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How to: Add a Chart to a Web Page (Runtime Sample)

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This tutorial demonstrates how a chart can be generated and shown in a web page with a button click. For an alternative approach to this task, refer to How to: Add a Chart to an ASPxCallbackPanel during its Callback (Runtime Sample).

To demonstrate how this can be done, do the following.

  1. Create a new ASP.NET Web Application or open an existing one.
  2. Switch to the Design view of the Default.aspx page, and drag an ASPxButton from the DX.24.1: Common Controls toolbox tab onto the page. Handle its Click event to generate a web chart.

    HowTo_GenerateWebChart_0

  3. Add the required assemblies to the project.

    Note that if you prefer to add assemblies automatically (when you drop a WebChartControl instance onto the page), this affects your web application’s Web.config file. Refer to the following help topic for details on the changes made to this file: Adding a Web Chart.

  4. Double-click ASPxButton1 to handle its Click event. Add the following code to the event handler.

    Note that prior to accessing elements and properties of a dynamically created WebChartControl, it should be added to the Page.Form.Controls collection.

    using System;
    using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
    using DevExpress.XtraCharts.Web;
    // ...
    
    protected void ASPxButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        // Create a WebChartControl instance.
        WebChartControl WebChartControl1 = new WebChartControl();
    
        // Add the chart to the form.
        // Note that a chart isn't initialized until it's added to the form's collection of controls.
        this.form1.Controls.Add(WebChartControl1);
    
        // Create a line series and add points to it.
        Series series1 = new Series("My Series", ViewType.Line);
        series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("A", new double[] { 2 }));
        series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("B", new double[] { 7 }));
        series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("C", new double[] { 5 }));
        series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("D", new double[] { 9 }));
    
        // Add the series to the chart.
        WebChartControl1.Series.Add(series1);
    }
    

Run the web application, and click ASPxButton1 to see the chart.

HowTo_GenerateWebChart_2

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