C# Application Series - Xu J. - Practical C# Charts and Graphics [2007, PDF, ENG]

Contents
Introduction .........................................................................xi
Overview.....................................................................................................xi
What this Book includes .......................................................................... xiii
Is This Book for You? ............................................................................. xiii
What Do You Need to Use This Book?....................................................xiv
How This Book Is Organized ...................................................................xiv
What Is Left Out .......................................................................................xvi
Conventions ..............................................................................................xvi
Using Code Examples...............................................................................xvi
Customer Support .....................................................................................xvi
1 C# Graphics Basics ...........................................................1
Coordinate Systems .....................................................................................1
Default Coordinates ...........................................................................1
Custom Coordinates ...........................................................................6
Window and Viewport .......................................................................9
Pen and Brush ............................................................................................15
Pen Class ..........................................................................................16
Brush Class.......................................................................................16
Basic Graphics Shapes...............................................................................17
Points................................................................................................17
Lines and Curves..............................................................................18
Rectangles, Ellipses, and Arcs .........................................................20
Polygons...........................................................................................22
Color ..........................................................................................................26
System Colors ..................................................................................27
Custom Color Map...........................................................................30
Color Shading...................................................................................37
2 2D Matrices and Transformations................................ 45
Basics of Matrices and Transformations ...................................................45
Scaling..............................................................................................46
Reflection .........................................................................................47
Rotation ............................................................................................47
Translation........................................................................................48
Homogeneous Coordinates........................................................................48
Translation in Homogeneous Coordinates .......................................49
Scaling in Homogeneous Coordinates .............................................49
Rotation in Homogeneous Coordinates ...........................................50
Combining Transformations ............................................................51
Matrix Class and Transformation in C# ....................................................52
Matrix Definition in C#....................................................................52
Matrix Operation in C# ....................................................................54
Basic Matrix Transformations in C#................................................56
Object Transformations in C#....................................................................62
Basic Transformations .....................................................................62
Combining Transformation in C# ....................................................69
Transformation of Multiple Objects in C#.......................................73
Text Transformation.........................................................................77
Transformations in Graphics Class ..................................................79
3 2D Line Charts ............................................................... 83
Your First Simple Line Chart ....................................................................83
Basic Elements of 2D Line Charts ...................................................84
Creating a Simple 2D Line Chart Using C#.....................................85
How It Works...................................................................................86
Changing Chart Position ..................................................................87
Creating Line Charts Using ArrayList.......................................................88
Chart Style........................................................................................88
Data Collection.................................................................................91
Data Series .......................................................................................93
Line Style .........................................................................................94
Form1 class ......................................................................................95
Testing Project .................................................................................97
Gridlines and Labels ..................................................................................98
Modifying Form1 Class ...................................................................98
Modifying Chart Style....................................................................100
Gridlines and Ticks ........................................................................107
Labels and Title..............................................................................108
Testing Project ...............................................................................108
Legends....................................................................................................109
Legend Class ..................................................................................109
Legend Layout ...............................................................................114
Modifying Form1 Class .................................................................115
Testing Project ...............................................................................115
Symbols ...................................................................................................116
Defining Symbols...........................................................................116
Symbol Style Class ........................................................................117
Modifying Form1 Class .................................................................121
Modifying Data Collection ............................................................122
Modifying Line Style .....................................................................124
Testing Project ...............................................................................125
Line Charts with Two Y Axes .................................................................125
Why Two Y Axes...........................................................................125
Modifying Chart Style....................................................................127
Modifying Form1 Class .................................................................129
Modifying Data Series ...................................................................132
Modifying Data Collection ............................................................132
Testing Project ...............................................................................134
Sub-Charts ...............................................................................................135
Layout of Sub-charts ......................................................................135
Sub-Chart Class..............................................................................135
Modifying Chart Style....................................................................138
Modifying Form1 Class .................................................................140
Testing Project ...............................................................................145
4 Specialized 2D Charts...................................................147
Creating Bar Charts .................................................................................147
Implementation ..............................................................................147
Bar Charts.......................................................................................159
Group Bar Charts ...........................................................................163
Overlay Bar Charts.........................................................................165
Stacked Bar Charts.........................................................................166
Bar Charts with Color Map ............................................................167
Creating Stair Step Charts........................................................................173
Testing Project ...............................................................................175
Creating Stem Charts...............................................................................178
Implementation ..............................................................................178
Testing Project ...............................................................................179
Creating Charts with Error Bars ..............................................................180
Implementation ..............................................................................180
Testing Project ...............................................................................183
Creating Pie Charts ..................................................................................184
Implementation ..............................................................................185
Testing Project ...............................................................................191
Creating Area Charts ...............................................................................194
Implementation ..............................................................................194
Testing Project ...............................................................................196
