A growing animation is a coordinate-based type. The width and height of a chart element is changed during the animation sequence. For DataPoint objects, this animation type means that the data points are moving and/or resizing from the axis crossing position. A line chart is a special case when the OneByOne property is set to true, this will cause the line to grow from one point to the next point.

An axis will grow from the Axis.Minimum value to the Axis.Maximum value. Grid lines and strip lines will grow from the axis line.

Chart elements that are able to display the growing animation effect include:

• Series.
• Data points.
• Data point labels.
• Markers.
• Axes.
• Grid lines .
• Strip lines .

Svg and Flash Rendering Engines

Animation is supported by two rendering engines: Svg and Flash. Setting to either of these formats is done through the ImageType property. These two formats animate basic shapes on two different ways but result animation is almost identical for both formats. This is the list of differences between Flash and Svg Animation:

1. Svg Rendering engine does not support animation with gradient colors. StartGradientColor property is not used for SVG animation and is ignored.
2. Svg rendering engine does not support hatch styles.
3. Flash rendering engine does not support intersection of animation intervals for fading or growing/moving animations.
4. Svg and Flash rendering engine may have a different behavior if two animation styles are used on the same chart element.

System.Object
   Dundas.Charting.WebControl.AnimationBase
      Dundas.Charting.WebControl.GrowingAnimation

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family

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