Overview

Dundas Chart for ASP.NET has many different chart types, and each chart type may have a unique set of custom attributes associated with it (e.g. width of bars and columns, exploded pie slices, etc.). See each chart type description for the custom attributes that are available.

Custom attributes are implemented using the CustomAttributes property of both Series objects and their associated DataPoint objects.

Some custom attributes are specifically used with Series objects, and others can only be set using  DataPoint objects, while still others can be set using either a Series or DataPoint objects. For example, Exploded is a pie chart custom attribute, which can only be set with a DataPoint object. However, the LabelStyle attribute of a pie chart can be set for both a Series object or one of its DataPoint objects.

Any attribute that is set for a series is then applied to all data points contained within that series (provided that custom attribute is used at the point level). Data point custom attributes have a higher priority then series custom attributes. If the same custom attribute is used for a series and one of its data points, then the data point attribute will be used.

Note

Custom attribute names are case-sensitive. You should be mindful of this fact when formatting custom attributes in code-behind. Further, if the CustomAttribute value contains a comma, then each comma must be preceded by a '\' character to escape the comma. This is useful when, for example, an RGB color value is set in your application. In such cases, the setting of custom attributes that contain commas can either be done at runtime, or design-time.

For more information on using custom attributes either at design-time, or at runtime, see the topic on Using Custom Attributes.

Custom Attributes

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