Namespace: GlobFX.SwiffChartGenerator
Assembly: GlobFX.SwiffChartGenerator (in GlobFX.SwiffChartGenerator.dll)

Specifies the output format of the generated chart.

Visual Basic
Public Property OutputFormat As OutputFormat
C#
public OutputFormat OutputFormat { get; set; }

Property Value

An OutputFormat enum value that specifies the format of the generated chart.

Remarks

The methods GetOutputLocation, ExportAsFile, ExportAsBinary, GetHTMLTag and GetOutputLocation generate the final chart as an image or a Flash movie. The output format of the generated chart is specified by the OutputFormat property.

If not specified, the default output format is OutputFormat.Swf (i.e. Adobe Flash movie)

The output format is defined by the OutputFormat enumeration defined as follows:

Enum Value Definition
OutputFormat.Svg SVG Image (Scalable Vector Graphics)
OutputFormat.Jpeg JPEG Image
OutputFormat.Png PNG Image (Portable Network Graphics)
OutputFormat.Flash Flash Movie (Adobe Flash)
OutputFormat.Pdf PDF Document (Adobe Acrobat)

Sample Code

The following code illustrates use of the OutputFormat property.

Visual Basic
' Create the chart series
Dim categories(2) As String
Dim values(2) As Integer

categories(0) = "Jan"
categories(1) = "Feb"
categories(2) = "Mar"

values(0) = 10
values(1) = 20
values(2) = 30

chart.SetCategoriesFromArray( categories )

chart.SetSeriesValuesFromArray( 0, values )

' Set the chart title
chart.Title= "My Chart"

' Set the graphics settings from a style file
chart.LoadStyle( "C:\\myStyle.scs" )

' The chart is complete, we can now generate the chart as a JPEG image
chart.OutputFormat= OutputFormat.Jpeg
C#
// Create the chart series
string[] categories= new string[3];
int[] values= new int[3];

categories[0] = "Jan";
categories[1] = "Feb";
categories[2] = "Mar";

values[0] = 10;
values[1] = 20;
values[2] = 30;

chart.SetCategoriesFromArray( categories );

chart.SetSeriesValuesFromArray( 0, values );

// Set the chart title
chart.Title= "My Chart";

// Set the graphics settings from a style file
chart.LoadStyle( "C:\\myStyle.scs" );

// The chart is complete, we can now generate the chart as a JPEG image
chart.OutputFormat= OutputFormat.Jpeg;

See Also

ExportAsFile Method | ExportAsBinary Method | GetHTMLTag | GetOutputLocation Method

Applies To: Chart Object