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Charting Basics

The documents in this section explain the basic terms used in charting, and provide you with general information about data points, series, diagrams, and their main elements: axes and panes. The information in this section is common to both the ChartControl and the XRChart control (the XtraReports suite). It is recommended that you review the Charting Basics topics before exploring the other sections of the WinForms Chart Control help.

This section consists of the following topics.