High Speed, Feature Rich, and Easy-To-Use Graphs and Charts

#region copyright info
//
// Written by Anup. V (anupshubha@yahoo.com)
// Copyright (c) 2006.
//
// This code may be used in compiled form in any way you desire. This
// file may be redistributed by any means PROVIDING it is not sold for
// for profit without the authors written consent, and providing that 
// this notice and the authors name is included. If the source code in
// this file is used in any commercial application then acknowledgement 
// must be made to the author of this file (in whatever form you wish).
//
// This file is provided "as is" with no expressed or implied warranty.
//
// Please use and enjoy. Please let me know of any bugs/mods/improvements 
// that you have found/implemented and I will fix/incorporate them into 
// this file. 
#endregion copyright info

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;

namespace GraphComponents
{
	/// <summary>
	/// The base class for graphs. Provides the basic framework of a graph.
	/// </summary>
	public class Graph : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl, IGraphElement
	{
		#region variables
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		/// <summary>
		/// Area of the rectangle that is bounded by the 2 axes. This is the
		/// area of the graph without any margins
		/// </summary>
		private Rectangle graphArea;
		/// <summary>
		/// The amount of transparency in the bar. Values range from 0 to 255
		/// 0 is fully transparent, 255 is opaque.
		/// </summary>
		private byte transparency = 100;

		/// <summary>
		/// Color of the graphArea
		/// </summary>
		private Color graphAreaColor       = Color.White;
		/// <summary>
		/// Color of the gridlines
		/// </summary>
		private Color gridlineColor        = Color.LightGray;

		/// <summary>
		/// Style of the gridlines
		/// </summary>
		private GridStyles gridlines = GridStyles.Grid;

		/// <summary>
		/// No. of graduations on the X axis
		/// </summary>
		private int graduationsX = 5;
		/// <summary>
		/// No. of graduations on the Y axis
		/// </summary>
		private int graduationsY = 5;

		/// <summary>
		/// Color of the X axis
		/// </summary>
		private Color xAxisColor = Color.Black;
		/// <summary>
		/// Color of the Y axis
		/// </summary>
		private Color yAxisColor = Color.Blue;

		/// <summary>
		/// The .NET style of format for displaying the value. Eg. {0:F}, {0:E} etc
		/// </summary>
		private string valueFormat = "";

		#endregion variables

		#region properties
		#region ValueFormat
		/// <summary>
		/// The .NET style of format for displaying the value and axis. Eg. {0:F}, {0:E} etc
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("The .NET style of format for displaying the value. Eg. {0:F}, {0:E} etc")
		]
		public string ValueFormat
		{
			get { return valueFormat; }
			set 
			{ 
				valueFormat = value; 
				RefreshDisplay ();
			}
		}
		#endregion ValueFormat

		#region XAxisColor
		/// <summary>
		/// Color of the X axis
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("Color of the X axis")
		]
		public virtual Color XAxisColor
		{
			get { return xAxisColor; }
			set 
			{ 
				xAxisColor = value;
				RefreshDisplay ();
				
			}
		}
		#endregion XAxisColor

		#region YAxisColor
		/// <summary>
		/// Color of the Y axis
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("Color of the Y axis")
		]
		public virtual Color YAxisColor
		{
			get { return yAxisColor; }
			set 
			{ 
				yAxisColor = value;
			}
		}
		#endregion YAxisColor

		#region Trancparency
		/// <summary>
		/// The amount of transparency in the bar. Values range from 0 to 255.
		/// 0 is fully transparent, 255 is opaque.
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("The amount of transparency in the bar. Values range from 0 to 255. 0 is fully transparent, 255 is opaque.")
		]
		public byte Transparency
		{
			get { return transparency; }
			set 
			{ 				
				transparency = value; 
				RefreshDisplay ();
			}
		}
		#endregion Transparency

		#region GridlineColor
		/// <summary>
		/// Color of the gridlines
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("Color of the grid lines")
		]
		public Color GridlineColor
		{
			get { return gridlineColor; }
			set 
			{ 
				gridlineColor = value; 
				RefreshDisplay ();
			}
		}
		#endregion GridlineColor

		#region GraphAreaColor
		/// <summary>
		/// Color of the graph's area
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("Color of the graph's area")
		]
		public virtual Color GraphAreaColor
		{
			get { return graphAreaColor; }
			set 
			{ 
				graphAreaColor = value; 
				RefreshDisplay ();
			}
		}
		#endregion GraphAreaColor

		#region Gridlines
		[
		/// <summary>
		/// Style of the gridlines
		/// </summary>
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("Style of the gridlines")
		]
		public virtual GridStyles Gridlines
		{
			get { return gridlines; }
			set 
			{ 
				gridlines = value;
				RefreshDisplay ();
			}
		}
		#endregion Gridlines

		#region GraduationsX
		/// <summary>
		/// No. of graduations on the X axis
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("No. of graduations on the X axis")
		]
		public int GraduationsX
		{
			get { return graduationsX; }
			set 
			{ 
				graduationsX = value;
				RefreshDisplay ();
			}
		}
		#endregion GraduationsX

		#region GraduationsY
		/// <summary>
		/// No. of graduations on the Y axis
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(true),
		DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible),
		Category("Appearance"),
		Description("No. of graduations on the Y axis")
		]
		public int GraduationsY
		{
			get { return graduationsY; }
			set 
			{ 
				graduationsY = value;
				RefreshDisplay ();
			}
		}
		#endregion GraduationsY

		#region GraphArea
		/// <summary>
		/// Area of the rectangle that is bounded by the 2 axes. This is the
		/// area of the graph without any margins
		/// </summary>
		[
		Browsable(false)
		]
		public Rectangle GraphArea
		{
			get { return graphArea; }
			set 
			{ 
				graphArea = value; 
			}
		}
		#endregion GraphArea
		#endregion properties

		#region methods
		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if( components != null )
					components.Dispose();
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Refreshes the display by updating the control. This is the 
		/// refresh method during runtime and in the designer.
		/// </summary>
		protected void RefreshDisplay ()
		{
			Invalidate ();
			this.Update ();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Draws the bar. This method is overridden in the derived class. 
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="graphics"></param>
		public virtual void Draw(Graphics graphics)
		{
		}

		#endregion methods
	}
}