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Spread Windows Forms 15.0 Product Documentation / Developer's Guide / Chart Control / Understanding Charts / Labels
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    Labels
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    The labels contain the plot title and the axis labels.

    Plot Title

    You can set the main title for the chart using the Text property in the LabelArea class.

    Axis Label

    You can set the text, alignment, and other formatting properties for the axis labels. See the following for more information:

    The label text can be bound to a data source with the TitleDataSource and TitleDataField properties.

     

    The following example sets the chart and axis title.

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    FarPoint.Win.Chart.YPlotArea plotArea = new FarPoint.Win.Chart.YPlotArea();
    plotArea.Location = new System.Drawing.PointF(0.2f, 0.2f);
    plotArea.Size = new System.Drawing.SizeF(0.6f, 0.6f);
    //Sets the Axis label
    plotArea.XAxis.Title = "Categories";
    plotArea.YAxes[0].Title = "Values";
    plotArea.YAxes[0].TitleTextDirection = FarPoint.Win.Chart.TextDirection.Rotate270Degree;
    plotArea.Series.Add(series1);
    //Sets chart title
    FarPoint.Win.Chart.LabelArea labelArea = new FarPoint.Win.Chart.LabelArea();
    labelArea.Location = new System.Drawing.PointF(0.5f, 0.02f);
    labelArea.AlignmentX = 0.5f;
    labelArea.AlignmentY = 0.0f;
    labelArea.Text = "The Chart";
    
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    Dim plotArea As New FarPoint.Win.Chart.YPlotArea()
    plotArea.Location = New System.Drawing.PointF(0.2F, 0.2F)
    plotArea.Size = New System.Drawing.SizeF(0.6F, 0.6F)
    'Sets the Axis label
    plotArea.XAxis.Title = "Categories"
    plotArea.YAxes(0).Title = "Values"
    plotArea.YAxes(0).TitleTextDirection = FarPoint.Win.Chart.TextDirection.Rotate270Degree
    plotArea.Series.Add(series1)
    'Sets chart title
    Dim labelArea As New FarPoint.Win.Chart.LabelArea()
    labelArea.Location = New System.Drawing.PointF(0.5F, 0.02F)
    labelArea.AlignmentX = 0.5F
    labelArea.AlignmentY = 0F
    labelArea.Text = "The Chart"
    

    Display Negative Numbers in Red

    The negative data label values and value axis labels of a chart can be displayed in red color.

    The Series.LabelNegativeRed and ValueAxis.LabelNegativeRed properties can be set to True to display the negative values in red.

    The properties show the following behavior:

    The following code shows how to apply LabelNegativeRed property to display negative label values in red.

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    // Setting label visible for data label in series 0
    series.LabelVisible = true;
    series.LabelNegativeRed = true; // Setting LabelNegativeRed as true
    
    // Setting label visible for data label in series 1
    series1.LabelVisible = true;
    series1.LabelNegativeRed = true;
    
    FarPoint.Win.Chart.YPlotArea plotArea = (FarPoint.Win.Chart.YPlotArea)chart.Model.PlotAreas[0];
    
    // Setting label visible for value axis
    plotArea.YAxes[0].LabelVisible = true;
    plotArea.YAxes[0].LabelNegativeRed = true; // Setting LabelNegativeRed as true
    
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    'Setting label visible for data label in series 0
    series.LabelVisible = True
    series.LabelNegativeRed = True  'Setting LabelNegativeRed as true
    
    'Setting label visible for data label in series 1
    series1.LabelVisible = True
    series1.LabelNegativeRed = True 'Setting LabelNegativeRed as true
    
    Dim plotArea As FarPoint.Win.Chart.YPlotArea = CType(chart.Model.PlotAreas(0), FarPoint.Win.Chart.YPlotArea)
    
    'Setting label visible for value axis
    plotArea.YAxes(0).LabelVisible = True
    plotArea.YAxes(0).LabelNegativeRed = True   'Setting LabelNegativeRed as true
    

    ExcelIO supports negative red numbers by using the general formatter property. For example, you can use the following format code "#,0;[Red]-#,0" in Spread before exporting to Excel, where the positive and negative formats are separated by a semi-colon and the negative values are set to display in red.

    The following code shows how to export a chart and display negative label values in red.

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    // To export negative values in red
    FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.GeneralFormatter formatter = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.GeneralFormatter();
    formatter.SetFormatString("#,0;[Red]-#,0", false);
    
    series.LabelFormatter = formatter;
    
    fpSpread1.SaveExcel("label-chart.xlsx", FarPoint.Excel.ExcelSaveFlags.UseOOXMLFormat | FarPoint.Excel.ExcelSaveFlags.Exchangeable);
    
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    'To export negative values in red
    Dim formatter As FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.GeneralFormatter = New FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.GeneralFormatter()
    formatter.SetFormatString("#,0;[Red]-#,0", False)
    
    series.LabelFormatter = formatter
    
    FpSpread1.SaveExcel("label-chart.xlsx", FarPoint.Excel.ExcelSaveFlags.UseOOXMLFormat Or FarPoint.Excel.ExcelSaveFlags.Exchangeable)
    

    Using the Chart Designer

    1. Run the Chart Designer.
    2. Expand the target Plot Area from the tree menu on the left.
    3. Select X Index Axis and set the required properties in the property list on the right.
    4. Expand Y Value Axis, select Axis0, and set the required properties in the Title section of the property list on the right.
    5. Click OK and exit Chart Designer.

    You can also enable showing negative labels in red in the Chart Designer by selecting the Bar Series target from the tree menu on the left and enable the LabelNegativeRed option to True on the property list.

    For information on starting Chart Designer, refer to Chart Designer in the SPREAD Designer Guide.
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