I have been researching ways of drawing charts in c#. I have a specific requirement of drawing a chart with a y axis and x axis and a seconday y axis.I have tried using excel Interop but have not found a solution.I have started working on MSChart component but not reached anything yet the data i am working with is
index lines branches
1 20 5
2 30 8
3 34 6
i want to plot the indexies on the x-axis and scale for lines on the left y axis and a scale for branches on the right y axis.
I am using .net versions 2.0 and 3.5 if that helps
When creating a series, set the YAxisType
property to AxisType.Primary
or AxisType.Secondary
var lines = new Series("lines");
lines.ChartType = SeriesChartType.Line;
lines.Points.Add(new DataPoint(1, 20));
lines.Points.Add(new DataPoint(2, 30));
lines.Points.Add(new DataPoint(3, 34));
lines.YAxisType = AxisType.Primary;
chart1.Series.Add(lines);
var branches = new Series("branches");
branches.ChartType = SeriesChartType.Line;
branches.Points.Add(new DataPoint(1, 5));
branches.Points.Add(new DataPoint(2, 6));
branches.Points.Add(new DataPoint(3, 8));
branches.YAxisType = AxisType.Secondary;
chart1.Series.Add(branches);
This results in a chart like this, which sounds like what you are after. The example below is a bit ugly, it has lines for primary and secondary y-values, etc. but you can clean that up the way you want it by setting the properties of the chart control.