How Can I Draw Candlestick Chart In C# ?

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hi i have a table with for example 100 record with : id- name- open_price - close_price low and high price - date and ...
i want draw a candlestick chart with them .
i write this code for get records from my table :

C#

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection();
            con.ConnectionString = "Data Source=lenovo;Initial Catalog=getinfo;Integrated Security=True";
            con.Open();
            string sqlcmd = "select *  from database  ";
            SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand(sqlcmd, con);
            SqlDataAdapter sdap = new SqlDataAdapter();
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            sdap.SelectCommand = comm;
            sdap.Fill(dt);
            
            for (int t = 0; t < dt.Rows.Count; t++)
            {
                ??????? draw candlestick chart ??????
            }

Posted 21-Dec-14 1:06am

itman2

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BillWoodruff 21-Dec-14 7:21am

There is a CandleStick Chart provided by Microsoft in:

Chart Types
Stock Chart
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting
System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd456671(v=vs.100).aspx

itman2 21-Dec-14 8:58am

tanks mr BillWoodruff
i am beginner in c# . i can draw line & column charts but i dont know how can i draw candlestick chart.

can you write a simple sample! for it ?

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Answer 1 · 2014-12-21T01:12:00

Solution 1

Web? Win? For both there is a Chart control that support all kinds of display...
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14422[^]
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Samples-Environments-for-b01e9c61[^]

Posted 21-Dec-14 1:12am

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

itman2 · Answer 2 · 2014-12-24T07:20:00

this cod can draw candlestick chart ! i did pay 3$ to andrestand it !! :-)

DataSet ds = new DataSet();
         chart1 = new Chart();
         SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection();
         con.ConnectionString = "Data Source=xxxx;Initial Catalog=xxxx;Integrated Security=True";
         con.Open();
         string sql = "Select * from xxxx ";

         SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, con);
         cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;

         SqlDataAdapter sa = new SqlDataAdapter();
         sa.SelectCommand = cmd;

         sa.Fill(ds);
         con.Close();
         chart1.Series["Daily"].ChartType = SeriesChartType.Candlestick;
         chart1.DataSource = sa;

         chart1.Series["Daily"].XValueMember = "Date";
         chart1.Series["Daily"].YValueMembers = "ghbishtarin, ghkamtarin, ghopen, ghclose";
         chart1.DataBind();
         chart1.Series["Daily"].BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
         chart1.Series["Daily"].Color = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
         chart1.Series["Daily"].CustomProperties = "PriceDownColor=Green, PriceUpColor=Red";
         chart1.Series["Daily"].XValueType = ChartValueType.Date;
         chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.MajorGrid.LineWidth = 0;
         chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.MajorGrid.LineWidth = 0;
         chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.Minimum = 0;
         chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.Maximum = 210;
         chart1.DataManipulator.IsStartFromFirst = true;