Spread Silverlight Documentation
Adding an Area Chart
Spread Silverlight Documentation > Developer's Guide > Working with Charts > Creating Charts > Creating Chart Types > Adding an Area Chart

You can create different types of area charts such as Area, Area3D, AreaStacked, AreaStacked3D, AreaStacked100pc3D, and AreaStacked100pc. The following image displays an area chart.

Using Code

The following code creates an area chart.

  1. Create and add values to the control.
  2. Add the chart and specify the chart type with the AddChart method.
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gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[0, 1].Value = "c1";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[0, 2].Value = "c2";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[0, 3].Value = "c3";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 0].Value = "s1";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 0].Value = "s2";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 0].Value = "s3";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 0].Value = "s4";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[5, 0].Value = "s5";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[6, 0].Value = "s6";
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1].Value = 1;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 1].Value = 2;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 1].Value = 3;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 1].Value = 4;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[5, 1].Value = 5;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[6, 1].Value = 6;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 2].Value = 7;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 2].Value = 8;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 2].Value = 9;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 2].Value = 10;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[5, 2].Value = 11;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[6, 2].Value = 12;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 3].Value = 13;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 3].Value = 14;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 3].Value = 15;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 3].Value = 16;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[5, 3].Value = 17;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].Cells[6, 3].Value = 18;
gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].AddChart("Chart", GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadChartType.Area, "Sheet1!$A$1:$D$7", 0, 0, 400, 300);
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GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(0, 1).Value = "c1"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(0, 2).Value = "c2"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(0, 3).Value = "c3"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 0).Value = "s1"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 0).Value = "s2"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(3, 0).Value = "s3"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(4, 0).Value = "s4"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(5, 0).Value = "s5"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(6, 0).Value = "s6"
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1).Value = 1
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 1).Value = 2
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(3, 1).Value = 3
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(4, 1).Value = 4
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(5, 1).Value = 5
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(6, 1).Value = 6
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 2).Value = 7
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 2).Value = 8
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(3, 2).Value = 9
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(4, 2).Value = 10
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(5, 2).Value = 11
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(6, 2).Value = 12
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 3).Value = 13
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 3).Value = 14
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(3, 3).Value = 15
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(4, 3).Value = 16
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(5, 3).Value = 17
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).Cells(6, 3).Value = 18
GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).AddChart("Chart", GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.SpreadChartType.Area, "Sheet1!$A$1:$D$7", 0, 0, 400, 300)
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