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SeriesPointRelationCollection.Add(SeriesPoint) Method

Creates a TaskLink object with the specified child point and adds it to the current collection.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.2.dll

Declaration

public int Add(
    SeriesPoint childPoint
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
childPoint SeriesPoint

A SeriesPoint object specifying the child point for the relation being created.

Returns

Type Description
Int32

An integer value indicating the position at which a new element was inserted.

Remarks

Note that the parent point of the relation being created is the owner of the current SeriesPointRelationCollection (this collection is returned via the SeriesPoint.Relations property of the parent point).

Example

The following example demonstrates how to create a ChartControl with two series of the OverlappedGanttSeriesView type, and add this chart to a form at runtime. Before proceeding with this example, first create a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio, and include all necessary assemblies to the References list of your project.

Then, add the following code to the Form.Load event handler.

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
// ...

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    // Create a new chart.
    ChartControl overlappedGanttChart = new ChartControl();

    // Create two Gantt series.
    Series series1 = new Series("Planned", ViewType.Gantt);
    Series series2 = new Series("Completed", ViewType.Gantt);

    // Set the date-time values scale type for both series,
    // as it is qualitative, by default.
    series1.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.DateTime;
    series2.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.DateTime;

    // Add points to them.
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Market analysis", new DateTime[] { 
    new DateTime(2006, 8, 16), new DateTime(2006, 8, 23) }));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Feature planning", new DateTime[] { 
    new DateTime(2006, 8, 23), new DateTime(2006, 8, 26) }));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Implementation", new DateTime[] { 
    new DateTime(2006, 8, 26), new DateTime(2006, 9, 26) }));
    series1.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Testing & bug fixing", new DateTime[] { 
    new DateTime(2006, 9, 26), new DateTime(2006, 10, 10) }));

    series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Market analysis", new DateTime[] { 
    new DateTime(2006, 8, 16), new DateTime(2006, 8, 23) }));
    series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Feature planning", new DateTime[] { 
    new DateTime(2006, 8, 23), new DateTime(2006, 8, 26) }));
    series2.Points.Add(new SeriesPoint("Implementation", new DateTime[] { 
    new DateTime(2006, 8, 26), new DateTime(2006, 9, 10) }));

    // Add both series to the chart.
    overlappedGanttChart.Series.AddRange(new Series[] { series1, series2 });

    // Access the view-type-specific options of the series.
    ((GanttSeriesView)series1.View).BarWidth = 0.6;
    ((GanttSeriesView)series2.View).BarWidth = 0.3;

    // Access the type-specific options of the diagram.
    GanttDiagram myDiagram = (GanttDiagram)overlappedGanttChart.Diagram;

    myDiagram.AxisY.Interlaced = true;
    myDiagram.AxisY.GridSpacing = 10;
    myDiagram.AxisY.Label.Angle = -30;
    myDiagram.AxisY.DateTimeOptions.Format = DateTimeFormat.MonthAndDay;

    // Add task links for the first Gantt series.
    ((GanttSeriesView)series1.View).LinkOptions.ArrowHeight = 7;
    ((GanttSeriesView)series1.View).LinkOptions.ArrowWidth = 11;
    for (int i = 1; i < series1.Points.Count; i++) {
        series1.Points[i].Relations.Add(series1.Points[i - 1]);
    }

    // Add a progress line.
    ConstantLine progress =
    new ConstantLine("Current progress", new DateTime(2006, 9, 10));
    progress.ShowInLegend = false;
    progress.Title.Alignment = ConstantLineTitleAlignment.Far;
    myDiagram.AxisY.ConstantLines.Add(progress);

    // Adjust the legend.
    overlappedGanttChart.Legend.AlignmentHorizontal = 
        LegendAlignmentHorizontal.Right;

    // Add a title to the chart (if necessary).
    overlappedGanttChart.Titles.Add(new ChartTitle());
    overlappedGanttChart.Titles[0].Text = "R&amp;D Schedule";

    // Add the chart to the form.
    overlappedGanttChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
    this.Controls.Add(overlappedGanttChart);
 }
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