Example 21: Enabling hot-spots and tooltips
Hot-spots may be enabled
with HotSpotsEnabled property. If set to
true, when mouse is moved over the chart, tooltips
may appear.
Default tooltips are the value
associated with an element of the chart.
These tooltips may be customized with
ToolTips property or set with SeriesFactory
as shown in this sample code.
You may customize look
and feel of tooltips with the following
properties:
- HotSpotBackColor -- backcolor for tooltip
- HotSpotColor
-- text color
- HotSpotShowCross
-- show a cross centered on the tooltip
- HotSpotCrossLineStyle
-- pen style for the cross
- HotSpotNumericFormat -- numeric format
is default tooltip value is a number
- HotSpotDateTimeFormat -- date format if
default tooltip value is a date
Please, refer to reference guide for
details about each property.
Steps to run this sample:
1. Create a new Windows
application project (VB.NET)
2. Add Super 2d/3d Graph
Library to the toolbox pallete and drag a
chart
to Form1.
3. Copy and paste de
following code:
Form Code
Imports Super2d3dGraphLibrary
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim sf As New SeriesFactory
For serieIndex As Integer = 0 To 1
If serieIndex > 0 Then
sf.NewSerie()
End If
For itemIndex As Integer = 0 To 3
sf.AddValue(Rnd() * 10)
sf.AddToolTip("Tooltip
sample Serie=" & serieIndex & ", Item=" & itemIndex & " Value=$$")
Next
Next
With Super2D3dGraph1
.LicenseeIdentifier = "STAND"
.Style = STYLE2D3D.STYLE2D_BAR
.Title = "ToolTips Sample"
.ValuesLocationStyle =
STYLECAPTIONLOCATION.STYLECAPTIONLOCATION_INSIDE
End With
sf.ApplyTo(Super2D3dGraph1)
End Sub
End Class
Result:

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