Specific way to show a serie in MSChart using c#

I wonder if there is any way to show this serie as follows, the chartype is column.

I'm aware that I need an (X,Y) pair to show the datapoint in the graph, but the thing is that I need to show a Y value in a range of x, to clarify this, let's put an example:

The X axis shows the hours and Y axis produ开发者_开发知识库ction values, in this case the production started at 7:30, so from 7:30 to 8 the production was let's say 20 units; from 8-9, 60 units; 9-10, 45 units and from 10-10:35 18 units.

Can I accomplish that with MSChart, or perhaps any other one that you guys suggest me? This is a winform app.

Thanks

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You should take a look at the MS Chart site. The Downloads tab has WinForms examples that you can download as a WinForms project, run in Visual Studio, and view the code for the chart you want. The Chart controls are included with .Net 4, but can be downloaded and added as a reference for .Net 3.5.

What you want is a Column chart. You set the values as a series on the chart, and then you can pick the width of the column to show the range of x-values you want.

The basic idea is you create a Chart, ChartArea, and Series, and optionally a Title and Legend.

You add one or more Series objects to the ChartArea, then add the ChartArea, Title, and Legend to the Chart.

You add DataPoints individually to the Series, as in the example below, or you set the Chart.DataSource to something like a DataTable and use DataBinding.

Here's a snippet from the Column Chart example:

System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart chart1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart();
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartArea chartArea1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartArea();
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Legend legend1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Legend();
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Series series1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Series();
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint dataPoint1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint(36890, 32);
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint dataPoint2 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint(36891, 56);
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint dataPoint3 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint(36892, 35);
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint dataPoint4 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint(36893, 12);
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint dataPoint5 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint(36894, 35);
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint dataPoint6 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint(36895, 6);
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint dataPoint7 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint(36896, 23);
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Series series2 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Series();
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Title title1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Title();

chart1.BackGradientStyle = System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.GradientStyle.TopBottom;
chart1.BorderlineDashStyle = System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartDashStyle.Solid;
chart1.BorderlineWidth = 2;
chart1.BorderSkin.SkinStyle = System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.BorderSkinStyle.Emboss;

chartArea1.Area3DStyle.Inclination = 15;
chartArea1.Area3DStyle.IsClustered = true;
chartArea1.Area3DStyle.IsRightAngleAxes = false;
chartArea1.Area3DStyle.Perspective = 10;
chartArea1.Area3DStyle.Rotation = 10;
chartArea1.Area3DStyle.WallWidth = 0;
chartArea1.AxisX.LabelAutoFitMaxFontSize = 8;
chartArea1.AxisX.LabelStyle.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Trebuchet MS", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
chartArea1.AxisX.LabelStyle.Format = "MM-dd";
chartArea1.AxisX.LabelStyle.IsEndLabelVisible = false;
chartArea1.AxisX.LineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))));
chartArea1.AxisX.MajorGrid.LineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))));
chartArea1.AxisY.LabelAutoFitMaxFontSize = 8;
chartArea1.AxisY.LabelStyle.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Trebuchet MS", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
chartArea1.AxisY.LabelStyle.Format = "C0";
chartArea1.AxisY.LineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))));
chartArea1.AxisY.MajorGrid.LineColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))));
chartArea1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.OldLace;
chartArea1.BackGradientStyle = System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.GradientStyle.TopBottom;
chartArea1.BackSecondaryColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
chartArea1.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))), ((int)(((byte)(64)))));
chartArea1.Name = "Default";
chartArea1.ShadowColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;

chart1.ChartAreas.Add(chartArea1);

legend1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
legend1.Enabled = false;
legend1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Trebuchet MS", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
legend1.IsTextAutoFit = false;
legend1.Name = "Default";

chart1.Legends.Add(legend1);
chart1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 64);
chart1.Name = "chart1";

series1.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(180)))), ((int)(((byte)(26)))), ((int)(((byte)(59)))), ((int)(((byte)(105)))));
series1.ChartArea = "Default";
series1.Legend = "Default";
series1.Name = "Series1";
series1.Points.Add(dataPoint1);
series1.Points.Add(dataPoint2);
series1.Points.Add(dataPoint3);
series1.Points.Add(dataPoint4);
series1.Points.Add(dataPoint5);
series1.Points.Add(dataPoint6);
series1.Points.Add(dataPoint7);
series1.XValueType = System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartValueType.DateTime;

chart1.Series.Add(series1);
chart1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(412, 296);
chart1.TabIndex = 0;

title1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Trebuchet MS", 14.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold);
title1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(26)))), ((int)(((byte)(59)))), ((int)(((byte)(105)))));
title1.Name = "Title1";
title1.ShadowColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(32)))), ((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(0)))));
title1.ShadowOffset = 3;
title1.Text = "Column Chart";

chart1.Titles.Add(title1);