Hello,

I'm designing an nChartControl to look like this:

My problem is that when I resize the form wider, the horizontal bar chart comes too far away from the stock chart y-axis like this:

Similarly, if I resize the form narrower, The horizontal bar chart overlaps the stock chart y-axis like this:

I created the bar chart at the same level as the other two charts. I experimented with making the horizontal bar chart a child of the stock chart. I also tried placing the chart as a child of an anchor panel, which was in turn, a child of the stock chart. I also tried using guidelines. I didn't find a good way to do this yet. I was wondering if you could give me a better strategy for what I'm trying to accomplish.

Thank you, Brian Warren

Hi Brian,
The following code snippet shows how to align two charts with different orientation:

   NCartesianChart chart1 = CreateBarChart();

   nChartControl1.Panels.Add(chart1);

   NDockAxisAnchor anchor = new NDockAxisAnchor(AxisDockZone.FrontBottom);
   anchor.EndPercent = 80;
   chart1.Axis(StandardAxis.PrimaryX).Anchor = anchor;
   chart1.Axis(StandardAxis.PrimaryY).Anchor = new NDockAxisAnchor(AxisDockZone.FrontRight);
   chart1.PositionChildPanelsInContentBounds = true;
   chart1.BoundsMode = BoundsMode.Stretch;

   NCartesianChart chart2 = CreateBarChart();
   chart2.SetPredefinedChartStyle(PredefinedChartStyle.HorizontalRight);
   chart2.DockMode = PanelDockMode.Right;
   chart2.BoundsMode = BoundsMode.Stretch;
   chart2.Size = new NSizeL(new NLength(18, NRelativeUnit.ParentPercentage), new NLength(0));
   chart2.Fit2DAxisContent = false;
   chart2.Axis(StandardAxis.PrimaryX).Visible = false;
   chart1.ChildPanels.Add(chart2);

  NCartesianChart CreateBarChart()
  {
   NCartesianChart chart = new NCartesianChart();

   NBarSeries bar =new NBarSeries();

   Random rand = new Random();
   for (int i =0; i < 10; i++)
   {
    bar.Values.Add(10.0 + rand.Next(10));
   }

   chart.Series.Add(bar);

   return chart;
  }

The trick is to use docking, and specify on the parent chart that child panels should be docked to the plot area. Hope this helps - let us know if you meet any problems.

Best Regards,
Nevron Support Team

Thank you, I appreciate the help.
Best regards, Brian