After you have added a chart control to your ActiveReport, you can save the chart to an XML file as well as load an existing XML-based chart into your project. A chart can be saved to or loaded from an XML file at design time using the "Load" and "Save As" verbs below the Properties window.
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If you do not see the verbs in Visual Studio 2005, right-click the Properties Window and select Commands. |
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When an XML-based chart layout is loaded into a project it will supersede the chart layout in the currently active report. Thus, in order to avoid replacing any important layouts in the current project, a new blank ActiveReport must be created before loading the file. After you have created the new ActiveReport, load the XML file into it. |
The following code demonstrates how you can do this programmatically.
'VB
Private Sub ReportHeader_Format(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles ReportHeader.Format
Me.ChartControl2.Save(Application.StartupPath & "\savedChart.xml")
End Sub
Private Sub Detail1_Format(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles _
Detail1.Format
Me.ChartControl1.Load(Application.StartupPath & "\Bezier.xml")
End Sub
//C#
private void ReportHeader_Format(object sender, System.EventArgs eArgs)
{
this.chartControl2.Save(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath +
"\\savedChart.xml");
private void detail_Format(object sender, System.EventArgs eArgs)
{
this.chartControl1.Load(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath +
"\\Bezier.xml");
}