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Binding to a Single Set of Data

Purpose

This topic demonstrates how to bind data to the XamFinancialChart control. At the end of each section, a complete code sample is provided.

Introduction

The procedure below demonstrates how to bind the XamFinancialChart control to a data collection. The XamFinancialChart allows you to bind to any object that implements the IEnumerable interface. Nested collections that implement ICollection and IEnumerable are also supported.

Supported Chart Types

The ChartType property enables you to choose which series type you wish to display.

Supported series types:

  • Bar

  • Candle

  • Column

  • Line

Requirements

Following are the general requirements for adding the XamFinancialChart control.

Add the following NuGet package reference to your application:

  • Infragistics.WPF.FinancialChart

For more information on setting up the NuGet feed and adding NuGet packages, you can take a look at the following documentation: NuGet Feeds.

In XAML:

xmlns:ig="http://schemas.infragistics.com/xaml"

In C#:

using Infragistics.Controls.Charts;

In VB:

Imports Infragistics.Controls.Charts

Preview Binding to Data

The XamFinancialChart control as implemented by the binding to data sample code:

financialchart wpf singledata.png

Overview Binding to Data

  1. Defining a Data Model

  2. Adding an Instance of the XamFinancialChart control

  3. (Optional) Verifying the result

Steps – Binding to Data

Define Data

Create a class to model the data:

In C#:

public class Price
{
    public DateTime Time { get; set; }
    public double Open { get; set; }
    public double High { get; set; }
    public double Low { get; set; }
    public double Close { get; set; }
    public double Volume { get; set; }
    public string Label { get { return this.Time.ToShortDateString(); } }
}

In Visual Basic:

Public Class Price
        Private _time As DateTime
        Public Property Time() As DateTime
            Get
                Return _time
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As DateTime)
                _time = value
            End Set
        End Property

        Private _open As Double
        Public Property Open As Double
            Get
                Return _open
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Double)
                _open = value
            End Set
        End Property

        Private _high As Double
        Public Property High As Double
            Get
                Return _high
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Double)
                _high = value
            End Set
        End Property

        Private _low As Double
        Public Property Low As Double
            Get
                Return _low
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Double)
                _low = value
            End Set
        End Property

        Private _close As Double
        Public Property Close As Double
            Get
                Return _close
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Double)
                _close = value
            End Set
        End Property

        Private _volume As Double
        Public Property Volume As Double
            Get
                Return _volume
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Double)
                _volume = value
            End Set
        End Property

        Public ReadOnly Property Label As String
            Get
                Return Me.Time.ToShortDateString()
            End Get
        End Property
    End Class

Add an instance of the XamFinancialChart Control

Add an instance of the XamFinancialChart and bind it to the data:

In XAML:

<Window.DataContext>
    <local:Data />
</Window.DataContext>
<Grid>
    <ig:XamFinancialChart ItemsSource="{Binding}" />
</Grid>

(Optional) Verify the Result

Run your application to verify the result. If you have successfully bound the XamFinancialChart control to the data collection, the resulting chart will look like the one shown above.

Related Content

Topics

The following topics provide additional information related to this topic:

Topic Purpose

This topic provides an overview of binding data to the Financial Chart control.

This article explains how to bind multiple sets data to the Financial Chart control.

This article explains how to bind live data to the Financial Chart control.

Data used for above example.