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Draw Chart Bar with Gradient Colors

A. Horizontal chart effects: B. Vertical chart effects with tooltips: Environment: VC6 NT4 and 98 What do you think about the effect? It’s easy to add it to your code: 1. Add the files in Chart Source to your project; 2. If you’re in a dialog, just add a big button named “IDC_CHART”; 3. In […]

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A. Horizontal chart effects:

Horizontal Chart

B. Vertical chart effects with tooltips:

Vertical Chart

Environment: VC6 NT4 and 98

What do you think about the effect? It’s easy to add it to your code:

   1. Add the files in Chart Source to your project;
   2. If you're in a dialog, just add a big button named "IDC_CHART";
   3. In your dialog include (*.h) file:
      
      #include "ChartWnd.h"		
      
      Add next...
      
      CChartWnd 	m_ChartWnd;
      
   4. In your cpp file:
      --- In function void C...Dialog::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX),add:
      
      DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_CHART, m_ChartWnd);
      
      --- In function BOOL C...Dialog::OnInitDialog() ,add:
      
      if(!m_ChartWnd.Initialize())
         {
            return false;
         }
      
   5. If you want , implementing your Initialize function in ChartWnd.cpp at:
      
      BOOL CChartWnd::Initialize()
      

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