Just add empty Form in the application, and apply the following code in it. CreateChart method creates the chart instance, and also creates the series. Chart line style is defined, and also points style. Both line and points are shown in this method.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Arction.WinForms.Charting;
using Arction.WinForms.Charting.Axes;
using Arction.WinForms.Charting.Views;
using Arction.WinForms.Charting.Views.ViewXY;
using Arction.WinForms.Charting.SeriesXY;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
LightningChartUltimate _chart;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent(); //This row is created already by Visual Studio.
CreateChart();
}
void CreateChart()
{
_chart = new LightningChartUltimate();
_chart.Parent = this;
_chart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
//BeginUpdate...EndUpdate is recommended to be used around chart property settings,
//so that the chart doesn't refresh every time when setting is changed. We only
//need to update it once.
_chart.BeginUpdate();
//Set axis labels to numbers
_chart.ViewXY.XAxes[0].ValueType = AxisValueType.Number;
//Create point line series
PointLineSeries pls = new PointLineSeries(_chart.ViewXY, _chart.ViewXY.XAxes[0], _chart.ViewXY.YAxes[0]);
//Set line style
pls.LineStyle.Width = 1.5f;
pls.LineStyle.Color = Color.Yellow;
pls.LineVisible = true;
//Set point style
pls.PointStyle.Shape = Shape.Circle;
pls.PointStyle.GradientFill = GradientFillPoint.Solid;
pls.PointStyle.Color1 = Color.OrangeRed;
pls.PointStyle.BorderColor = Color.Orange;
pls.PointStyle.BorderWidth = 1.5f;
pls.PointsVisible = true;
pls.Points = GeneratePoints();
_chart.ViewXY.PointLineSeries.Add(pls);
//Zoom to fit
_chart.ViewXY.ZoomToFit();
_chart.EndUpdate();
}
SeriesPoint[] GeneratePoints()
{
int count = 100;
SeriesPoint[] points = new SeriesPoint[count];
Random rand = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
points[i].X = i;
points[i].Y = rand.NextDouble() * 10.0;
}
return points;
}
}
}