I am trying to create a WPF Chart in c# code and saving it to file without displaying it on screen. This will be in a WCF Service where data is sent to the service, an image is created and and path to the image is returned.
So far I have got the image to save to file and the data on the X & Y axis is displayed but the columns on the graph are not drawn.
Does anyone know why the columns on the chart are not drawing... here is my code:
public void DoWork() { var newThread = new Thread(CreateImage); newThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA); newThread.Start(); }
public void CreateImage()
{
var grid = new Grid {Width = 800, Height = 600, Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.LightBlue)};
var chart = new Chart();
grid.Children.Add(chart);
var renderTarget = new RenderTargetBitmap((int)grid.Width, (int)grid.Height, 96d, 96d, PixelFormats.Default);
var barSeries = new BarSeries
{
Title = "Fruit in Cupboard",
ItemsSource = new[]
{
new KeyValuePair<string, int>("Oranges", 18),
new KeyValuePair<string, int>("Apples", 15),
new KeyValuePair<string, int>("Melons", 2),
new KeyValuePair<string, int>("Pineapples", 4),
new KeyValuePair<string, int>("Plums", 25)
},
IndependentValueBinding = new Binding("Key"),
DependentValueBinding = new Binding("Value")
};
chart.Series.Add(barSeries);
grid.Measure(new Size(grid.Width, grid.Height));
grid.Arrange(new Rect(new Size(grid.Width, grid.Height)));
grid.UpdateLayout();
renderTarget.Render(grid);
var png = new PngBitmapEncoder();
png.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(renderTarget));
using (Stream stm = File.Create(string.Format(@"C:/Images/{0}.png", Guid.NewGuid())))
{
png.Save(stm);
}
}