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An article on how to create a Candlestick stock chart using the Silverlight Toolkit.
// (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation.
// This source is subject to the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL).
// Please see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=131993 for details.
// All other rights reserved.

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Controls;

namespace Microsoft.Windows.Controls
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The OrientedSize structure is used to abstract the growth direction from
    /// the layout algorithms of WrapPanel.  When the growth direction is
    /// oriented horizontally (ex: the next element is arranged on the side of
    /// the previous element), then the Width grows directly with the placement
    /// of elements and Height grows indirectly with the size of the largest
    /// element in the row.  When the orientation is reversed, so is the
    /// directional growth with respect to Width and Height.
    /// </summary>
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    internal struct OrientedSize
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The orientation of the structure.
        /// </summary>
        private Orientation _orientation;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the orientation of the structure.
        /// </summary>
        public Orientation Orientation
        {
            get { return _orientation; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The size dimension that grows directly with layout placement.
        /// </summary>
        private double _direct;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the size dimension that grows directly with layout
        /// placement.
        /// </summary>
        public double Direct
        {
            get { return _direct; }
            set { _direct = value; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The size dimension that grows indirectly with the maximum value of
        /// the layout row or column.
        /// </summary>
        private double _indirect;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the size dimension that grows indirectly with the
        /// maximum value of the layout row or column.
        /// </summary>
        public double Indirect
        {
            get { return _indirect; }
            set { _indirect = value; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the width of the size.
        /// </summary>
        public double Width
        {
            get
            {
                return (Orientation == Orientation.Horizontal) ?
                    Direct :
                    Indirect;
            }
            set
            {
                if (Orientation == Orientation.Horizontal)
                {
                    Direct = value;
                }
                else
                {
                    Indirect = value;
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the height of the size.
        /// </summary>
        public double Height
        {
            get
            {
                return (Orientation != Orientation.Horizontal) ?
                    Direct :
                    Indirect;
            }
            set
            {
                if (Orientation != Orientation.Horizontal)
                {
                    Direct = value;
                }
                else
                {
                    Indirect = value;
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new OrientedSize structure.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="orientation">Orientation of the structure.</param>
        public OrientedSize(Orientation orientation) :
            this(orientation, 0.0, 0.0)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new OrientedSize structure.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="orientation">Orientation of the structure.</param>
        /// <param name="width">Un-oriented width of the structure.</param>
        /// <param name="height">Un-oriented height of the structure.</param>
        public OrientedSize(Orientation orientation, double width, double height)
        {
            _orientation = orientation;

            // All fields must be initialized before we access the this pointer
            _direct = 0.0;
            _indirect = 0.0;

            Width = width;
            Height = height;
        }
    }
}

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