Truncation Class

Defines properties used to shorten long labels.

For a list of all members of this type, see Truncation members.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
dotnetCHARTING.Truncation

Syntax

[Visual Basic]
Public Class Truncation

[C#]
public class Truncation

Example

[Visual Basic]

<%@ Page Language="VB"  debug="true" Description="dotnetCHARTING Component" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dotnet"  Namespace="dotnetCHARTING" Assembly="dotnetCHARTING"%>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Drawing" %>

<HTML>

    <HEAD>

        <TITLE>Label Truncation</TITLE>

        <script runat="server">









Sub Page_Load(sender As [Object], e As EventArgs)



   Chart.Width = Unit.Parse(600)

   Chart.Height = Unit.Parse(400)

   Chart.TempDirectory = "temp"

   Chart.Debug = True

   Chart.LegendBox.Position = LegendBoxPosition.None





   ' This sample will demonstrate how strings can be truncated.

   ' First we get our data, if you would like to get the data from a database you need to use

   ' the data engine. See sample: features/dataEngine.aspx. Or the dataEngine tutorial in the help file.

   Dim mySC As SeriesCollection = getRandomData()



   ' Setup the chart

   Chart.DefaultSeries.Type = SeriesType.Marker

   Chart.YAxis.Maximum = 40

   Chart.DefaultSeries.DefaultElement.ShowValue = True



   ' Specify a default string to trim.

   Chart.DefaultSeries.DefaultElement.SmartLabel.Text = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"



   ' Set the default trimming length to 10 characters.

   Chart.DefaultSeries.DefaultElement.SmartLabel.Truncation.Length = 10



   ' Specify a trimming mode and name for each element.

   mySC(0).Elements(0).Name = "TruncationMode.End"

   mySC(0).Elements(0).SmartLabel.Truncation.Mode = TruncationMode.End



   mySC(0).Elements(1).Name = "TruncationMode.Middle"

   mySC(0).Elements(1).SmartLabel.Truncation.Mode = TruncationMode.Middle



   mySC(0).Elements(2).Name = "TruncationMode.StartEnd"

   mySC(0).Elements(2).SmartLabel.Truncation.Mode = TruncationMode.StartEnd



   mySC(0).Elements(3).Name = "TruncationMode.Start"

   mySC(0).Elements(3).SmartLabel.Truncation.Mode = TruncationMode.Start







   ' Add the random data.

   Chart.SeriesCollection.Add(mySC)

End Sub 'Page_Load







Function getRandomData() As SeriesCollection

   Dim SC As New SeriesCollection()

   Dim myR As New Random()

   Dim a As Integer

   For a = 1 To 1

      Dim s As New Series()

      s.Name = "Series " + a.ToString()

      Dim b As Integer

      For b = 0 To 3

         Dim e As New Element()

         e.Name = "Element " + b.ToString()

         e.YValue = 20

         s.Elements.Add(e)

      Next b

      SC.Add(s)

   Next a



   ' Set Different Colors for our Series

   SC(0).DefaultElement.Color = Color.FromArgb(49, 255, 49)





   Return SC

End Function 'getRandomData

        </script>

    </HEAD>

    <BODY>

        <DIV align="center">

            <dotnet:Chart id="Chart" runat="server" Width="568px" Height="344px">

            </dotnet:Chart>

        </DIV>

    </BODY>

</HTML>

[C#]

<%@ Page Language="C#"  debug="true" Description="dotnetCHARTING Component" %> 
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dotnet"  Namespace="dotnetCHARTING" Assembly="dotnetCHARTING"%> 
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Drawing" %> 
<HTML> 
    <HEAD> 
        <TITLE>Label Truncation</TITLE> 
        <script runat="server"> 
 
 
 
 
void Page_Load(Object sender,EventArgs e) 
{ 
     
    Chart.Width = 500; 
    Chart.Height = 400; 
    Chart.TempDirectory = "temp"; 
    Chart.Debug = true; 
    Chart.LegendBox.Position = LegendBoxPosition.None; 
     
     
    // This sample will demonstrate how strings can be truncated. 
     
    // First we get our data, if you would like to get the data from a database you need to use 
    // the data engine. See sample: features/dataEngine.aspx. Or the dataEngine tutorial in the help file. 
    SeriesCollection mySC = getRandomData(); 
     
    // Setup the chart 
    Chart.DefaultSeries.Type = SeriesType.Marker; 
    Chart.YAxis.Maximum = 40; 
    Chart.DefaultSeries.DefaultElement.ShowValue = true; 
     
    // Specify a default string to trim. 
    Chart.DefaultSeries.DefaultElement.SmartLabel.Text = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; 
 
    // Set the default trimming length to 10 characters. 
    Chart.DefaultSeries.DefaultElement.SmartLabel.Truncation.Length = 10; 
     
    // Specify a trimming mode and name for each element. 
    mySC[0].Elements[0].Name = "TruncationMode.End"; 
    mySC[0].Elements[0].SmartLabel.Truncation.Mode = TruncationMode.End; 
     
    mySC[0].Elements[1].Name = "TruncationMode.Middle"; 
    mySC[0].Elements[1].SmartLabel.Truncation.Mode = TruncationMode.Middle; 
     
    mySC[0].Elements[2].Name = "TruncationMode.StartEnd"; 
    mySC[0].Elements[2].SmartLabel.Truncation.Mode = TruncationMode.StartEnd; 
     
    mySC[0].Elements[3].Name = "TruncationMode.Start"; 
    mySC[0].Elements[3].SmartLabel.Truncation.Mode = TruncationMode.Start; 
     
     
 
    // Add the random data. 
    Chart.SeriesCollection.Add(mySC); 
     
     
} 
 
SeriesCollection getRandomData() 
{ 
    SeriesCollection SC = new SeriesCollection(); 
    Random myR = new Random(); 
    for(int a = 1; a < 2; a++) 
    { 
        Series s = new Series(); 
        s.Name = "Series " + a; 
        for(int b = 0; b < 4; b++) 
        { 
            Element e = new Element(); 
            e.Name = "Element " + b; 
            e.YValue = 20; 
            s.Elements.Add(e); 
        } 
        SC.Add(s); 
    } 
 
    // Set Different Colors for our Series 
    SC[0].DefaultElement.Color = Color.FromArgb(49,255,49); 
 
 
    return SC; 
} 
        </script> 
    </HEAD> 
    <BODY> 
        <DIV align="center"> 
            <dotnet:Chart id="Chart" runat="server" Width="568px" Height="344px"> 
            </dotnet:Chart> 
        </DIV> 
    </BODY> 
</HTML>

See Also

Language

Truncation Class

Inheritance Hierarchy

Syntax

Example

See Also