Gets or sets a LabelOutsidePlotAreaStyle value that specifies the extent of how the datapoint labels should be drawn with respect to the plotting area.
Defines if SmartLabels are allowed to be drawn outside of the plotting area.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Property AllowOutsidePlotArea As LabelOutsidePlotAreaStyle

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`Dim instance As SmartLabelsStyle Dim value As LabelOutsidePlotAreaStyle instance.AllowOutsidePlotArea = value value = instance.AllowOutsidePlotArea`

C#
public virtual LabelOutsidePlotAreaStyle AllowOutsidePlotArea {get; set;}

Return Value

Specifies the extent of how the datapoint labels should be drawn with respect to the plotting area. The default value is LabelOutsidePlotAreaStyle.Partial.

Example

This example demonstrates how to use the LabelOutsidePlotAreaStyle enumeration to set the AllowOutsidePlotArea property.

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`using Dundas.Charting.WinControl ... // Enable SmartLabels chart1.Series["Default"].SmartLabels.Enabled = true; // Allow SmartLabels to be partially outside the plot area chart1.Series["Default"].SmartLabels.AllowOutsidePlotArea = LabelOutsidePlotAreaStyle.Partial; ...`

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`Imports Dundas.Charting.WinControl ... ' Enable SmartLabels chart1.Series["Default"].SmartLabels.Enabled = True ' Allow SmartLabels To be partially outside the plot area chart1.Series["Default"].SmartLabels.AllowOutsidePlotArea = LabelOutsidePlotAreaStyle.Partial ...`

Remarks

This property determines how the datapoint labels should be drawn outside the plotting area. When applying smart data labels the drawing outside of labels is only used to provide an option as the chart will only draw outside if the labels cannot be drawn elsewhere without overlapping.

Figure 1: AllowOutsidePlotArea set to Yes (shown left); AllowOutsidePlotArea set to No (shown right).

The possible values are:

Member Name	Description
Yes	Labels are allowed to leave the plotting area if necessary.
No	Labels are NOT allowed to leave the plotting area.
Partial	Labels are allowed to leave the plotting area if necessary but no more than 50% of the label cannot be drawn outside the plotting area.

NOTE: SmartLabels only work when the Label angle property is set to zero.

Requirements

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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Reference

Dundas Chart for Windows Forms
AllowOutsidePlotArea Property
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