link:Infragistics.win.ultrawinchart~infragistics.win.ultrawinchart.ultrachart~effects.html[Effects] are used to apply an overall look to the chart image; some operate on the chart image (pixel-wise), while others affect link:Infragistics.win.ultrawinchart~infragistics.ultrachart.core.primitives.primitive.html[Primitives] in the SceneGraph like a custom layer.
The above images are the same chart; however the one on the right has three Effects added to its Effects collection: a GradientEffect , a ShadowEffect , and a TextureEffect . This was done using the Visual Studio .NET designer, however the code generated is very simple:
In Visual Basic:
Imports Infragistics.UltraChart.Resources.Appearance Imports Infragistics.UltraChart.Shared.Styles ... Dim gradientEffect1 As New GradientEffect() Dim shadowEffect1 As New ShadowEffect() Dim textureEffect1 As New TextureEffect() gradientEffect1.Coloring = GradientColoringStyle.Lighten gradientEffect1.Style = GradientStyle.ForwardDiagonal shadowEffect1.Angle = 45 shadowEffect1.Color = System.Drawing.Color.DimGray textureEffect1.Texture = TexturePresets.Canvas Me.ultraChart1.Effects.Add(gradientEffect1) Me.ultraChart1.Effects.Add(shadowEffect1) Me.ultraChart1.Effects.Add(textureEffect1)
In C#:
using Infragistics.UltraChart.Resources.Appearance; using Infragistics.UltraChart.Shared.Styles; ... GradientEffect gradientEffect1 = new GradientEffect(); ShadowEffect shadowEffect1 = new ShadowEffect(); TextureEffect textureEffect1 = new TextureEffect(); gradientEffect1.Coloring = GradientColoringStyle.Lighten; gradientEffect1.Style = GradientStyle.ForwardDiagonal; shadowEffect1.Angle = 45; shadowEffect1.Color = System.Drawing.Color.DimGray; textureEffect1.Texture = TexturePresets.Canvas; this.ultraChart1.Effects.Add(gradientEffect1); this.ultraChart1.Effects.Add(shadowEffect1); this.ultraChart1.Effects.Add(textureEffect1);