Mapping of Edit Chart GUI with object properties

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Markus46
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Mapping of Edit Chart GUI with object properties

Post by Markus46 » Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:10 pm

Hello,

AT design-time, when I double-click on a TChart I see an Edit Chart GUI where I can set a myriad of chart/series properties.
Is there any documentation mapping the GUI elements with object properties? I need to be able to set many properties at run-time and as a novice TeeChart user, I am really struggling to work out what object property is equivalent to a particular GUI element.

Example 1: See LegendBorder.png attachment.
On the GUI, I change Chart -> Legend -> Format -> Border -> Frame -> Visible to remove the border around the legend.
What property do I change at runtime to achieve this?

Example 2: See PointSeriesBorder.png attachment.
On the GUI, I change Series -> Format -> Border -> Visible to remove the border around the points.
What property do I change at runtime to achieve this?

I request that you implement hints in the Edit Chart GUI that give the property associated with a GUI element when the mouse hovers over a GUI element. Or (non-standard behavior) synchronize the object inspector with the GUI so that a change in GUI positions to the object inspector property that has has changed.

Thanks in advance,
Mark
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Re: Mapping of Edit Chart GUI with object properties

Post by Sandra » Wed Oct 31, 2018 4:59 pm

Hello Markus,

I have added below the lines code you need use to achieve as you want in runtime:
Example 1: See LegendBorder.png attachment.
On the GUI, I change Chart -> Legend -> Format -> Border -> Frame -> Visible to remove the border around the legend.
What property do I change at runtime to achieve this?

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Chart1.Legend.Pen.Visible := false;
Example 2: See PointSeriesBorder.png attachment.
On the GUI, I change Series -> Format -> Border -> Visible to remove the border around the points.
What property do I change at runtime to achieve this?

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Series1.Pointer.Pen.Visible := false;
Hoping this helps you.
Thanks in advance
Best Regards,
Sandra Pazos / Development & Support
Steema Software
Avinguda Montilivi 33, 17003 Girona, Catalonia
Tel: 34 972 218 797
http://www.steema.com
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Re: Mapping of Edit Chart GUI with object properties

Post by Markus46 » Wed Oct 31, 2018 7:06 pm

Thanks Sandra!
Your solution to remove the border around the points works well.
To remove the border around the legend, I eventually discovered this code:

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Chart1.Legend.Frame.Visible := false;
Although different from your code, it seems to work as desired.

Regards
Mark

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