Creating Polar Charts...............................................................................198
Implementation ..............................................................................199
Testing Project ...............................................................................205
Creating Stock Charts ..............................................................................208
Implementation ..............................................................................208
Hi-Lo Chart ....................................................................................214
Hi-Lo-Open-Close Chart................................................................216
Candlestick Chart ...........................................................................216
5 3D Matrices and Transformations.............................. 219
Basics of Matrices and Transformations in 3D .......................................220
3D Point and Matrix Operation in C#............................................220
Scaling............................................................................................223
Reflection .......................................................................................225
Translation......................................................................................226
Rotation ..........................................................................................227
Projections ...............................................................................................229
Parallel Projections.........................................................................230
Perspective Projections ..................................................................252
Special Coordinate Systems in 3D...........................................................260
Cylindrical Coordinates .................................................................260
Spherical Coordinates ....................................................................264
Euler Angles...................................................................................268
Azimuth and Elevation View .........................................................270
6 3D Charts.......................................................................279
3D Chart Basics .......................................................................................280
Point3 and Matrix3 Classes............................................................280
Chart Style in 3D............................................................................282
Coordinate Axes.............................................................................286
Gridlines.........................................................................................291
Labels .............................................................................................294
Testing Project ...............................................................................300
3D Line Charts.........................................................................................303
Implementation ..............................................................................303
Testing Project ...............................................................................305
3D Chart Package ....................................................................................308
Chart Style......................................................................................308
Point4 Class....................................................................................313
Data Series .....................................................................................314
Chart Functions ..............................................................................317
DrawChart Class ............................................................................321
Surface Charts..........................................................................................327
Mesh Charts ...................................................................................329
Curtain Charts ................................................................................334
Water Fall Charts ...........................................................................337
Surface Charts ................................................................................339
Color Charts on X-Y Plane ............................................................345
Contour Charts.........................................................................................348
Algorithm .......................................................................................348
Implementation ..............................................................................349
Testing Contour Charts ..................................................................353
Filled Contour Charts.....................................................................356
Combination Charts .................................................................................356
X-Y Charts in 3D ...........................................................................357
Contour Charts in 3D .....................................................................358
Mesh-Contour Charts .....................................................................362
Surface-Contour Charts..................................................................363
Surface-Filled-Contour Charts .......................................................363
3D Bar Charts ..........................................................................................364
Implementation ..............................................................................365
Testing 3D Bar Charts....................................................................371
Slice Charts..............................................................................................373
Implementation ..............................................................................373
Testing Slice Charts .......................................................................376
7 Charts and User Controls............................................ 379
User Control Basics .................................................................................380
Design Time Support .....................................................................380
Event Handling...............................................................................382
User Control for 2D Charts......................................................................383
Creating User Control ....................................................................383
Using TypeConverter .....................................................................383
ChartStyle Class .............................................................................387
Legend Class ..................................................................................404
Chart2D Class ................................................................................407
Testing User Control ......................................................................411
User Control for 3D Charts......................................................................421
Creating User Control ....................................................................421
ChartStyle Class .............................................................................421
Chart3D Class ................................................................................444
Testing User Control................................................................................447
3D Line Charts ...............................................................................447
Surface Charts ................................................................................449
Contour Charts ...............................................................................452
Combination Charts .......................................................................452
3D Bar Charts.................................................................................453
Slice Charts ....................................................................................454
8 DataGridView and Chart User Controls ................... 457
DataGridView Basics ..............................................................................458
Unbound Mode...............................................................................459
Data Binding ..................................................................................462
DataGridView and Chart2D Control .......................................................472
Creating DataGridView Application..............................................472
Runtime Support ............................................................................476
DataGridView and Chart3D Control .......................................................485
Creating Text Data File..................................................................486
Creating DataGridView Application..............................................493
Runtime Support ............................................................................498
9 Excel Charts in C# Applications ................................. 511
Excel and C# Interoperability ..................................................................512
Simple Excel Charts in C# Applications .................................................514
Excel Chart Object Model..............................................................514
Creating Stand-Alone Excel Charts ...............................................516
Creating Embedded Excel Charts ..................................................519
More Excel Charts ...................................................................................520
Column and Bar Charts..................................................................521
Pie Charts .......................................................................................524
Area Charts.....................................................................................527
Doughnut Charts ............................................................................529
Radar Charts...................................................................................529
Stock Charts ...................................................................................531
Surface Charts ................................................................................534
Color Map ......................................................................................538
Integrating Excel Charts into Windows Forms........................................542
Stand-Alone Excel Charts on Windows Forms .............................542
Embedding Excel Charts on Windows Forms ...............................544
Index ..................................................................................547

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