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

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High speed graphs and charts that are also very easy to configure and use. As easy as inserting a simple chart in MS Excel!
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace PlotterWalkThrough
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Form1.
	/// </summary>
	public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
		private GraphComponents.Plotter plotter1;

		Random r = new Random ( (int) DateTime.Now.Ticks);

		public Form1()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();

			//
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
			//

			plotter1.Start ();

		}

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

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.plotter1 = new GraphComponents.Plotter();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// button1
			// 
			this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(360, 288);
			this.button1.Name = "button1";
			this.button1.TabIndex = 1;
			this.button1.Text = "button1";
			this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
			// 
			// plotter1
			// 
			this.plotter1.CompressedMode = false;
			this.plotter1.GraduationsX = 5;
			this.plotter1.GraduationsY = 5;
			this.plotter1.GraphArea = new System.Drawing.Rectangle(50, 20, 442, 216);
			this.plotter1.GraphAreaColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
			this.plotter1.GraphMarginBottom = 20;
			this.plotter1.GraphMarginLeft = 50;
			this.plotter1.GraphMarginRight = 20;
			this.plotter1.GraphMarginTop = 20;
			this.plotter1.GridlineColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightGray;
			this.plotter1.Gridlines = GraphComponents.GridStyles.Grid;
			this.plotter1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 16);
			this.plotter1.Name = "plotter1";
			this.plotter1.PlotRate = 300;
			this.plotter1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(512, 256);
			this.plotter1.TabIndex = 2;
			this.plotter1.TimeDisplayStyle = GraphComponents.TimeAxisStyle.Smart;
			this.plotter1.TotalTimeElapsed = 0;
			this.plotter1.Transparency = ((System.Byte)(100));
			this.plotter1.ValueFormat = "{0:F}";
			this.plotter1.XAxisColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
			this.plotter1.XRange = System.TimeSpan.Parse("00:00:09");
			this.plotter1.YAxisColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
			// 
			// Form1
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(560, 318);
			this.Controls.Add(this.plotter1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
			this.Name = "Form1";
			this.Text = "Form1";
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		/// <summary>
		/// The main entry point for the application.
		/// </summary>
		[STAThread]
		static void Main() 
		{
			Application.Run(new Form1());
		}

		private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			plotter1.Channels[0].CurrentValue = (float) (100 * r.NextDouble ());
			plotter1.Channels[1].CurrentValue = (float) (5   * r.NextDouble ());
			plotter1.UpdateDisplay ();
		}
	}
}

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