Border Effects

You can control the light angle, saturation, and transparency of the light source of the data series using the BorderEffects class. The BorderEffects class includes the follow properties:

BorderStyle Property

You can achieve a brightening or darkening effect on the data series using the BorderEffect.BorderStyle property. The BorderEffect.BorderStyle property provides three options: light, dark, and combo. The Light value will make the current data series color appear lighter in color. The Dark value produces a dark color effect for the current data series color. The Combo value produces a combination of the light and dark values for the current data series color.

The following table illustrates the effects of each value for the BorderEffect.BorderStyle property:

LightAngle Property

You can change the angle of the visual rendering within the data series by setting its LightAngle property to a different degree. The value of the LightAngle property ranges from -180 to 180 degrees.

The following table illustrates the data series with a LightAngle value of 53 degrees and the data seires with a no LightAngle applied to it:

Thickness Property

As you increase the Thickness, the light source within each series gradually decreases. When the Thickness property is set to a value higher than 25 the gradient light effects are not as noticeable.

The following table illustrates the effects of the various values for the BorderEffect.Thickness property: