries();
surface.UniqueId = new Guid(outputVariable.UniqueId);
surface.Name = outputVariable.LegendText;
chart.Series.Add(surface);
surface.Legend.Mode = SeriesLegendMode.SeriesLogic;
surface.ValueFormatter = new NNumericValueFormatter("0.0");
surface.FillMode = SurfaceFillMode.Zone;
surface.FrameMode = SurfaceFrameMode.Contour;
surface.ShadingMode = ShadingMode.Flat;
surface.DrawFlat = true;
// Already set this property to false and working in other chart.
surface.InflateMargins = false;
surface.FrameColorMode = SurfaceFrameColorMode.Zone;
surface.SmoothPalette = true;
surface.Legend.Format = "<zone_value>";
surface.FillMode = SurfaceFillMode.Zone;
surface.FrameMode = SurfaceFrameMode.Contour;
CreateSurfaceSeries(outputVariable, surface);
chartControl.Refresh();
And the ScaleConfigurator configuration
chartPrimaryXAxis = chart.Axis(StandardAxis.PrimaryX);
// X Axis Configuration
dateTimeScale = new NDateTimeScaleConfigurator();
dateTimeScale.Title.Text = string.Empty;
dateTimeScale.LabelStyle.Angle = new NScaleLabelAngle(ScaleLabelAngleMode.Scale, 90);
dateTimeScale.LabelStyle.ContentAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
dateTimeScale.LabelStyle.TextStyle.FontStyle = new NFontStyle("Times New Roman", 6);
dateTimeScale.LabelFitModes = new LabelFitMode[] { LabelFitMode.AutoScale };
chartPrimaryXAxis.ScaleConfigurator = dateTimeScale;
chartPrimaryXAxis.ScrollBar.ResetButton.Visible = true;
chartPrimaryXAxis.ScrollBar.ShowSliders = true;
dateTimeScale.EnableUnitSensitiveFormatting = true;
Here is the generated output:

Any idea regarding this problem will be deeply appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Answer: When you are using categorial data then use
NOrdinalScaleConfiguratorrather thanNDateTimeScaleConfigurator. It will not solve the problem and put the series bar in the center of the scale and auto resize them according to the chart size also.Answer: Set the following properties of the
DateTimeScaleConfiguratorto false to avoid such behavior.