Saving a Chart to an Image

Topic Overview

This topic demonstrates the usage of the SaveTo method of the UltraDataChart.

The following topics are prerequisites to understanding this topic:

Topic	Purpose
UltraDataChart	This topic provides a general overview of the UltraDataChart control
Getting Started with Data Chart	This topic provides information on how to get started with the UltraDataChart control.
Series Requirements	This topic provides information on requirements of Series objects in the UltraDataChart control.

This topic contains the following sections:

The SaveTo method of the UltraDataChart can be used to render the chart’s image to a file or a stream.

The following are code snippets demonstrating how to use the SaveTo functionality of the UltraDataChart.

To save to a file, a path and an image format need to be specified. The following line of code saves the chart to a JPEG image file:

In C#:

this.ultraDataChart1.SaveTo("chart.jpeg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);

In Visual Basic:

Me.UltraDataChart1.SaveTo("chart.jpeg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg)

The chart’s binary image data can also be saved to a stream. In this case, the stream and the image format must be specified:

In C#:

this.ultraDataChart1.SaveTo(stream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);

In Visual Basic:

Me.UltraDataChart1.SaveTo(stream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg)