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SortingKey Enum

OBSOLETE

This enumeration is now obsolete. Use the SeriesPointKey enumeration instead.

Lists the values used to specify the manner in which sorting is performed within a series.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

[Obsolete("This enumeration is now obsolete. Use the SeriesPointKey enumeration instead.")]
public enum SortingKey

Members

Name Description
Argument

Specifies that sorting is performed by the argument values of a series’ data points.

Value_1

Specifies that sorting is performed by the first data value within the SeriesPoint.Values array of a series’s data points. For financial data this indicates the Low value.

Value_2

Specifies that sorting is performed by the second data value within the SeriesPoint.Values array of a series’s data points. For financial data this indicates the High value.

Value_3

Specifies that sorting is performed by the third data value within the SeriesPoint.Values array of a series’s data points. For financial data this indicates the Open value.

Value_4

Specifies that sorting is performed by the fourth data value within the SeriesPoint.Values array of a series’s data points. For financial data this indicates the Close value.

Remarks

The values listed by this enumeration can be used to set the SeriesBase.PointsSortingKey property.

Example

The following example shows how to create a Pie chart at runtime.

View Example

Pie Chart

The Chart Control uses the Simple Diagram to display pies. Cast the ChartControl.Diagram property to the SimpleDiagram type to access diagram settings. The Chart Control determines the diagram type based on the series that is added first. We recommend that you access the diagram to configure its settings after at least one series is added to the chart.

To access pie series view settings, cast the SeriesBase.View property to the PieSeriesView type.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;

namespace Series_PieChart {
    public partial class Form1 : DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Create an empty chart.
            ChartControl pieChart = new ChartControl();

            pieChart.Titles.Add(new ChartTitle() { Text = "Land Area by Country" });

            // Create a pie series.
            Series series1 = new Series("Land Area by Country", ViewType.Pie);

            // Bind the series to data.
            series1.DataSource = DataPoint.GetDataPoints();
            series1.ArgumentDataMember = "Argument";
            series1.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "Value" });

            // Add the series to the chart.
            pieChart.Series.Add(series1);

            // Access diagram settings.
            SimpleDiagram diagram = (SimpleDiagram)pieChart.Diagram;
            diagram.Margins.All = 10;

            // Format the the series labels.
            series1.Label.TextPattern = "{VP:p0} ({V:.##}M km²)";

            // Format the series legend items.
            series1.LegendTextPattern = "{A}";

            // Adjust the position of series labels. 
            ((PieSeriesLabel)series1.Label).Position = PieSeriesLabelPosition.TwoColumns;

            // Detect overlapping of series labels.
            ((PieSeriesLabel)series1.Label).ResolveOverlappingMode = ResolveOverlappingMode.Default;

            // Access the view-type-specific options of the series.
            PieSeriesView myView = (PieSeriesView)series1.View;

            // Specify the pie rotation.
            myView.Rotation = -60;

            // Specify a data filter to explode points.
            myView.ExplodedPointsFilters.Add(new SeriesPointFilter(SeriesPointKey.Value_1,
                DataFilterCondition.GreaterThanOrEqual, 9));
            myView.ExplodedPointsFilters.Add(new SeriesPointFilter(SeriesPointKey.Argument,
                DataFilterCondition.NotEqual, "Others"));
            myView.ExplodeMode = PieExplodeMode.UseFilters;
            myView.ExplodedDistancePercentage = 30;
            myView.RuntimeExploding = true;

            // Customize the legend.
            pieChart.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;

            // Add the chart to the form.
            pieChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            this.Controls.Add(pieChart);
        }
    }
    public class DataPoint {
        public string Argument { get; set; }
        public double Value { get; set; }

        public static List<DataPoint> GetDataPoints() {
            return new List<DataPoint> {
                    new DataPoint { Argument = "Russia",    Value = 17.0752},
                    new DataPoint { Argument = "Canada",    Value = 9.98467},
                    new DataPoint { Argument = "USA",       Value = 9.63142},
                    new DataPoint { Argument = "China",     Value = 9.59696},
                    new DataPoint { Argument = "Brazil",    Value = 8.511965},
                    new DataPoint { Argument = "Australia", Value = 7.68685},
                    new DataPoint { Argument = "India",     Value = 3.28759},
                    new DataPoint { Argument = "Others",    Value = 81.2}
                };
        }
    }
}
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