Area plots are similar to line plots, but with the area between the line and a refer­ence line filled in.  An area plot is created if the DATA_TYPE_FILL bit is on in the value of the DataType attribute.  The default reference line is y = 0. The location of the reference line can be changed from 0 by setting the Reference property. The Fill Area Attributes determine how the area is filled.

Simple Area Plot

This example draws a simple area plot. The default value of the FillType attribute is FILL_TYPE_SOLID. The example sets the FillColor attribute to Color.Blue. So the area between the line y = 0 is solid blue

 

 

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using Imsl.Chart2D;

using System.Drawing;

 

public class SampleArea : FrameChart {

 

    public SampleArea() {

        Chart chart = this.Chart;

        AxisXY axis = new AxisXY(chart);

 

        double[] y = new double[] {4, -6, 2, 1, -8};

        Data data1 = new Data(axis, y);

        data1.DataType = Data.DATA_TYPE_FILL;

        data1.FillColor = Color.Blue;

    }

 

    public static void Main(string[] argv) {

        System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new SampleArea());

    }

}

 

Painted Area Example

This example shows an area chart filled in with a painted texture. The texture is cre­ated by a static method FillPaint.Crosshatch.

A second data set is plotted as a set of markers.

The Legend node is painted in this example and has entries for both the filled area data set and the marker data set.

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using Imsl.Chart2D;

using System.Drawing;

 

public class SampleAreaPaint : FrameChart {

 

    public SampleAreaPaint() {

        Chart chart = this.Chart;

        AxisXY axis = new AxisXY(chart);

        chart.Legend.IsVisible = true;

 

        double[] y = new double[] {4, -6, 2, 1, -8};

        Data data1 = new Data(axis, y);

        data1.SetTitle("Area");

        data1.DataType = Data.DATA_TYPE_FILL;

        data1.FillType = Data.FILL_TYPE_PAINT;

        data1.SetFillPaint(FillPaint.Crosshatch(

                     10, 5, Color.Red, Color.Yellow));

 

        double[] y2 = {5, -3, 6, -7, 2};

        Data data2 = new Data(axis, y2);

        data2.SetTitle("Marker");

        data2.DataType = Data.DATA_TYPE_MARKER;

        data2.MarkerColor = Color.Blue;

        data2.MarkerType = Data.MARKER_TYPE_FILLED_CIRCLE;

    }

 

    public static void Main(string[] argv) {

        System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new SampleAreaPaint());

    }

}

 

Attribute Reference

The attribute Reference defines the reference line. If its value is a, then the reference line is y = a. Its default value is 0.

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