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Programmatic Chart Creation

  • Demo Configurator
Insert experimental data

The ASP.NET AJAX Chart control can be created and manipulated from the server-side. This allows you to programmatically manage its appearance and the displayed data, as shown in the following example.

  • DefaultVB.aspx
  • DefaultVB.aspx.vb
<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="DefaultVB.aspx.vb" Inherits="Telerik.Web.Examples.HtmlChart.ServerSideAPI.ProgrammaticCreation.DefaultVB" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="telerik" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" %>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<head runat="server">
    <title>Telerik ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>

<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <telerik:RadScriptManager runat="server" ID="RadScriptManager1" />
    <telerik:RadSkinManager ID="RadSkinManager1" runat="server" ShowChooser="true" />
    <div class="demo-container size-wide">
        <asp:Panel ID="HtmlChartHolder" runat="server"></asp:Panel>
    </div>

    <telerik:RadAjaxManager ID="RadAjaxManager1" runat="server">
        <AjaxSettings>
            <telerik:AjaxSetting AjaxControlID="ConfiguratorPanel1">
                <UpdatedControls>
                    <telerik:AjaxUpdatedControl ControlID="HtmlChartHolder" />
                </UpdatedControls>
            </telerik:AjaxSetting>
        </AjaxSettings>
    </telerik:RadAjaxManager>

    <qsf:ConfiguratorPanel runat="server" ID="ConfiguratorPanel1">
        <Views>
            <qsf:View>
                <qsf:ConfiguratorColumn ID="ConfiguratorColumn1" runat="server" Size="Auto" Title="Insert experimental data">
                    <ul class="fb-group">
                        <li>
                            <qsf:NumericTextBox runat="server" ID="Volts" Label="Volts" ShowSpinButtons="true" Size="Narrow" WrapperCssClass="fb-sized">
                            </qsf:NumericTextBox>

                            <qsf:NumericTextBox runat="server" ID="mA" Label="mA" ShowSpinButtons="true" Size="Narrow" WrapperCssClass="fb-sized">
                            </qsf:NumericTextBox>
                        </li>
                        <li>
                            <qsf:Button ID="InsertData" Text="Insert" runat="server" OnClick="InsertData_Click" Size="Narrow"></qsf:Button>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </qsf:ConfiguratorColumn>
            </qsf:View>
        </Views>
    </qsf:ConfiguratorPanel>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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