Binding to XML Directly at Run-Time
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To bind to the data in code at runtime to the XML file directly, use the Server.MapPath property to locate the XML on disk. The example code below has code that assigns the data and data labels columns as well as massaging the general appearance of the chart.The two critical lines of code that you must have to minimally bind to the XML file are the assignment of the DataSource and the call to DataBind().
// assign the data source
RadChart1.DataSource = Server.MapPath("-/Products.xml");
RadChart1.Series[0].DataYColumn = "QuantityInStock";
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.DataLabelsColumn = "Name";
// assign appearance related properties
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.LabelAppearance.RotationAngle = 300;
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Font =
new System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 6, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Color =
System.Drawing.Color.BlueViolet;
RadChart1.PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Bottom =
Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit.Percentage(20);
// bind to the chart
RadChart1.DataBind();
' assign the data source
RadChart1.DataSource = Server.MapPath("-/Products.xml")
RadChart1.Series(0).DataYColumn = "QuantityInStock"
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.DataLabelsColumn = "Name"
' assign appearance related properties
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.LabelAppearance.RotationAngle = 300
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 6, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold)
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Color = System.Drawing.Color.BlueViolet
RadChart1.PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Bottom = Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit.Percentage(20)
' bind to the chart
RadChart1.DataBind()
// assign the data source
RadChart1.DataSource = Server.MapPath("-/Products.xml");
RadChart1.Series[0].DataYColumn = "QuantityInStock";
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.DataLabelsColumn = "Name";
// assign appearance related properties
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.LabelAppearance.RotationAngle = 300;
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Font =
new System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 6, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Color =
System.Drawing.Color.BlueViolet;
RadChart1.PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Bottom =
Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit.Percentage(20);
// bind to the chart
RadChart1.DataBind();
' assign the data source
RadChart1.DataSource = Server.MapPath("-/Products.xml")
RadChart1.Series(0).DataYColumn = "QuantityInStock"
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.DataLabelsColumn = "Name"
' assign appearance related properties
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.LabelAppearance.RotationAngle = 300
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 6, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold)
RadChart1.PlotArea.XAxis.Appearance.TextAppearance.TextProperties.Color = System.Drawing.Color.BlueViolet
RadChart1.PlotArea.Appearance.Dimensions.Margins.Bottom = Telerik.Charting.Styles.Unit.Percentage(20)
' bind to the chart
RadChart1.DataBind()
The running application looks something like the figure shown below.
