</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">3D Chart for WinForms</div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">Modifying the Legend</div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel">Collapse All</label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;">Expand All</label> </span> </div> <div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="chart3dforwinformsta.html">Chart 3D for WinForms Task-Based Help</a> > Modifying the Legend</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <div id="HSShowAll" align="right"> <a onclick="showAllDropDownSections();" href="#"><img border="0" alt="Show All" src="images/hs-toggler-collapsed.png">Show All</a> </div> <div id="HSHideAll" align="right"> <a onclick="hideAllDropDownSections();" href="#"><img border="0" alt="Hide All" src="images/hs-toggler-expanded.png">Hide All</a> </div> <p>Whenever data exists in the chart, a <b>Legend</b> is automatically generated. The chart assigns the name specified in the ChartDataSeries object for the series as the series identifier. <b>LineStyle</b> and <b>SymbolStyle</b> determine the symbols that accompany the series name in the <b>Legend</b>. The positioning, border, colors and font used for the <b>Legend</b> can be customized.</p> <h2>To programmatically modify the Legend properties:</h2> <p>Sample property settings are listed below:</p> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in Visual Basic</p> <div style="DISPLAY: none" class="hs-toggler-container"> <div class="FilteredContentVB.Net" data-title="VB.Net" data-itemid="VB.Net"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Visual Basic</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> C1Chart3D1.Legend.Compass = CompassEnum.East C1Chart3D1.Legend.Style.Border.BorderStyle = BorderStyleEnum.Solid C1Chart3D1.Legend.Style.Border.Thickness = 3 C1Chart3D1.Legend.Style.Border.Color = Color.Black C1Chart3D1.Legend.Style.BackColor = Color.Gray C1Chart3D1.Legend.Text = "Legend Text" </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in C#</p> <div style="DISPLAY: none" class="hs-toggler-container"> <div class="FilteredContentCS" data-title="CS" data-itemid="CS"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>C#</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> c1Chart3D1.Legend.Compass = CompassEnum.East; c1Chart3D1.Legend.Style.Border.BorderStyle = BorderStyleEnum.Solid; c1Chart3D1.Legend.Style.Border.Thickness = 3; c1Chart3D1.Legend.Style.Border.Color = Color.Black; c1Chart3D1.Legend.Style.BackColor = Color.Gray; c1Chart3D1.Legend.Text = "Legend Text"; </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div style="WIDTH: 100%"> <table class="hs-box"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="hs-box-icon" valign="top"><img src="images/hs-note.gif"></td> <td class="hs-box-content" valign="top"><b>Note:</b> In VB.NET, it is still possible to use the With and End With statement which may make it easier to show repeated use of the same object.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p>The code above would look as follows using this method:</p> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in Visual Basic</p> <div style="DISPLAY: none" class="hs-toggler-container"> <div class="FilteredContentVB.Net" data-title="VB.Net" data-itemid="VB.Net"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Visual Basic</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> With C1Chart3D1.Legend .Compass = CompassEnum.East With .Style With.Border .BorderStyle = BorderStyleEnum.Solid .Thickness = 3 .Color = Color.Black End With .BackColor = Color.Gray End With .Text = "Legend Text" End With </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in C#</p> <div style="DISPLAY: none" class="hs-toggler-container"> <div class="FilteredContentCS" data-title="CS" data-itemid="CS"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>C#</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> C1.Win.C1Chart3D.Legend legend = C1Chart3D1.Legend; C1.Win.C1Chart3D.Style style = legend.Style; C1.Win.C1Chart3D.Border border = style.Border; legend.Compass = CompassEnum.East; border.BorderStyle = BorderStyleEnum.Solid; border.Thickness = 3; border.Color = Color.Black; style.BackColor = Color.Grey; legend.Text = "Legend Text"; </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <h2>To modify the Legend properties through the Properties window:</h2> <ol> <li>In the Properties window, expand the <b>Legend</b> node.<br> <img alt="" src="ImagesExt/image10_17.png" width="345" height="461"></li> <li>Modify the properties as desired. 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