ChartEx.Title Property

Gets or sets the chart title.

Namespace: DevExpress.Docs.Presentation

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.Presentation.v26.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public ChartTitleEx Title { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Title As ChartTitleEx

Property Value

Type	Description
ChartTitleEx	The chart title.

Remarks

The following code snippet creates a Waterfall chart with a title:

C#

using DevExpress.Docs.Office;
using DevExpress.Docs.Presentation;
using System.Drawing;

namespace PresentationApiSample;

public class Program {
    public static async Task Main(string[] _) {

        // Create a presentation.
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

        // Reset the slide collection.
        presentation.Slides.Clear();

        // Add a blank slide.
        Slide slide = new Slide(SlideLayoutType.Blank);
        presentation.Slides.Add(slide);

        // Insert a chart on the slide.
        ChartEx chart = new ChartEx();
        slide.Shapes.Add(chart);

        // Set chart size to match the slide.
        chart.Width = presentation.SlideSize.Width;
        chart.Height = presentation.SlideSize.Height;

        // Create a waterfall series and specify data.
        WaterfallSeries series = new WaterfallSeries();
        series.Text = "Cash Flow";
        series.Arguments = new ChartStringData(new[] { "Start", "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "End" });
        series.Values = new ChartNumericData(new[] { 0.0, 12.0, -5.0, 8.0, 15.0 });

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

        // Set chart title formatting.
        chart.Title = new ChartTitleEx(new TextArea {
            Text = "Waterfall chart",
            Level1ParagraphProperties = new TextParagraphProperties {
                TextProperties = new TextProperties { FontSize = 30, Fill = new SolidFill(Color.DarkBlue) }
            }
        });
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Docs.Office
Imports DevExpress.Docs.Presentation
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Namespace PresentationApiSample

    Public Class Program
        Public Shared Async Function Main(ByVal _ As String()) As Task

            ' Create a presentation.
            Dim presentation As New Presentation()

            ' Reset the slide collection.
            presentation.Slides.Clear()

            ' Add a blank slide.
            Dim slide As New Slide(SlideLayoutType.Blank)
            presentation.Slides.Add(slide)

            ' Insert a chart on the slide.
            Dim chart As New ChartEx()
            slide.Shapes.Add(chart)

            ' Set chart size to match the slide.
            chart.Width = presentation.SlideSize.Width
            chart.Height = presentation.SlideSize.Height

            ' Create a waterfall series and specify data.
            Dim series As New WaterfallSeries()
            series.Text = "Cash Flow"
            series.Arguments = New ChartStringData(New String() { "Start", "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "End" })
            series.Values = New ChartNumericData(New Double() { 0.0, 12.0, -5.0, 8.0, 15.0 })

            ' Add the series to the chart.
            chart.Series.Add(series)

            ' Set chart title formatting.
            chart.Title = New ChartTitleEx(New TextArea With {
                .Text = "Waterfall chart",
                .Level1ParagraphProperties = New TextParagraphProperties With {
                    .TextProperties = New TextProperties With {
                        .FontSize = 30,
                        .Fill = New SolidFill(Color.DarkBlue)
                    }
                }
            })
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace